Wine and Morty

     My boy Morten Gronbaek is awesome. We've maybe all of us heard of the French Paradox that was inspired by the studies of Dr Serge Renaud. But the guy who has taken the mantle and run with it is named Morten. Morty penned the Copenhagen Heart study (and many others). Morty spent many years publishing almost two dozen papers from multiple countries with beautiful results. The results were in a nutshell that red wine is significantly more protective against heart disease and overall mortality than alcohol from other souces. And with red wine consumption you are even more likely than abstainers in cardiovascular sease and death rates in general! One of the new buzzwords in health is microbiome. Folks with a healthy one tend to be healthier in general and guess what helps to make a happy microbiome? You guessed it, wine. This was in a Washinginton University school of Medicine paper that showed how wine affects your gut in a positive manner helping out in this specific study influenza! With all the craziness going on it's nice to know that some things can make you healthier. Drink good wine and take care everybody.