Yes, Red Wine Holds Answer. Check Dosage. - New York Times

I discovered this article as I sit here drinking a glass of red wine. (It was a long, hard day in the salt mines.) Read it only if you can deal with humans being compared to mice.

Yes, Red Wine Holds Answer. Check Dosage. - New York Times.

Can you have your cake and eat it? Is there a free lunch after all, red wine included? Researchers at the Harvard Medical School and the National Institute on Aging report that a natural substance found in red wine, known as resveratrol, offsets the bad effects of a high-calorie diet in mice and significantly extends their lifespan.

Comments

[Lisa]

"The mice were fed a hefty dose of resveratrol, 24 milligrams per kilogram of body weight. Red wine has about 1.5 to 3 milligrams of resveratrol per liter, so a 150-lb person would need to drink 750 to 1,500 bottles of red wine a day to get such a dose."

Wow. 750-1500 bottles/day. Well, at least it's good to know that a couple glasses every now and then is better than none at all.