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Medical ’s own Dr. Yevgeniy Vaynkof was recently quoted in a  about the health benefits of drinking wine. He was quoted as saying:

Let’s start with the good. “Red wine specifically has been shown in several studies over the last 15 to 20 years to have some benefit in lowering the risk of type 2 diabetes, the risk of stroke, as well as the risks of cataract and even colon cancer,” says Yevgeniy Vaynkof, MD at Medical . Sounds pretty positive, right? The most buzzed-about nutrient in red wine is a chemical compound called resveratrol, which may have anti-cancer properties and has been the focus of much of the research on wine’s benefits to date. But there’s one important caveat here. “While this is very promising, the long-term studies on this have been limited,” says Vaynkof. That means what we know about wine’s benefits is not completely set in stone.

 

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