"There are more old wine drinkers than old doctors." - German Proverb

How Red Wine May Shield Brain from Stroke Damage: Researchers Discover Pathway in Mice for Resveratrol's Apparent Protective Effect

Researchers at Johns Hopkins say they have discovered the way in which red wine consumption may protect the brain from damage following a stroke... read more from Science Daily, Wednesday, Apr. 21, 2010

Women Who Drink Wine 'Less Likely To Gain Weight'

Women can enjoy a tipple and stay slim, according to a study that shows moderate drinkers gain less weight than teetotallers.

Women who drank red wine gained the least, but the results held for other wines, beers and spirits... read more in the BBC, Monday, 8 March 2010

Alcohol Protects Men's Hearts

Drinking alcohol every day cuts the risk of heart disease in men by more than a third, a major study suggests.

The Spanish research involving more than 15,500 men and 26,000 women found large quantities of alcohol could be even more beneficial for men. Female drinkers did not benefit to the same extent, the study in Heart found... read more in the BBC, Thursday, 19 November 2009

A Few Drinks 'Cuts Dementia Risk'

Older people who drink moderate amounts of alcohol may have a lower risk of dementia, a US study suggests.

Researchers found people who consumed between eight and 14 alcoholic drinks a week had a 37% lower risk of the disease than the general population... read more from the BBC, Tuesday, 13 July 2009

Alcohol reduces gallstone risk

Drinking a moderate amount of alcohol protects against the development of gallstones, UK researchers say. Consuming two units a day cuts the chance of developing gallstones by a third, analysis of data from 25,000 men and women showed.
read more from the BBC, Sunday, 31 May 2009

Marinating 'may cut cancer risk'

Marinating a steak in red wine or beer can cut down the number of cancer-causing agents produced when it is fried or grilled, research suggests. Meat cooked in this way contains relatively high levels of cancer-causing compounds called heterocyclic amines (HAs).

They found six hours of marinating in beer or red wine cut levels of two types of HA by up to 90% compared with unmarinated steak.
Beer was more efficient at reducing levels of a third type of HA, cutting levels significantly in four hours, while wine took six hours to achieve a similar effect.

read more from the BBC, Tuesday, 30 December 2008

Cancer Preventive Properties Identified In Resveratrol, Found In Red Wine, Red Grapes

Wine compound may reduce effects of aging: new research

A compound in red wine may slow some of the ravages of aging, reducing bone loss, the formation of cataracts and balance problems, and improving liver and muscle function, new research suggests.

In tests on mice, resveratrol, which is found in red wine, grapes and nuts, was shown to increase longevity — but only before middle age, according to the study, published in Thursday's issue of the journal Cell Metabolism.... read more from the CBC, Thursday, July 3, 2008

Alcohol 'cuts risk of arthritis'

Rheumatoid arthritis can be extremely debilitating
A regular tipple cuts the risk of developing rheumatoid arthritis by up to half, Swedish research suggests.

The Karolinska Institute assessed 2,750 people in two studies, Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases reports.

The risk was up to 50% lower for those who drank the equivalent of five glasses of wine a week compared with those who drank the least, they found. ... read more from the BBC, Thursday, 5 June

Study boosts wine chemical hopes

A chemical derived from red wine could one day help keep the heart "genetically young", claim researchers.

University of Wisconsin-Madison researchers found that resveratrol appeared to halt age-related changes in the function of heart genes. ... read more from the BBC, Wednesday, 4 June 2008

Daily Glass Of Wine Could Improve Liver Health

Researchers at UC San Diego School of Medicine are challenging conventional thinking with a study showing that modest wine consumption, defined as one glass a day, may not only be safe for the liver, but may actually decrease the prevalence of Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease (NAFLD) ... read more from Science Daily, May 22, 2008

Red Wine and Cancer Prevention

Red wine is a rich source of biologically active phytochemicals, chemicals found in plants. Particular compounds called polyphenols found in red wine, such as catechins and resveratrol, are thought to have anti oxidant or anti cancer properties....read more

Prostate Benefits of Red Wine

BOSTON — Researchers have found that men who drink an average of four to seven glasses of red wine per week are only 52% as likely to be diagnosed with prostate cancer as those who do not drink red wine, reports the June 2007 issue of Harvard Men’s Health Watch. In addition, red wine appears particularly protective against advanced or aggressive cancers... read more ... from the Harvard Health Publications Press Release, June 1, 2007

Good News From Wine and Heart Health Symposium

The news from the Sixth International Wine and Heart Health Symposium is even better than expected. After extensive analysis of research on the subject and their own patients, doctors at Kaiser Permanente have found that not only does moderate consumption of wine reduce the risk for deaths from coronary and vascular disease, but it also reduces the risk for ischemic strokes, diabetes and even gallstones ... read more

Wine Molecule Slows Aging Process

Mortality associated with Wine Intake

Conclusion: Low to moderate intake of wine is associated with lower mortality from cardiovascular and cerebrovascular disease and other causes. Similar intake of spirits implied an increased risk, while beer drinking did not affect mortality... read more

Alcohol and Brain Function

A study conducted by Dr. Guiseppe Zuccala of the Catholic University of the Sacred Heart in Rome found that moderate alcohol use may protect the brain from mental decline associated with aging. In the report published in the December 2001 issue of Alcoholism: Clinical & Experimental Research, Dr. Zuccala studied the mental abilities and alcohol use of nearly 16,000 Italian men and women over the age of 65: approximately 8,700 regular drinkers, and 7,000 non-drinkers. Moderate use of alcohol was associated with a 40 percent lower risk of mental impairment. Dr. Zuccala postulated that the reasons for the difference may be alcohol's beneficial effects on blood pressure and blood flow or perhaps the slowing of arterial disease.

At Indiana University in the United States, medical geneticist Dr. Joe Christian observed 4,000 male twins for 20 years to determine if moderate drinking affected the brain. He administered psychological tests to the brothers at ages 66 and 76 and found no harm done from moderate drinking. It turns out that brothers who drank moderately--one to two drinks a day--scored higher on mental skills tests than those who drank less than one drink a day or more than two drinks. Moderate drinking was deemed helpful in improving memory, problem solving and reasoning ability.

As part of the ambitious Nurses' Health Study at Harvard University, another paper by Dr. Meir Stampfer, published in the New England Journal of Medicine in 2001, determined that moderate drinking of alcohol seemed to preserve the mental abilities of older women. From 1995 to 1999, Dr. Stampfer interviewed over 9,000 women between the ages of 70-79. He measured their mental functions using seven different tests and collected information about their alcohol use in 1980, which was updated through 1994. The results showed that women who drank moderately had significantly better scores on five of the seven tests, as well on a global score that combined the seven tests.

Some Sulphite Facts

All commercially available wines in the province of British Columbia contain sulphites, even those labeled 'Kosher' or 'Organic'...read more

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