A new study says that age-related deafness and hearing loss caused by loud noise may be reduced by the antioxidants in red wine, as well as in green tea and aspirin.
Destructive chemical agents called oxygen-free radicals, produced by normal cellular processes and in response to loud noise and exposure to powerful antibiotics, can damage the hairs. But antioxidants such as resveratrol, found in red wine and green tea, and salicylate, the active ingredient in aspirin, should be able to neutralise them.
Bottom line: Drink red wine and you won't be deaf anytime soon.
Drinking red wine may help prevent deafness [Scotsman.com]
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