Moderate wine consumption may slow biological aging in men. This is reported by the International Journal of Public Health.
The study is based on data from the Italian Moli-sani project involving more than 20,000 participants. The biological age of the participants was calculated using AI based on biomarkers: hormones, lipids, and inflammation indicators. It was compared with wine consumption habits. It turned out that men who drank about 150–200 milliliters of wine per day had a lower biological age on average than those who did not drink at all.
At the same time, a U-shaped relationship was identified: too low or excessive consumption did not yield positive effects, and abuse was associated with accelerated aging. No similar relationship was found for women, although a statistically significant difference between the sexes could not be proven.
The researchers noted that the positive effect is likely related not to alcohol but to the polyphenols in wine, whose anti-inflammatory and antioxidant properties could play a key role. Overall ethanol consumption from other beverages did not show a similar connection.
