Cold and Flu Season--Got Wine? Slow Down and Sip It: New Book by Top Doc Offers Prescription for Healthy Aging

To help his patients combat aging while also helping them look their best, Seattle's Favorite Plastic Surgeon, Richard Baxter has reviewed over 2500 scientific studies so health conscious consumers can make informed choices. Baxter reveals the most current findings in wine polyphenol research and the benefits of moderate consumption of red wine. The RX: one glass daily with a meal, and the more expensive bottle the better.

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My advice is wash your hands frequently, stay home if you are ill, and by all means have a glass or two of red wine with dinner.

Seattle, WA (PRWEB) November 17, 2009

With the skill of a surgeon, the smarts of a scientist, and an unbiased perspective, a top cosmetic surgeon has written the most up to date guide to wine and anti-aging. Dr. Richard Baxter's "Age Gets Better with Wine: New Science for a Healthier, Better, and Longer Life" explores how we age and why a glass of wine with meals may just be what the doctor orders.

Intent on helping his patients combat aging in addition to helping them look their best, Baxter has reviewed over 2500 scientific studies to find the most reliable data. Volumes have been written on this topic by dozens of experts in specific fields, but nothing offers the whole current picture for health conscious consumers seeking to make informed choices. Dr. Baxter reveals the most current findings in wine polyphenol research and the benefits of moderate consumption of red wine, such as:

o    Resveratrol looks to hold the key to preventing Alzheimer’s, breast cancer and heart disease.
o    Moderate wine drinking preserves bone density.
o    Red wine sipped with steak helps neutralize harmful free radical oxidants and saturated fats.
o    Moderate drinking releases feel-good endorphins.
o    Resveratrol helps burn fat by activating prolongevity genes called sirtuins, which are normally turned on by caloric restriction, or near-starvation.

“Drink wine: it’s an age old formula for a rich old age, thousands of years in the making. The resveratrol found in wine is a powerful antioxidant that is stronger than other antioxidant vitamins. “Vitamin W” has remarkable anti-aging properties and there is powerful scientific evidence that it holds the key to preventing everything from cancer to cavities. A glass of red wine a day with a meal is the suggested dose. In fact, epidemiologic studies have demonstrated that people who drink wine in moderation (one 5-oz. glass per day for women, two for men) live an average of five years longer than nondrinkers, and are healthier by several measures. However we don’t know yet whether taking a resveratrol supplement will have the same effect, and what works in mice may not work for humans. We don’t even know if resveratrol is the most important polyphenol in wine. So for now, continue your “vice” and enjoy a glass of wine,” says Baxter.

More on Richard Baxter, M.D.
Featured in Elle, WebMD, New Beauty and Spa magazine, Baxter is a top rated, board certified plastic surgeon, member of the Emerging Trends Committee of the American Society of Plastic Surgeons, former faculty member of the University of Washington School of Medicine, Chief Medical Officer of Seattle-based Calidora Skin Clinics, and Medical Director of Healthy Aging.

"Age Gets Better with Wine: New Science for a Healthier, Better and Longer Life", published by The Wine Appreciation Guild retails for $19.95 and is available on Amazon and Barnes & Noble.

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