Drinking wine could be good for your brain, research finds

New research: A study shows drinking red or white wine could be good for your brain
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Fiona Simpson5 April 2017

Drinking wine could be good for your brain, an expert has claimed.

Supping a glass of red or white wine makes grey matter work harder as part of a complex tasting process, a researcher from the Yale School of Medicine found.

According to Professor Gordon Shepherd molecules in wine don’t have taste or flavour but stimulate the brain to create the sensation.

In his book, Neuroenology: How The Brain Creates The Taste of Wine, Dr Shepherd explained how sniffing a beverage such as Pinot Grigio forces the brain to exercise the muscles which control the tongue.

It also stimulates thousands of taste and odour receptors, according to the Times.

Dr Shepherd told America’s National Public Radio: “The taste is not in the wine; the taste is created by the brain of the wine taster.

“The molecules in wine don't have taste or flavour, but when they stimulate our brains, the brain creates flavour the same way it creates colour.”

He added that the sensations experienced by drinking wine are “heavily dependent on our own memories and emotions and those of our companions."

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