subject: The Benefits Of Red Wine [print this page] As you can see, it has many healing properties for the body and when consumed in moderation it can actually help. Of course moderation is here the key. Consuming anything, including wine, in excess, is something that should be avoided at all costs, especially since alcohol consumed in excess is quite harmful for us. However don't think that simply drinking a bit of red type wine will keep all these ailments away from you. Red wine is only a part of the whole. It should be consumed along with exercising regularly, avoiding smoking and drinking heavy alcohol and following a good, healthy diet. Only then can the red type of wine really help in keeping diseases from you.