The following Mark's Daily Apple article was written by Mark Sisson

and is narrated by Tina Lehman.

Why are some wines more primal approved than others?

Wine is one of humankind's oldest and most favorite beverages, not for the health benefits or the antioxidants or the resveratrol, but because it enhances life.

Poets, authors, artists, philosophers, and lay people across the ages will tell you that wine makes food taste better,

promotes richer conversation, unfetter's creative expression, a single glass can really dissolve

writer's block, relaxes the racing mind, and emboldens the spirit. Over the years, I've enjoyed

wine with dinner and friends, usually every night.

Not only as a gluten-free replacement for the grain-heavy beer I used to drink to wind down at the end of a day,

but as a hedge against the various causes of early mortality, light-to-moderate wine consumption seems to protect against.

Some of the most recent research suggests that moderate wine consumption may even

help against the run-of-the-mill cognitive impairments associated with aging. The mechanisms behind

the beneficial relationship of wine and health are not fully understood, but most studies attribute it

to the high concentrations of polyphenol compounds, like flavonoids and

resveratrol. Even the alcohol itself has benefits in low doses, increasing nitric oxide

release and improving endothelial function. The various health benefits associated with moderate

wine consumption were just too well-known and numerous

to ignore. But in recent years, I began experiencing negative side effects. I was waking up in the

middle of the night, and I just didn't feel well after throwing back a glass or two, even of my favorites.

Something just wasn't right, and I couldn't ignore it. All the research in the world

couldn't justify a consistently bad night's sleep. I wasn't the only one. From your emails asking

for help, I knew a lot of you can tell the same story. A love for wine that turns sour once the

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