Red Wine Antioxidant Fails to Lengthen Lives in Study
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Resveratrol, an ingredient in red wine thought to have health benefits, failed to promote longevity among Italians who ate a diet rich in the antioxidant, researchers said.
A study of 783 men and women ages 65 and older found they didn’t live longer and were just as likely to develop heart disease and cancer as those who consumed less resveratrol. The research, led by Richard Semba, an ophthalmologist from Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, followed the participants from two villages in Tuscany for nine years.