Red wine ingredient is a 'wonderdrug'

Telegraph (U.K.) ^ | June 12, 2009 | Richard Alleyne

[Crimson Elephant]

Wouldn’t Grape Juice do the same thing?

[eyedigress]

I’ll get some red wine for my beach trip. I hope it works. :^)

[mnehring]

Doubt it, fermentation has a big impact on antioxidants. Not to mention it just tastes better fermented. :->

[krb]

I think it comes from the grape skins, which are not there in the juice. I think the wine making process includes pulverizing the skins, and that’s how the wine gets the goos stuff.

[mnehring]

Jesus was on to something.. Wine is good juice. :->

[GOPsterinMA]

MIT researchers sold their Resveratrol start up company in either 2007 or early 2008 for $750 million. The story was on 60 Minutes earlier this year (one of the few times I've watched 60 Minutes in years). I think one of the quotes was one would need to drink 10,000 bottles of red wine to get the equivalent amount of Resveratrol in one tablet.

[HiTech RedNeck]

Why wouldn’t you get it by eating grapes?

[P-Marlowe]

I always wondered why winos lived to be like... 50 sometimes.

[kruss3]

RESVERATROL is the effective ingredient. It chelates out
free iron and blocks absorption. It is the extra iron that causes the heart attacks and downstream metabolic disorders.

[HiTech RedNeck]

10,000 bottles of wine worth of resveratrol in one tablet huh.

Surely such a quantity can’t have any ill effects, can it???

[ExTexasRedhead]

PING - Sure wish I liked wine.

[garjog]

I take this stuff three times a day. http://www.lef.org/resveratrol/

[max americana]

> Jesus was on to something.. Wine is good juice. :->

Plus he multiplied bread and fish. The bread must be whole wheat and fish is excellent for eyesight with omega 3. HE knew how to eat right..:)

[Randy Larsen]

I’d rather die than drink wine!

[Tailback]

Grape juice would include some of the good stuff, but apparently, the fermentation process, combined with skins and alcohol clean up the circulatory system from plaque and act as a antioxidant.

Other “adult” beverages have similar properties but not at the same level as red wine.

[JerseyJohn61]

My 91 y/o father will be happy to hear this. He enjoys
a few glasses of Port every night.

JJ61

[Porterville]

The blood of Christ. Praise be to Jesus.... and all that jazz.

[greatdefender]

Plus he multiplied bread and fish. The bread must be whole wheat and fish is excellent for eyesight with omega 3. HE knew how to eat right..:)

Amen. Jesus also said that He is the living water. You will never died of thirst with Him. He is Amazing!!!

[ReneeLynn]

“Take a little wine for thy stomach’s sake...”

God knows what he’s talking about. Thanks science. /s