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Don’t care. Pass the wine.
One has to wonder if they come out with such “studies” because they feel the rabble out there is “too close to solution for health issues”....
All I had to see was the headline. Then I laughed and laughed.
Oh, well.
Still going to have my dark chocolate and a glass of red from time to time.
Well, it’s odd to see an Italian study that undermines red wine sales.
Still, one small study really isn’t enough to undo dozens and dozens of earlier studies. I need to see more on this before I give it much credit.
It sure is good for the eyes.
If weasel words were actual weasels, you could make a nice fur coat from that article.
Supplements (which I take) equate to several bottles of wine a day. They mention supplements, but dance all around the issue — implying (with no research to back it up) that supplements might be dangerous.
The amounts naturally occurring in food, including red wine, may be too little to have therapeutic value. Or, it may be that this study simply wasn’t able to tease out the effects of resveratrol from a myriad of other environmental factors.
As a general rule, I put little or no trust in media reports on medical treatments. This rule has never failed me. Reporters are simply not trained (or smart enough, or honest enough) to report on medical research.
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You mean I’ve been drinking 2 bottle of red wine a day for no reason?
Because i totally eat dark chocolate and drink red wine because of resveratol, whatever the heck that is.
Thank God, no more having to choke down all that chocolate and wine, everyone can now return to their rice cakes and oat bran.
Big Pharma is terrified of the supplement industry because natural supplements generally cannot be patented. If people find out that an herb or combination of naturally occurring minerals has the same effect as a very expensive drug, Big Pharma could lose billions.
Curcumin, found in the spice Turmeric, has been found to profoundly lower systemic inflammation. Right now, some Big Pharma firms are trying find a way to slightly alter the molecular structure of Curcumin so they can patent and market it for big bucks with a phony-baloney brand name like Curcamex or Turmerol, when you could get the same effect at a health food store for a few bucks.
