Nestof3 Posted March 11, 2011 Share Posted March 11, 2011 I don't mean religiously or morally. I mean health-wise? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KnitWit Posted March 11, 2011 Share Posted March 11, 2011 Sure. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LibraryLover Posted March 11, 2011 Share Posted March 11, 2011 A lot of research says the tannis in red wine especially, has benefits. www.medicinalfoodnews.com/vol03/issue1/red_wine Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mrs Mungo Posted March 11, 2011 Share Posted March 11, 2011 I was drinking a glass a day for heart benefits. BUT, it raises your breast cancer risk. So, I only have a glass now and then because my breast cancer risk is quite high. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joanne Posted March 11, 2011 Share Posted March 11, 2011 Yes. Why do you ask? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nestof3 Posted March 11, 2011 Author Share Posted March 11, 2011 Yes. Why do you ask? I just wondered if drinking a glass a day would harm the liver. I love having a glass in the evening with peanuts or a little cheese with crackers while watching a movie with my husband. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nestof3 Posted March 11, 2011 Author Share Posted March 11, 2011 I was drinking a glass a day for heart benefits. BUT, it raises your breast cancer risk. So, I only have a glass now and then because my breast cancer risk is quite high. Thanks! I don't know of anyone in my family with heart disease or breast cancer. I do usually drink red and much less sweet than I used to drink. I have my mom's low blood pressure (96/64 ish). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OLG Posted March 11, 2011 Share Posted March 11, 2011 Sure unless you are on some prescription medications that would negate that positive reply ;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KnitWit Posted March 11, 2011 Share Posted March 11, 2011 I am the same Dawn Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcconnellboys Posted March 11, 2011 Share Posted March 11, 2011 What size glass, LOL? (Yes....) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
catalinakel Posted March 11, 2011 Share Posted March 11, 2011 Yes. and my dr. agrees. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danestress Posted March 12, 2011 Share Posted March 12, 2011 (edited) I don't mean religiously or morally. I mean health-wise? But it is my "not ideal" of choice:) I have it on reasonably good authority that women who drink should limit it to a couple of drinks a week. So that's another thing that I should do but am probably not going to do. Like exercising, scrapbooking, and reading Moby Dick. Edited March 12, 2011 by Danestress Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hsbaby Posted March 12, 2011 Share Posted March 12, 2011 If it weren't for the inevitable headache, I would! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peela Posted March 12, 2011 Share Posted March 12, 2011 No, not really. I mean, I don't think its going to do a lot of harm, but I also don't think its ideal and I believe it would be healthier not to drink a glass a day, than to drink a glass a day, all things considered (including apparent health benefits of tannins etc). I know the general government regulations say its ok, but I don't think it's true. Alcohol is acutally a poison and not something your body needs, ever. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kathleen in VA Posted March 12, 2011 Share Posted March 12, 2011 No, not really. I mean, I don't think its going to do a lot of harm, but I also don't think its ideal and I believe it would be healthier not to drink a glass a day, than to drink a glass a day, all things considered (including apparent health benefits of tannins etc). I know the general government regulations say its ok, but I don't think it's true. Alcohol is acutally a poison and not something your body needs, ever. Can you get whatever benefits there are supposed to be in wine from drinking the same amount of pure grape juice? If so, do you know if grape juice increases your risk of breast cancer? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kokotg Posted March 12, 2011 Share Posted March 12, 2011 yes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LibraryLover Posted March 12, 2011 Share Posted March 12, 2011 Think of the children. By that I mean the children of grape growers. Everyone has to eat. :D Here is what our classical friend Plato had to say about the fermented grape: "In Vino Veritas (In wine is truth)". Proverb quoted by PLATO - Symposium 217 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alicia64 Posted March 12, 2011 Share Posted March 12, 2011 Think of the children. By that I mean the children of grape growers. Everyone has to eat. :D :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nmoira Posted March 12, 2011 Share Posted March 12, 2011 Absolutely. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blakereese Posted March 12, 2011 Share Posted March 12, 2011 Think of the children. By that I mean the children of grape growers. Everyone has to eat. :D Here is what our classical friend Plato had to say about the fermented grape: "In Vino Veritas (In wine is truth)". Proverb quoted by PLATO - Symposium 217 :lol: LOVE this. And I say Yes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jen in PA Posted March 12, 2011 Share Posted March 12, 2011 I think it's fine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crissy Posted March 12, 2011 Share Posted March 12, 2011 "In Vino Veritas (In wine is truth)". Proverb quoted by PLATO - Symposium 217 That's not always healthy. ;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrissymama Posted March 12, 2011 Share Posted March 12, 2011 I think it's totally fine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GWOB Posted March 12, 2011 Share Posted March 12, 2011 Think of the children. By that I mean the children of grape growers. Everyone has to eat. :D Here is what our classical friend Plato had to say about the fermented grape: "In Vino Veritas (In wine is truth)". Proverb quoted by PLATO - Symposium 217 Love! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Georgiana Daniels Posted March 12, 2011 Share Posted March 12, 2011 This might be a stereotype...but don't people in Europe drink wine every day? I'm sure I heard that somewhere, and I've also heard they are more healthy than us. Of course, those things are probably not related, and I have nothing to back it up :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peela Posted March 12, 2011 Share Posted March 12, 2011 Can you get whatever benefits there are supposed to be in wine from drinking the same amount of pure grape juice? If so, do you know if grape juice increases your risk of breast cancer? Really, the benefits from the reserveratrol in the red grape skin are very limited in those quantities, and you would be far better off eating more fruit and vegetables (including red grapes), drinking water and getting exercise. The benefits of drinking red wine are overstated, IMO, and really only used to justify drinking the alcohol. However, I don't want to be a party pooper. I like wine sometimes. Here in Australia (a land of alcoholics IMO) it is recommended that people take at least 2 days a week off from drinking alcohol. 1 drink a day for women, plus 2 days a week alcohol free. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elegantlion Posted March 12, 2011 Share Posted March 12, 2011 What size glass, LOL? (Yes....) *snort* Think of the children. By that I mean the children of grape growers. Everyone has to eat. :D Here is what our classical friend Plato had to say about the fermented grape: "In Vino Veritas (In wine is truth)". Proverb quoted by PLATO - Symposium 217 How very classical of you. :D I sometimes have a wine cooler before bed. This week I bought wine. I've slept wonderfully this week. Other health benefits? IDK, but no insomnia has been wonderful. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nestof3 Posted March 12, 2011 Author Share Posted March 12, 2011 Thanks all, including Peela for scaring the dickens out of me. ;) I wish I were so noble as to drink it for its health benefits, but I drink it for the same reason I drink coffee. I enjoy it. And, Peela -- I do eat lots of fruits and vegetables, eat nuts daily (okay, they're not poison are they?), drink water, either exercise or move a lot each day (if I clean and organize all day, I count that as exercise LOL). I take a probiotic daily too. :D But, yes, I know I could do better. Like I didn't have to make more snickerdoodles when my husband asked who ate the last two (me). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LibraryLover Posted March 12, 2011 Share Posted March 12, 2011 I do what I can. ;) I didn't quote the bit about Jesus turning the water into wine for the wedding. So I do get points there. :D *snort* How very classical of you. :D I sometimes have a wine cooler before bed. This week I bought wine. I've slept wonderfully this week. Other health benefits? IDK, but no insomnia has been wonderful. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bookfiend Posted March 12, 2011 Share Posted March 12, 2011 Yes, but the recommendations also classify a "glass" as 5 ounces. So take your typical wine glass and fill it with 2/3 cup of water, you will be suprised. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EKS Posted March 12, 2011 Share Posted March 12, 2011 What size glass, LOL? (Yes....) See this is the key. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
secular_mom Posted March 12, 2011 Share Posted March 12, 2011 I think it's fine if you don't have any history of liver disease- if I was going to do that I'd want to make sure I had blood work done each year and be sure that it is noted that I consume wine daily in my medical file. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4wildberrys Posted March 12, 2011 Share Posted March 12, 2011 I think it's fine and healthy too. This probably sounds tacky, but my husband and I like ice in our wine----it obviously cools it but also waters it down. So we add a couple of ice cubes per glass and fill them half full...every day. One glass of wine every day I'm sure won't kill your liver if you are healthy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dangermom Posted March 12, 2011 Share Posted March 12, 2011 Wait, Plato spoke Latin? :D Sorry. Either way, though, it wasn't Plato who first said it. Wikipedia gives the most concise explanation, but I looked it up elsewhere too-- In vino veritas is a Latin phrase that translates, “in wine [there is the] truth". It is also known as a Greek phrase “Ἐν οἴνῳ ἀλήθεια†En oino álétheia, which has the same meaning. The author of the Latin phrase is Pliny the Elder; the Greek phrase is attributed to the Greek poet Alcaeus. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tntgoodwin Posted March 12, 2011 Share Posted March 12, 2011 I would totally understand if homeschooling makes you want to grab a nice box of wine and a straw. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nestof3 Posted March 12, 2011 Author Share Posted March 12, 2011 I would totally understand if homeschooling makes you want to grab a nice box of wine and a straw. :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ester Maria Posted March 12, 2011 Share Posted March 12, 2011 The benefits of drinking red wine are a bit overstated, you know - you can obtain the same effect by eating more grapes and fruit in general - BUT, a few glasses a week are usually fine (barring a tendency to liver / heart / etc. problems, keeping in mind some unique "limitations" of your own organism, rather than an abstraction). It is not recommended, however, to drink wine literally seven days a week - take a day or two of a weekly "break", and take a bit longer break every now and then just for the sake of it. Otherwise, if you are healthy, there should be no problems. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LibraryLover Posted March 12, 2011 Share Posted March 12, 2011 (edited) Wait, Plato spoke Latin? :D Sorry. Either way, though, it wasn't Plato who first said it. Wikipedia gives the most concise explanation, but I looked it up elsewhere too-- LOL Good catch. But still, we wouldn't even know what those Greeks had to say without Latin translations. One must always be clear here. :) Those ancient Greeks & Romans were always stealing each other's ideas. :D I say Zeus, you say Jupiter. I say Demeter, you say Ceres. Edited March 12, 2011 by LibraryLover Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TNLisa Posted September 24, 2012 Share Posted September 24, 2012 I don't think there is anything wrong with it. I have a glass almost every night as I am making dinner...my time to unwind and listen to music and chill...good for the heart, the body, and soul. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TravelingChris Posted September 25, 2012 Share Posted September 25, 2012 There isn't anything wrong with it medically. First of all, having a glass of wine once a day is less bad on your liver than many medications, including acetaminophen, which really is quite harsh on the liver. Second of all, while it might slightly increase your breast cancer risk, and that isn't certain at all, it does decrease your risk of heart disease and many, many more women die of heart disease than breast cancer. I wish I could do this but because of the medications I am on, I can only have a glass very occasionally. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TranquilMind Posted September 25, 2012 Share Posted September 25, 2012 I don't mean religiously or morally. I mean health-wise? Sure, if you can absolutely stick to one 4 ounce glass a day. Many people cannot, and so they should not. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wildiris Posted September 25, 2012 Share Posted September 25, 2012 I was drinking a glass a day for heart benefits. BUT, it raises your breast cancer risk. So, I only have a glass now and then because my breast cancer risk is quite high. :iagree: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Starr Posted September 25, 2012 Share Posted September 25, 2012 Let's ask Dawn how she's doing. This thread is from 2011. :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mommaduck Posted September 25, 2012 Share Posted September 25, 2012 I don't mean religiously or morally. I mean health-wise? Yes, yes, and yes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elegantlion Posted September 25, 2012 Share Posted September 25, 2012 Let's ask Dawn how she's doing. This thread is from 2011. :D :lol::lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Desert Rat Posted September 25, 2012 Share Posted September 25, 2012 What size glass, LOL? (Yes....) :lol: Yes. I do have a glass of red every night. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
linders Posted September 25, 2012 Share Posted September 25, 2012 It better be... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kitten18 Posted September 25, 2012 Share Posted September 25, 2012 I would totally understand if homeschooling makes you want to grab a nice box of wine and a straw. :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
6packofun Posted September 25, 2012 Share Posted September 25, 2012 Yep. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SunnyDays Posted September 25, 2012 Share Posted September 25, 2012 Interesting. Modern research said the same re: the use of olive oil. And the reason it is interesting to me ***personally*** is that my Church prescribes abstinence two days a week from several foods, including wine and olive oil. I also find it interesting (and often more of a relief than I can tell you!)( that the first two foods we are given back on festal days are wine and olive oil. :0) What's the rationale for limiting olive oil?? Interesting, I've never heard that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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