Red wine- the new medicine for hormonal imbalance in women

Zee Media Bureau

New Delhi: A new study has revealed that red wine can actually acts as a cure for hormonal imbalance in women.

Resveratrol, a polyphenol which occurs naturally in red wine, grapes, nuts and chocolate, could correct a hormonal imbalance in women with Polycystic Ovary Syndrome (PCOS), a condition which can cause infertility in women of childbearing age. 

Researchers at the University of California, San Diego, have demonstrated that a polyphenol called resveratrol, which is found in red wine, peanuts, blackberries and chocolate, was able to correct hormone levels in 30 patients with Polycystic Ovary Syndrome (PCOS), a condition which can cause infertility in women of childbearing age. 

(With AFP inputs)