Drinking A Glass Of Red Wine Is The Same As Getting An HOUR OF EXERCISE

This is my new favorite study.

Drinking A Glass Of Red Wine Is The Same As Getting An HOUR OF EXERCISE, Says New Study and Our Wildest Dreams
Marisa Riley @marisakriley
1 month ago

Dear red wine drinkers: I have wonderful news. A new study says that drinking a glass of wine can equate to an hour of exercise. I repeat: Drinking a glass of freaking merlot could be just as good for you as an hour of working out at the gym. Feel free to commence rejoicing at this time.

The researchers responsible for the glorious study — which was published in Journal of Physiology in May — discovered that resveratrol, a “natural compound” found in certain fruits, nuts, and (you guessed it) red wine, could actually “enhance exercise training and performance.” But there’s more. Jason Dyck, the principal investigator for the study, tells Science Daily that resveratrol can also offer the same benefits working out does:

The bad news: drinking a whole bottle does not equal more of a workout (all good things in moderation), and white wine doesn't count (not enough resveratrol).

Works for me though! To your health!

Continuing in the same vein of how good wine is for you...!

Drinking Wine at Bedtime Can Help You Lose Weight
Best. News. EVER.
By Naomi Lane in Food

According to the Daily Mail, researchers at Harvard University studied 20,000 women over a 13-year period and found that those who drank half a bottle of wine (about two glasses) daily reduced their risk of obesity. In addition, studies have revealed that drinking red wine can help burn fat.

Of course, the trick here is to replace your typical after-dinner nibbles with wine, rather than add the libation to your snacking routine.

Along those lines...

Wine Tasting Engages Your Brain More Than Any Other Behavior, Says Neuroscientist
Mike Pomranz
April 07, 2017

Any good wine snob knows that, despite the term’s intended negative connotation, the label should really be worn like a badge of honor. Sure, some beer lovers or, even worse, casual wine drinkers might find that snobbery worthy of derision, but they clearly don’t understand the difficulty, dexterity and dedication necessary to reach that level. Thankfully, however, a scientist has finally tossed us wine snobs a life preserver—a Yale neuroscientist nonetheless. In his recently published book, Neuroenology: How the Brain Creates the Taste of Wine, Gordon Shepherd argues that wine tasting actually stimulates your brain more than allegedly highfalutin activities like listening to music or even tackling a complicated math problem. Remember that time you did trigonometry while sipping wine with Beethoven playing the background? That’s basically the closest you’ve ever come to being Albert Einstein.