Should we remove wine from the Mediterranean diet? “Yes, definitely for those under 35 years.” But for older adults, it’s more complicated. Researchers, have found that the Mediterranean diet loses up to 23.5% of its protective effect if wine is removed.
by mrchaddy
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I just listened to a Rhonda Patrick podcast on alcohol and her take is that the benefits of alcohol (red wine in this case) are from the social setting and ritual, not necessarily the drink itself. Now this research seems to contradict that. What’s a layperson to do??
Ok so young people are more inclined to drink irresponsibly, and have a more difficult time of just sticking with one glass of wine with dinner which is the “healthy” way of drinking? No idea how this claim makes sense otherwise, and the article doesn’t explain much.
Or we can just accept that mortality is coming for all of us, and just try to live with the best quality of life we can.
This is just a summary of a lecture without any links to the studies cited. The Predimed Plus study that is mentioned is of men aged 55 to 75 years and women aged 60 to 75 years, with a BMI ≥ 27 to <40 and metabolic syndrome.
I wouldn’t change anything about your lifestyle based on a summary of a lecture, even if the dude works at Harvard.
I mean logically alcohol converts into a poison in your body so … no alcohol is good for you.
I don’t even like red wine. I have one or two small glasses of white each week, because I enjoy it. I won’t go out of my way to drink red wine for any perceived benefits, my focus is on my food and exercise.
Well, how do they explain that [Creme Puff the Cat lived until she was 38 years old drinking red wine?](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Creme_Puff_(cat)) Your move, *harvard*
Grape juice has no alcohol, but all the phenols.