Red red wine. Stay close to me.

Do you remember the time when you wake up in the morning with a serious hangover? The first think we usually do when this happen is to brush our teeth to remove the taste of alcohol of our mouth … and the chunk of pizza from between your teeth. This can be a thing of the past if from now on, you get drunk on wine!!

Italian researchers have found that wine can help fight cavities. The test was done using some valpolicella (an Italian red wine) and pinot nero (an Italian white wine). The researchers started by stripping the alcohol out of the wine. They did that to prevent ethanol from interfering with their lab tests. Next, they marinated cavity-causing streptococcal bacteria in the wines. Both types of wine countered those bacteria and other streptococcal bacteria that cause some cases of throat infection and morning bad breath.

The researchers also isolated acids found in red wine and white wine and tested those acids against the same bacteria, which are called S. mutans and S. pyogenes.
The isolated acids were more effective against the bacteria than the wines. So the researchers reason that while wine fights S.mutans and S. pyogenes, wine also contains compounds that dilute those benefits, to some extent.
I already know that wine was good for the heart, but now there’s no excuses why not to get drunk J

(Before you toast the findings, remember that the study was done in test tubes. So it's too soon to count on a glass of wine to chase your cavities away.)