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By: In Vino Veritas (and Health?)

In Vino Veritas (and Health?) — Mon, 15 Dec 2008 00:56:22 +0000

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By: In Vino Veritas (and Health?) | Mark's Daily Apple

In Vino Veritas (and Health?) | Mark's Daily Apple — Sat, 13 Dec 2008 15:39:12 +0000

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By: Doug K

Doug K — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 18:15:01 +0000

watching for the decreased tolerance to alcohol is key to keeping it healthy..
when I was racing-fit, I was a cheap date, one beer would put me on my ear
but in the offseason I’d have a beer before dinner, then two, then three, which got alarming.
now have 1-2 glasses of wine, or a single beer on hot summer days. My kids keep me honest on this. I think the stress-relief factor is significant. Running after work is better for stress relief, but usually have kid-sport/music commitments after work these days.

By: Heather

Heather — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 03:52:50 +0000

Thanks JohnSon & Joe, I was a little worried that maybe I really would be the only person here who did… That’s one of my favorite Meatwad lines, too. Also fond of “You wanna take the Meat Bridge? It’s right here.”

You may be right about my tolerance dropping with increased time between drinking. I hadn’t thought about it, but the past year has been a lot busier for us and we have gone quite a bit longer between going to parties. (Usually involves a trip out of state, our town is lame.)

I drink almost exclusively at parties, with maybe a couple shots on a Saturday night at home for the sixth weekend in a row. So I’m getting a much longer time to lose tolerance, and I lost some weight, which probably contributes…

Mike Drew, I’m 27 and still read comic books, nothin’ wrong with that.

By: John La Puma

John La Puma — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 21:05:35 +0000

C’ent anni!- ‘May you live one hundred years’ … which I believe is possible with a glass or two of wine and a healthy lifestyle.

I usually have a glass of red wine with my meal every night, and local, organic or homemade is usually my glass of choice. Organic wines often have significantly higher levels of polyphenols than non-organic wines.

Wine is also better with a meal that has protein in it, as the protein appears to improve the bioavailability (absorption) of polyphenols. The polyphenol quercetin improves the bioavailability of resveratrol, the touted longevity compound found primarily in grape skin.

And as does all alcohol, wine also raises the HDL (healthy cholesterol)… so cheers to that! Of course with all of this said, it is still important to keep wine in moderation.
Source: “ChefMD’s Big Book of Culinary Medicine”
http://www.chefmd.com/book.php