Red wine and a long and happy life. A New York Times article reported that according to a study conducted by researchers at Harvard Medical School and the National Institute of Aging, a substance in red wine could extend life. In the study mice fed a high-fat diet and a large daily dose of resveratrol, a substance found in the skin of grapes and in red wine, were found to live as long as mice on a healthy diet without resveratrol.

The article stated that the mice receiving resveratrol “had all the pleasures of gluttony but paid none of the price.” The article also reported that the mice were fed doses of resveratrol that would require humans to drink 10 to 20 bottles of red wine a day to get a similar dose. Briefly discuss the questions that arise in using this experiment to decide the benefits of resveratrol for humans.

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