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Fountain of youth: Can red wine help us live longer?

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    Dr. David Samadi weighs in

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Medically can raise your glass and drink to this at least we tell launch.

A new study says in a compound found in red wine -- actually slow down the aging process trades right now with details is Fox News medical -- -- docked there.

Doctor -- it's a body good morning good morning -- OK so it's called risen very -- we've heard about it for years.

But what they've figured out that you think they're kind of unlocking how it helps us.

Yes did -- as you mentioned.

Got a lot of media publicity was one of the biggest antioxidant came -- so many doctors jump on the bandwagon saying like how it's great for you.

Obviously comes some red wine and it's his gain of -- and -- was thought that -- this anti oxidant.

Can help you would diabetes with heart disease etc.

The new study done by David Sinclair who he's doing a great job coming out of Harvard Medical School and it was published this begin -- Tells us that it's not a great antioxidant and now they're finding -- the real mechanism.

There's some -- called the longevity genes this gene is his secret to to how this -- are opposed going to function.

It activates an enzyme called SI RT want -- want.

And this is -- big news finding in this study.

Not only humility gene and we know -- enzyme.

Companies like -- SK Glaxo Smith is jumping on this trying to come up with a very concentrated.

Extract -- medication.

That you can take so how does it work.

It can really help would be DNA repair so when you go to sleep and we talk about seven -- -- -- That's -- the DNA repair happens.

All of these is that we have from diabetes to heart disease has to do with the information that's a key -- read this -- marital extract can reduce inflammation so imaginative rats that he.

Where you can have obese rats but delivered their vessels are clear so you can.

So that's an exciting message -- it's.

Exciting and right now the way were is fair -- work so if you wanted to really take take a hold of that of the benefits you need to drink a hundred glasses of red -- -- night and and were up to the task but it's probably discouraged instead once they shrink it down to a single -- of -- that and wind up with perhaps.

Great benefit.

Your point is well taken because no one in the right mind is going to dream that many glass and many try.

Well it's going to cause a major liver disease death I personally love red wine I drink about 34 -- -- a week I think social these perfect.

There is some quality about Johnson in reds won but what we're talking about is really really serious signs that's coming up and I think if we can get this drug.

That's going to really reduce a lot of inflammatory diseases such as -- -- alzheimer's parkinson's on and on.

-- -- -- we are getting closer to test and very exciting news all right.

Texas money thank you very much good to see you in and and cheers right bottoms up they'll certainly got our eight.