Dr. Will Bulsiewicz

Yeah, I think the strongest argument is for red wine. So it's interesting. I actually recently have been pushing back against myself a little bit. Because I used to say, in fact, my first book said this, that why drink red wine when you can get resveratrol, which is the polyphenol that comes from red wine. You can get that by eating grapes or even, believe it or not, eating peanuts.

Like there's a lot of other plant-based foods that contain resveratrol. Okay, here's where my pushback comes in. Fermentation. Fermentation leads to transformation of food. The resveratrol that has been fermented is not the same as the resveratrol that has not been fermented. The resveratrol that was fermented is now more bioactive.

Like there's a lot of other plant-based foods that contain resveratrol. Okay, here's where my pushback comes in. Fermentation. Fermentation leads to transformation of food. The resveratrol that has been fermented is not the same as the resveratrol that has not been fermented. The resveratrol that was fermented is now more bioactive.

Like there's a lot of other plant-based foods that contain resveratrol. Okay, here's where my pushback comes in. Fermentation. Fermentation leads to transformation of food. The resveratrol that has been fermented is not the same as the resveratrol that has not been fermented. The resveratrol that was fermented is now more bioactive.

Your body is going to be able to receive this resveratrol in greater proportions. So now that doesn't mean that red wine needs to contain alcohol. So if you were to drink red wine for the purposes of your health, you would de-alcoholize it because it's not the alcohol that provides the benefit. If anything, that's the part that provides the harm.

Your body is going to be able to receive this resveratrol in greater proportions. So now that doesn't mean that red wine needs to contain alcohol. So if you were to drink red wine for the purposes of your health, you would de-alcoholize it because it's not the alcohol that provides the benefit. If anything, that's the part that provides the harm.

Your body is going to be able to receive this resveratrol in greater proportions. So now that doesn't mean that red wine needs to contain alcohol. So if you were to drink red wine for the purposes of your health, you would de-alcoholize it because it's not the alcohol that provides the benefit. If anything, that's the part that provides the harm.

But if you're just like looking to have a drink once in a while, like what you described, I have zero issue with. I have zero issue with occasional.

But if you're just like looking to have a drink once in a while, like what you described, I have zero issue with. I have zero issue with occasional.

But if you're just like looking to have a drink once in a while, like what you described, I have zero issue with. I have zero issue with occasional.

Truly occasional drinks. Where I think that the issues exist is like clearly there's an issue with drinking to the point of a hangover. You're damaging your microbiome when you do that. That is not just dehydration. You can't just give yourself an IV and feel better. You have damaged your gut microbiome and it takes you a day to feel better.

Truly occasional drinks. Where I think that the issues exist is like clearly there's an issue with drinking to the point of a hangover. You're damaging your microbiome when you do that. That is not just dehydration. You can't just give yourself an IV and feel better. You have damaged your gut microbiome and it takes you a day to feel better.

Truly occasional drinks. Where I think that the issues exist is like clearly there's an issue with drinking to the point of a hangover. You're damaging your microbiome when you do that. That is not just dehydration. You can't just give yourself an IV and feel better. You have damaged your gut microbiome and it takes you a day to feel better.

And I think that there's an argument. Let me be totally clear. I don't have perfect data for what I'm about to say. I'm using what I have and interpreting it. But I think there's an argument that the concept of one to two drinks being good for us is actually being challenged right now. So part of this is that alcohol consumption on any level has been associated with carcinogenesis, cancer risk.

And I think that there's an argument. Let me be totally clear. I don't have perfect data for what I'm about to say. I'm using what I have and interpreting it. But I think there's an argument that the concept of one to two drinks being good for us is actually being challenged right now. So part of this is that alcohol consumption on any level has been associated with carcinogenesis, cancer risk.

And I think that there's an argument. Let me be totally clear. I don't have perfect data for what I'm about to say. I'm using what I have and interpreting it. But I think there's an argument that the concept of one to two drinks being good for us is actually being challenged right now. So part of this is that alcohol consumption on any level has been associated with carcinogenesis, cancer risk.

Part of this is that alcohol consumption on any level when consumed in the evening is disruptive to your sleep, even one drink. And then the study that changed my mind is they took a look at something called lipopolysaccharide, which comes from the gut. And when the gut barrier is damaged and broken, meaning like people call it leaky gut, that's fine.

Part of this is that alcohol consumption on any level when consumed in the evening is disruptive to your sleep, even one drink. And then the study that changed my mind is they took a look at something called lipopolysaccharide, which comes from the gut. And when the gut barrier is damaged and broken, meaning like people call it leaky gut, that's fine.

Part of this is that alcohol consumption on any level when consumed in the evening is disruptive to your sleep, even one drink. And then the study that changed my mind is they took a look at something called lipopolysaccharide, which comes from the gut. And when the gut barrier is damaged and broken, meaning like people call it leaky gut, that's fine.

I also would call it increased intestinal permeability. When the gut barrier is damaged and broken, this lipopolysaccharide gets into the bloodstream. So if you draw blood on a person and you're seeing, oh man, their LPS is spiking, you know the gut barrier has been harmed. All right. And in the study, they basically gave people a significant amount of alcohol.