Poll: Does red wine keep you looking younger?
I visited my dermatologist last week for a skin cancer screening and she gave me some wonderful news. Not only were none of those little bumps suspicious, but she said I had great skin for a woman my age and of fair complexion. Since I often forget to apply sunscreen, I asked her if there might be a correlation between my skin’s condition and the amount of red wine that I consume.
I waited for her to laugh.
Instead, my gorgeous-skinned dermatologist replied, “I take resveratrol.” And she recommended I try it as well.
Coincidentally, I had just finished writing a piece about the substance that’s scheduled to appear in Thursday’s health section. Resveratrol is a naturally occurring antioxidant found in red wines and produced by a variety of plants. Much of the buzz about resveratrol stems from tests on animals, particularly those on obese mice. Promising results have shown that high dosages of resveratrol might combat heart disease, diabetes, cancer and other diseases of aging.
However, there hasn’t been much testing on humans and researchers at Washington University School of Medicine are among those working to see if taking resveratrol will produce the same effect as a low calorie diet in a small group of patients.
Hey, if resveratrol can help me look like my dermatologist, I’m game. Are you?


Gail writes about business, health and wine for the Post-Dispatch. She joined the P-D in 2005 after moving from NYC where she covered federal courts and wrote about food and wine. In her free time, Gail lifts weights, and of course, wine glasses.
YES! It does work! I have been using the vine skincare line by nutragrape for 3 years. It uses the resveratrol found in muscadines (which have the HIGHEST levels of resveratrol when compared with anything else). the muscadines’ resveratrol comes directly from their sister company duplin winery. i can honestly say, i have seen amazing improvements in my skin. a few years ago i had a spot under my left eye which turned out to be malignant…it was removed, but i have not had any issues since using the muscadine skincare face cream. I too take nutragrape - which is the muscadine resveratrol supplement and it really is amazing. i know science can explain a lot better than me, but i know how i feel and how i look and it all feels and looks good.