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Making a toast to your health could have new meaning this holiday season. Researchers have identified a substance in red wine that may help prevent Alzheimer's disease. This ScienCentral News video explains.

Red or White?

When your host offers you red or white wine at her annual holiday party this year, there may be a good reason to choose red. In a series of laboratory tests, researchers in New York found new evidence that an antioxidant found in red wine, called resveratrol, helps clear away the basic building blocks of Alzheimer plaques.

The finding, published in the Journal of Biological Chemistry, contributes to the growing body of research that suggests moderate red wine consumption may help prevent a number of diseases, including age-related dementias, heart disease, and cancer. The researchers, led by neurobiologists Philippe Marambaud and Peter Davies, say their study also identifies a previously unknown chemical pathway that may one day be tapped to design new drugs to fight Alzheimer's disease.

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