STUDY: Study finds lower risk of Alzheimer’s and dementia

JOURNAL: Neurology

AUTHORS: Dr. Thomas Truelsen

ABSTRACT: A new study adds to a growing body of evidence suggesting that wine contains healthful compounds.

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COMMENTARY: People who drink wine seem to have a lower risk of developing Alzheimer’s disease and other forms of dementia.

Regular beer drinkers actually had a higher risk of developing dementia, the researchers reported in a study that adds to a growing body of evidence suggesting that wine contains healthful compounds.

The results, published in the the journal Neurology, showed people who drank up to 21 glasses of wine a week had a measurably lower risk of dementia.

Monthly and weekly intake of wine is associated with a lower risk of dementia. People who had just a glass of wine a day had a lower risk of dementia than people who drank no wine at all.

While men tended to drink more than women, there were no differences in the health consequences of drinking between men and women.

These results don’t mean that people should start drinking wine or drink more wine than they usually do but the idea that the colored compounds in wine should have people looking for red fruits and veggies.