The Red Wine Diet, 2011 Edition

“We are very excited.”
— The first people-based study of resveratrol, the compound in red wine found to help with obesity and reverse aging in mice, is apparently going really well. (Participants are getting the equivalent of two gallons a day, if you’d like to follow along at home — this guy is ready. Or, don’t.) Related: From “Red Red Wine”s Wikipedia entry: “In the song, the singer finds drinking red wine is the only way to forget a lost love.”