I’ve found the research on red wine’s Resveratrol (a polyphenolic SIRT1 activator) quite compelling. It’s been explored and celebrated by keto writer @CristiVlad in his wonderfully researched book Periodic Fasting: Repair your DNA, Grow Younger, and Learn to Appreciate your Food - some great overviews in there. And the classic LCHF/Keto physicians Mary Dan Eades MD and MIchael Eades (authors of Protein Power, and Losing The Midlife Middle) blessed small glasses of wine with dinner way back in 90s…
Basically SIRT1 mimics the anti-ageing effects of calorie restriction in lower organisms and in mice fed a high-fat diet ameliorates insulin resistance, increases mitochondrial content, and prolongs survival. And the longevity of traditional mediterranean people who drank lots of red wine is quite impressive. Though it’s disputable that modern red wine is very different than traditionally fermented grapes, the SIRT1/resveratol is still in the grapes!
Then tonight I came across this book…!
It’s a quirky little book oriented towards very low carb in a lovely sneaky way. It kind of cracked me up actually. I appreciate its gusto! This author considers wine a requirement for certain cuisine (and I do agree, in a non-addiction context!) - anywhere from 2-7 glasses a week. It’s a wine-lover’s book! I definitely think it can help the wine/cuisine appreciating friends & family in our lives connect to keto/LCHF.
From its Amazon page:
LOSE WEIGHT WITH THE FAT BUSTING POWER OF WINE
This diet shows you how to combine wine’s fat-fighting properties with low carb diets to produce fast and permanent weight loss. Wine isn’t a luxury you sacrifice to lose weight–used wisely it’s the very thing that accelerates it. Follow my plan and you’ll drink yourself skinny!
MY WINE-BASED DIET WILL HELP YOU LOSE WEIGHT
The research from major universities all over the world is clear–wine helps fight the production of fat cells. That’s why you can lose so much weight with this diet–because it uses the fat reducing compounds in wine as its secret weapon. Wine is essential to this diet not just because it can speed up your metabolism, thus burning calories more quickly than normal. Research from Spain for the BMC Medicine journal reports that two to seven glasses of red wine a week can decrease depression. This is essential for weight loss because a positive mental state is required for any diet.
HOW THE WINE DRINKER’S DIET WORKS
The induction phase is Level 1 of The Wine Drinker’s Diet. It lasts just one week. During the first week, you’ll detox your body. You won’t be starving yourself; you’ll never go hungry on this diet. Instead you’ll cut out processed foods and sugar. You’ll learn a new way of eating. You can stay at Level 1 for longer than a week if you like but then you enter Level 2, where you’ll start eating a variety of new healthy proteins and carbs. Level 3 is your diet for life.
WINE + LOW CARB DIET= FASTEST WEIGHT LOSS
The fat-fighting compounds in wine work best with a low-carb diet. That’s why this book is filled with suggested foods and meal plans that go best with wine.
EVERY SIP HELPS YOU LOSE WEIGHT
Depending on which level you’re in, you’ll enjoy one to three glasses of red or dry white wine for five of seven nights. Remember, this isn’t a diet that allows you to drink wine; it’s a diet that requires it because of wine’s fat fighting compound.
+++Obviously, not recommended for those with alcohol addiction issues/tendencies or medication contraindications though.