Topic: wine

Resveratrol Supplements May Be Kind Of Useless, Study Suggests

Resveratrol Supplements May Be Kind Of Useless, Study Suggests

For years, red wine has been touted as a heart-healthy choice that’s full of good-for-you antioxidants. The secret? Resveratrol, a compound that was often credited for everything from slowing the aging process to curbing heart disease. Unfortunately, upon closer inspection, wine isn’t quite the superfood it was believed to be–and, according to a forthcoming study, neither is resveratrol itself, even in a supplement. More »

Afternoon Links: Science Says Wine Is Good For Endurance

Afternoon Links: Science Says Wine Is Good For Endurance

• Wine: your new favorite marathon training tool (Well & Good)

• Vegan apple pie milkshake? Yes please! (FitSugar)

• Do you strip down in the locker room? How nude is too nude? (DivineCaroline)

• Yet another study touting the health benefits of your morning coffee (HuffPost Healthy Living)

• Repel mosquitos with these natural bug-busters (Organic Authority)

• Would you give up sex for salad? (The Frisky)

Afternoon Links: Show Us Your Thighs

Afternoon Links: Show Us Your Thighs

• The Huffington Post wants women to take photos of what their thighs actually look like (HuffPost Women)

• Growing out your bangs can get awkward–here are some tips for helping you through it (Divine Caroline)

• Everything you ever needed to know about cherry tomatoes (Organic Authority)

• What’s Kerri Strugg, the petite hero of the 1996 Olympics up to these days? (FitSugar)

• Yup, wine is totally fine when dieting. (The Frisky)

• According to Science, muscular dudes are bad boyfriends? We’re not sold (YourTango)

Poll: What’s the Longest You’ve Gone Without A Drink?

Poll: What’s the Longest You’ve Gone Without A Drink?

Hey, drinkers: What’s the longest you’ve gone without alcohol? April is “Alcohol Awareness Month,” according to U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Deborah wrote earlier this week about the difference between moderate/healthy drinking and having an alcohol problem (a post I deliberately avoided). This got us discussing the longest we’d gone without drinking. And we’re not sure what’s normal, so we thought we’d ask you all. More »

What Drinking Wine Can Do To Your Face

What Drinking Wine Can Do To Your Face

If you enjoy a nightly glass of wine–or two–a forensic artist specializing in age progression was kind enough to reveal exactly what this does to our face.

Based on two or more standard glasses of wine a night, Anna Magee (the woman in the photo) wrote on the DailyMail that she was “horrified by this bloated, flushed, red-eyed and tooth-stained monster, an illustration of what drinking could do to my face in only ten years from now”. More »

Alcohol Limits: Guess Which Country Recommends The Lowest Amount For Women?

Alcohol Limits: Guess Which Country Recommends The Lowest Amount For Women?

Did you know that different countries impose wildly different alcohol guidelines on what the “safe” amounts are to consume each day? Me neither. Did you also know that the U.S. has some of the strictest limits and the lowest ones for women? Here we thought we were pretty liberal with alcohol consumption, given the fact that researchers can’t seem to make up their minds about whether any amounts are safe for our health—let alone what the daily minimum should be. So we just keep drinking. More »

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