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Posted: May 30th 2008 6:27PM by Chris Sparling
Filed under: Food and Nutrition, General Health, Healthy Aging, Healthy Habits, Women's Health, Men's Health

It looks like it may be time to pop open another bottle of Cristal, playa. Nothing screams decadence and unnecessary expenditure like this choice champagne, which is why it flows like water in so many hip-hop videos. But it turns out that paying $250 per bottle may actually be worth it in the long run.

The Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry published the results of a recent joint study by the University of Reading and University of Cagliari that showed moderate consumptions of Champagne may help the brain cope with the trauma of stroke, Alzheimer's, and Parkinson's disease. Antioxidants found in red wine -- called polyphenols -- are also found in abundance in champagne.

I know what you must be saying -- why spend $250 on a bottle of Cristal when you can spend about $10 on a bottle of Korbel? There are two reasons: 1 - Cristal is made from Pinot Noir and Chardonnay grapes, the two varieties scientists linked to the greatest reduction of stroke risk, and 2 - Because you'll be carrying around the coolest medication of all time.

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