Red Wine’s Cancer-Fighting Reputation Debunked: Study

New research from Brown University analyzing 96,000 participants found no evidence that red wine reduces cancer risk compared with white wine.

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The common belief that red wine is healthier than white wine in terms of cancer risk may not hold up under scrutiny.

The meta-analysis of studies through December 2023, published in Nutrients, involved nearly 96,000 participants across 42 observational studies and found “no clear evidence that red wine mitigates cancer risk.”