Health benefits of red wine disputed....again!

That magic ingredient in Red Wine Resveratrol and it's related health benefits have once again been debated in the news this week. A study for The International Journal of Obesity found a link between mouse being fed Resveratrol and lower weight gain. We've reported here that red wine has been observed to have several health benefits including for those with heart disease, in moderation of course. However the UK's National Health Service have quashed hopes among wine lovers that their passion could help weight loss. They say on their NHS Choices website this particular study did not investigate the effects of adding resveratrol to a high fat diet, therefore the newspapers’ claims that red wine stops the effects of a high fat diet is an overstatement; in addition, the mice were not given red wine per se. Importantly, red wine itself contains only a small amount of resveratrol, so relying on this as a source is not advisable and would need to be weighed against the negative and harmful effects of alcohol itself.