Does Grape Juice Offer the Same Health Benefits As Red Wine?
Well the short answer is no, it does not. Actually grape juice and red wine are miles apart from a health standpoint. However, grape juice does have the same antioxidants as red wine, and actually more than 60% of all wines. From the antioxidant perspective they fare about the same. They both have resveratrol, vitamins and minerals – but not in the same quantities. Red wine also has a bunch of minerals that grape juice will never have and that’s because they leech into the wine during the fermentation process from the oak barrels. That fermentation process also kills a bunch of the sugar in wine; whereas, juice has a lot of natural sugars. Can you believe that some fruit juices has as much sugar as a Coke? Another big difference between grape juice and red wine is the “after opening” qualities. Once you open a product that features antioxidants, the free radicals in the air start to immediately attack and are neutralized by the antioxidants. Once and antioxidant neutralizes a free radi
