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DESCRIPTION: Research on the red wine component, resveratrol, looked promising in rodent studies, but what happened when it was put to the test in people?
What was that about the French Paradox? See my last video, What Explains the French Paradox? (
The benefits of red wine over white do not appear to be due to the resveratrol but to the estrogen synthase blockers. See Breast Cancer Risk: Red Wine vs. White Wine (
What about the role of red wine in the Mediterranean diet? I have a whole series of videos, including:
• Why Was Heart Disease Rare in the Mediterranean? (
• The Mediterranean Diet or a Whole Food Plant-Based Diet? (
• Which Parts of the Mediterranean Diet Extended Life? (
• Improving on the Mediterranean Diet (
• Mediterranean Diet and Atherosclerosis (
The epic failure of resveratrol supplements is sadly par for the course when it comes to trying to get your nutrition in pill form. See, for example:
• Dietary Supplement Snake Oil (
• Some Dietary Supplements May Be More Than a Waste of Money (
• Risk Associated With Iron Supplements (
• Are Calcium Supplements Safe? (
• Are Calcium Supplements Effective? (
• Industry Response to Plants Not Pills (
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