Scientific studies showed that drinking wine in moderation is good for you

Raise a Glass to Your Health

From Sonoma Diet

If it's difficult to make one glass of wine go the distance during your next social gathering, try alternating between sips of wine and sparkling or lemon-flavored water. Or, mix half a glass of wine with sparkling water. Then drink two glasses of this refreshing beverage. If you're ordering at a party or in a restaurant, ask for a white-wine spritzer.

Grapes are packed with nutrients that protect you from heart disease. Many scientific studies have even concluded that drinking wine in moderation lowers your risk of death from heart disease more than drinking other kinds of alcohol. "Moderate consumption" is usually defined as 1 to 3 drinks each day, but it's important to watch your calories. To be safe, stick to the one-glass-per-day rule if you're still trying to reach your goal weight. And of course, wine is not a requirement on The Sonoma Diet. If you'd rather have a nonalcoholic beverage, seltzer water with lemon is fit for any special occasion.

Spinach is the quintessential "green leafy vegetable"

Spinach: Full of Surprises

From the Sonoma Diet

Spinach is the quintessential "green leafy vegetable" so often recommended for overall health. In fact, that's what spinach basically is -- big green leaves (though the stems are great too). What's in those leaves borders on the miraculous.

Calorie for calorie, spinach is a valuable power food. The nutritional benefits are so abundant — and the calories so negligible -- you can eat virtually all you want of this amazing plant. Like tomatoes, broccoli, and bell peppers, spinach is a Tier 1 vegetable that you can eat plenty of from the first day of your diet, and in unlimited amounts once you reach Wave 2.

Spinach is full of pleasant nutritional surprises. It's a natural, low-calorie source of iron, and like broccoli and almonds, it's a rich nondairy source of calcium. The combination of calcium and vitamin K (which spinach also delivers in abundance) promotes bone health and helps prevent osteoporosis. Plus, the flavonoids in spinach are thought to slow the cognitive decline that accompanies aging . Like most Mediterranean power foods, spinach also provides a generous and varied supply of antioxidants that fight heart disease.

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