• PlantJam@lemmy.world
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    9 months ago

    Can you expand on the “lower dose benefits”? I assumed that the benefits of wine were related to antioxidants in certain drinks rather than the alcohol itself.

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      9 months ago

      They originally theorized it was the antioxidants 30+ years ago. However more recent papers have shown that it’s the alcohol itself that has the benefits, at the right dosage.

      https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jacc.2007.04.089

      Here is one of the better writups I have found on the subject.