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TL;DR: Get polyphenols in your diet. Wine is an option for this but there are others.


So basically vegetables, the stuff we already should be eating. Though sure is tempting to think some mysterious chemical in wine is a replacement.


Oops. I don't think the study showed that at all. You have jumped to a conclusion. Maybe it's valid, maybe not.


My grandfather, a wine drinker all his life, suffered severe dementia in his final years. There is no magic bullet.


Anecdotal data is not evidence.

My grandfather smoked 2 packs a day starting when he was 11 till he was 97 and didn't get lung cancer.


It is evidence of N=1.




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