Wine lovers, today is a day to hold up your glass, and make a toast to longevity, and activity. A recent scientific study lead by Harvard Researcher David Sinclair found that a compound found in red wine, resveratrol, reverses the damaging effects of a high-fat diet in mice and can prolong life.

The study, lasting 114 weeks, divided 3 groups of mice into a “normal” diet group, high fat diet group, and a high fat supplemented with resveratrol group. Interesting enough, 58% of the high fat only group died, while only 42% of the other two groups died.

The red wine compound resveratrol seed to be responsible for a 31% reduction in death for the mice on a high fat diet. The researchers also noticed the high fat supplemented with resveratrol group seemed to be more active. This possibly helped to reduce the death rate.

Next, researchers need to apply this knowledge and see how humans respond to resveratrol. A drug company already has started a clinical trial of resveratrol and its effects on Type II Diabetes.

Please don’t feel this is a ticket to consume large amounts of wine. It isn’t. The extra calories from drinking excessive wine will only cause harm to your health, not help it. Consume wine in moderation!

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