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Just One Thing - with Michael Mosley

Choose Red Wine

Just One Thing - with Michael Mosley

BBC

Health & Fitness, Science

4.61.6K Ratings

🗓️ 25 January 2023

⏱️ 15 minutes

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Summary

All alcohol is bad for you but if you’re already a drinker, switching out your usual drink with a small glass of red wine could bring surprising benefits to your health - improving blood sugar and fat levels and reducing the risk of diabetes. In this episode, Michael Mosley speaks to Dr Tim Spector, Professor of Epidemiology at King’s College London to find out about the secret ingredient in red wine. He reveals why red wine is rich in chemicals called polyphenols. They raise a (metaphorical) glass to celebrate the effects of red wine on the diversity of our gut bacteria!

Transcript

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0:00.0

BBC Sounds.

0:02.0

Hello everyone, it's Michelle Vassage, and welcome to my podcast Rule Breakers.

0:06.0

But you sit down and be bright.

0:08.0

Celebrating women's voices.

0:10.0

You're very welcome to now you're asking with me, Marion Keys Keys and me Tara Flynn.

0:14.8

This is juicy. No limits, no limits.

0:17.2

Celebrating women.

0:18.8

Where to be a woman is the podcast celebrating the best of women's well-being. We're on a quest to find out

0:24.4

where in the world women are living their best lives. Celebrate yourself.

0:28.8

Lesson on BBC Sounds.

0:33.0

BBC Sounds, Music Radio Podcasts.

0:37.0

We would all like some quick and simple ways to improve our health, but we're inundated with often conflicting advice.

0:47.5

So if you were going to try just one thing to improve your mental and physical well-being, what should it be?

0:53.7

Perhaps the martial art of Tai Chi to improve your immune system.

0:58.5

Maybe a few nuts to slow aging.

1:01.2

Or how about cleaning your teeth to give your brain a boost.

1:05.0

I'm Dr Michael Mosley and this is just one thing where each episode will explore

1:11.2

one thing you can start doing today to improve your health or life in ways you might not expect.

1:20.0

Okay, Friday evening and to mark the end of a busy week, my wife and I are going to be doing something that should protect our hearts and give our gut bacteria boost.

1:30.0

You can probably hear the sound of a wine bottle being unscrewed.

1:37.0

Cheers.

1:38.0

Now, red wine is my favorite alcoholic drink. In fact. It's pretty much the only alcohol I drink and that is not only because I like the taste and flavours

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