Does Resveratrol Benefit Our Metabolic Health? [Video]

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To see if the amount of resveratrol you get from drinking red wine might be beneficial, researchers looked to the Chianti region of Tuscany to determine whether the levels achieved through diet help protect against long-term frailty, inflammation, cardiovascular disease, cancer, or death. And the answer? None of the above. The amount of resveratrol flowing through their systems didn’t correlate with any of the health outcomes studied over nine years of follow-up. This is surprising, even if only because of the confounding factors associated with wine consumption.

Wine drinkers may be less likely to smoke, and tend to have higher IQ, higher parental education levels, and higher socioeconomic status––which would be expected to correlate with better health outcomes. (In contrast, beer …