I’ll Just Have A Glass of Your Mouse Wine, Please

Let’s begin with the conclusion. How do you live forever? Eat small and have a glass of red wine with your meal. Sound familiar? This is exactly what we teach in the Mediterranean path program.

Longevity is enhanced by many things, but most notably, most consistently by simple calorie restriction – nothing draconian, just don’t overconsume your way through life. The same is true for that wine – more is not better, just have a glass or so with your meal.

Any justification to enjoy your meal is a good one, but this article is actually a bit of a stretch … like they are working too hard to say “have a glass of wine” in a research report.

What the report actually did was look at one group of rats given resveratrol and another group on a low-calorie diet. They found that both conditions caused the little furry rodent DNA to activate genes that are implicated in living longer and having a healthy heart.

A good study, and it seems like it really should be true, but the link to slowed aging and heart health is going to take quite a bit more work to confirm.