healthy wine drinkers...

Anders,

Expert I'm not when it comes to knowing wine. I just started drinking it three months ago on my doctor's advice. Now if I could just get her to write a prescription for it, it would be tax deductible as a medical expense. Now THAT would be something to help me stay healthy.

Thanks for educating me - because I didn't have a clue,

Bob

"Anders Tørneskog" wrote:

Salut/Hi Anders Tørneskog,

le/on Wed, 07 Jan 2004 21:58:52 GMT, tu disais/you said:-

Bourgogne Passetoutgrains?

Sorry, couldn't resist.

Salut/Hi Roman Caesar,

le/on 8 Jan 2004 09:58:13 -0800, tu disais/you said:-

WHAT!!!!!!!!!!!

Try two classic wines. Say a Vogué Le Musigny 1996 against a Ch Petit-Villages from the same year. Then you can talk mellow and tannic.

Jeepers. PLEASE try to stop generalising from the USA to the world.

Wine ISN'T medecine, it's about pleasure, any medical benefits are serendipity.

So _that's_ what the FDA means by a balanced diet! And I thought it meant one glass in each hand... ;^D

S moT

Sigh, should have written FYI - Exclusive Red Burgundy *is* Pinot Noir, exclusively..., I think

:-) Anders

As usual you have hit home with my sentiments exactly Ian. Bi!!

It is both and to increasing numbers of people they will be drawn into wine-drinking because of the resveratrol unless a good supplement is created (it doesn't exist yet -- all are bio-unavailable based on testing except for one.)

I have always liked red wine but now drink more of it because of what I know and I drink exclusively Pinot Noir from, you guessed it, either Willamette Valley, Oregon, or parts of Washington State, or New York Finger Lakes Region, or Burgandy, France, or Southern Tasmania, Australia -- the cold places where the fungus can attack the grape and force Resveratrol to be manufactured.

I am also prepared to see exactly if there is any effect as I am having major blood tests and a full body scan (possibly) done a year apart, before starting Resveratrol, and after the year, to see what the effect truly is or isn't.

Stuart

Since we're discussing health aspects of drinking wine, I'm surprised that no one has mentioned wine as a component of specific diet programs.

Last fall, at the age of 54, my weight had crept up to 250 lbs with no end in sight. I'd never tried a specific "diet" -- other than eating whatever was set in front of me -- but had often heard/read about how tough it was to lose weight. My wife decided we should both try the Atkins diet; we checked with our family doctor, who endorsed the idea, before beginning. I was a bit concerned that the diet forbids any alcohol consumption during the first (Induction) phase, which lasts at least two weeks, and is very cautionary about drinking, period. I enjoy at least 1-2 glasses of wine each evening, but was willing to forego that pleasure for a brief period. To quote from "Dr. Atkins New Diet Revolution," pg. 181:

"The body burns alcohol for fuel when alcohol is available. So when it is burning alcohol, your body will not burn fat. This does not stop weight loss; it simply postpones it. Since the alcohol does not get stored as glycogen, you immediately get back into lipolysis after the alcohol is used up."

After completing Induction, I gradually resumed my wine drinking, getting back now to normal levels. Did the diet work? Yes -- when I started the diet in early September 2003, my weight was 250 lbs, and my total cholesterol was 245. As of January 5, 2004, my weight was down to 205 lbs (my target is 200 lbs) and my cholesterol is down to 166. More importantly, my dietary habits have changed significantly -- but I still enjoy the same variety and volume of wine as before!

Bart