Blinded me with Science: Aerobic Exercise and Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder

One teacher, one scientist, and one paper; but how many conclusions?

Today's post is a little bit different, but this type of post will hopefully become a semi-regular thing. I'm cross-posting with Sara-Liz. She is one of my favorite people; she stood up with me at my wedding. More relevant to the science part of this blog, she is a special education teacher with both personal and professional experience in learning disabilities. She has a masters degree from Clemson in Special Education and is currently pursuing a second masters degree in Educational Administration and Leadership. This background gives her unique insight on child development, teacher practices, and special education from the education policy and teacher interaction with kiddos perspective.

There's no news article associated with today's post; I found this research by serendipity. I was looking for the article I reviewed last week and while searching Google scholar this one came up. It looked like an interesting and potentially important bit of research as I know many families struggling with ADHD (either in the kids or the adults). I also knew that this would be a great article to seek input from Sara-Liz about. Sara-Liz's content and comments are in purple; mine are in black.

The Washington Post: Red wine’s heralded ingredient — resveratrol — may actually hinder benefits of exercise

Maybe not the best replacement to an after workout protein shake.
Image from Lance Cpl. J. Gage Karwick via Wikimedia Commons.

Today's news article comes to us from the Washington Post. Most of the news about the potential anti-aging benefits of red wine, via an antioxidant called resveratrol, was coming out in late 2007 and again in mid-2009 (google trends). But now it's back in the news because researchers have published the results of a study to see if resveratrol can increase the aerobic capacity of humans in the journal Applied Physiology, Nutrition, and Metabolism. According to the Washington Post, the answer is no, and they use this as an example of how it can feel like research reverses itself constantly, particularly with health and nutrition. But is that really fair?