RED WINE - THE SECRET TO A LONGER LIFE!
 So there’s good news out there for all you wine drinkers! Scientists may have found a way to extend life and override an unhealthy lifestyle. And, lucky for you, it includes wine!
A recent study suggests that Resveratrol, a compound found in red wine, may actually slow down the aging process. Well, at least the life of lab mice anyway. Resveratrol, when fed to mice along with a high-fat diet enabled them to live longer with fewer diseases than mice who didn’t get it. Tests found Resveratrol actually activated genes that protect against the effects of aging, essentially neutralizing the harmful effects of a bad diet on the animals' health and life span.
Dr. David Sinclair, a Harvard University molecular biologist who led the study, speculates that the same compound can be used to fight diseases of aging in humans like diabetes, cancer and alzheimer's. To get enough of this substance in wine however you would have to drink gallons a day. So, raise your glass, cheers to longer life and get to drinking!
For more information read the Seattle Times article or watch the report that aired on NBC News.
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