A glass a day
With so many different articles contradicting one another, what do you think about a glass of red wine a day? Some say it still holds cancer riddled while others say it has benefits.
Lillybee17 · F
robbie2499 · 61-69, F
robbie2499 · 61-69, F
@sree251 You are absolutely right.
at the end of the day
- ethanol is a carcinogen
- any beneficial compounds in red wine like anthocyanins and resveratrol (essentially the pigments with antioxidant properties) come from the grapes, not the ethanol, ergo, you do NOT need to ferment the grapes into wine to get them
they heyday of unscrupulous marketing (which peaked in the 1990s) of wine as a health beverage have passed
the only reason to drink wine is because you enjoy the flavors and aromas, and with the conscious acknowledgement that it may one day come back to haunt you, but you accept the risk
it's why the wine industry is facing a crisis right now, with decling demand as its core demographic of Boomers is dying off and younger generations are more health-conscious; simultaneously, the quality of dealcoholized wine is increasing to meet this new reality, and is ultimately wine's future (in so far as humanity itself has a future)
- ethanol is a carcinogen
- any beneficial compounds in red wine like anthocyanins and resveratrol (essentially the pigments with antioxidant properties) come from the grapes, not the ethanol, ergo, you do NOT need to ferment the grapes into wine to get them
they heyday of unscrupulous marketing (which peaked in the 1990s) of wine as a health beverage have passed
the only reason to drink wine is because you enjoy the flavors and aromas, and with the conscious acknowledgement that it may one day come back to haunt you, but you accept the risk
it's why the wine industry is facing a crisis right now, with decling demand as its core demographic of Boomers is dying off and younger generations are more health-conscious; simultaneously, the quality of dealcoholized wine is increasing to meet this new reality, and is ultimately wine's future (in so far as humanity itself has a future)
Lillybee17 · F
@SnickersDOM these are the facts that scare me.
@Lillybee17 if you're only after the health benefit, you'd be better off just eating grapes (without going overboard, since they're loaded with sugar too); eating raw grapes also is better than taking supplements derived from grapes
if you could stomach the gross flavor, muscadines have even more resveratrol than grapes (grapes are a plant genus descended from muscadines, rather than muscadines being a type of grape)
if you drink wine for the flavor and aroma, then of course do it in moderation, and seek out and try quality dealcoholized wines too
will you be the one who develops, for example, esophageal cancer from wine drinking? who knows, history is filled with lifelong smokers who lived to be in their 90s, but that didn't make it any more wise for any random person to take up smoking, as most smokers did develop illnesses
if you could stomach the gross flavor, muscadines have even more resveratrol than grapes (grapes are a plant genus descended from muscadines, rather than muscadines being a type of grape)
if you drink wine for the flavor and aroma, then of course do it in moderation, and seek out and try quality dealcoholized wines too
will you be the one who develops, for example, esophageal cancer from wine drinking? who knows, history is filled with lifelong smokers who lived to be in their 90s, but that didn't make it any more wise for any random person to take up smoking, as most smokers did develop illnesses
Lillybee17 · F
@SnickersDOM nah, definitely not just for the health benefit. I enjoy unwinding with a nice glass of wine at days end with dinner.
cherokeepatti · 70-79, F
I can’t drink red wine. One glass a day for 3 days will cause crystals to form on my knees. They feel like small gravel. And if I go to pick up something and squat down to do it, when I stand up it’s like fire in my knees. I don’t know what’s going on with that but aspirin does the same thing. Takes about 5-6 months for the deposits to dissolve and then the pain goes away.
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cherokeepatti · 70-79, F
@Lillybee17 I have told them but they never say anything about it. I believe it is the salicylates that are in wine (especially red wine) and in aspirin too. I can’t take anything with aspirin in it including Pepto Bismol or Alka Seltzer. I was given aspirin for bad headaches as a child and would vomit after taking one and also Pepto Bismol would make me vomit.
Lillybee17 · F
@cherokeepatti don’t you just love how doctors completely gloss over certain health concerns? I am glad you’ve identified it and are staying away.
cherokeepatti · 70-79, F
@Lillybee17 I didn’t need a doctor to tell me not to drink wine etc. I told them what I couldn’t tolerate and they wrote it down. I believe it is something genetic. Both my grandmothers had problems with fruits & veggies that were red and they couldn’t eat them. I don’t know what their symptoms were but one grandmother would plant yellow watermelons and yellow tomatoes and eat those. The other one would get cantaloupe for herself for when everyone else was having watermelon.