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Recently, I thought I saw a very bad article circulating on the web… This last one is called, "A glass of red wine is the equivalent to an hour at the gym, says new study". That said, the journalists who wrote this article cite a study by Jason Dyck, researcher at the University of Alberta. The real conclusion of the study is as follows:
Overall, our findings provide evidence that the capacity for fatty acid oxidation is augmented by the addition of RESV (resveratrol) to the diet during ET, and that this may contribute to the improved physical performance of rats following ET.
Free translation :
We found evidence that the muscle's capacity for lipid oxidation is increased
by adding resveratrol to the diet during endurance training. And this advancement
could help improve the physical performance of RATS! following a
endurance training.
You read that right, the rats did not consume red wine, but rather resveratrol, an antioxidant found in particular in red wine.
It is therefore taking a huge intellectual shortcut to say that red wine replaces an hour of physical activity. In my opinion, if we needed a permit to be a journalist, she would have lost it ...
The good news is, you haven't missed the last few years of your life trying to be healthy through physical activity when you could have been drinking red wine (!)
The bad news is, unfortunately, a glass of red wine doesn't have the same effect as an hour of physical activity.
Little comment from Jason dyck : “To get the same amount that we're giving patients or rodents you'd have to drink anywhere from 100 to a thousand bottles a day”.
Roughly speaking, to absorb the same amount of resveratrol absorbed by rats, you would have to drink 100 to 1000 bottles of wine per day.
Good luck!
And then, maybe a glass of white wine would do better?
Friday night commentary ...
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