Table Talk

Ever since wine production began 8,000 years ago, people have suggested it can do remarkable things. Whether it increases courage, passion, happiness, is good for your heart, bad for your heart, good for your mental health, bad for your mental health, claims and counter claims are still made to this day. But in this episode of the Food Matters Live podcast, we are looking at the evidence, not the stories.  Red wine is particularly intriguing for health researchers because there are so many claims about it reducing cholesterol, improving heart health, being beneficial for our bones, and so on. But, we know that drinking too much alcohol is bad for us. So, do the health claims stack up? Are some wines healthier than others? And how much is too much? Alex Glover, Senior Nutritionist, Holland & Barrett Alex is senior nutritionist within the global R&D team at Holland & Barrett and graduated with an MSc in Clinical Nutrition from the University of Aberdeen.  He has published research in the fie