Scientists and dieticians have long advocated the consumption of an apple a day - you know, to keep the doctor away.
Now, there appears to be solid evidence that a glass of wine per day may help combat Alzheimer's Disease.
According to the Journal of Alzheimer's Disease, the benefit seems
to come not from a large single dose - a practice doctors often embrace
when trying to fight a specific disease or condition - but rather...
Doctors are always wary about encouraging people to drink because,
when alcohol is abused, it can have numerous harmful effects on one's
body.
So when a group of doctors actually give the green light to the moderate consumption of wine, it's a big deal.
And so it was when doctors at the world-famous Mayo Clinic
acknowledged that there is something in wine - specifically, red wine -
that seems to...
Earlier this year, France's High Council for Public Health warned
the French people that drinking any kind of alcohol in any amount
represented a serious health risk.
Now, the Council has backed away from that stance, in effect "disowning" the study upon which the advice was based.
In the initial report, cancer was pinpointed as the most likely result...
A glass of wine a day can cut the risk of developing gallstones by a third, a new study shows.
According to
The Telegraph, scientists previously knew that
moderate levels of alcohol could protect against gallstones, but did
not know how much was needed.
Gallstones occur when bile from the gallbladder, which is normally
fluid, forms stones. They can be extremely painful, and treatment often...
During the 17th century, there lived a very trusted man of medicine named Dr. Duchesne.
How trusted was he?
Well, he served as the physician to King Louis XIV...
Jean Carper has written a column called "Eat Smart" for 15 years, and the last weekly edition appeared recently in USA Weekend.
In it, she offered several "parting tips," including one urging readers to seek out foods rich in antioxidants. We quote:
"Piles of evidence show that antioxidant-packed spinach, broccoli, pomegranate juice, dark chocolate, garlic, onions, tea, coffee, purple grapes, red wine and...
A new University of Guelph study has seemingly pinpointed why consuming red grape juice or wine has the potential to help fight off breast cancer, according to a university media release.
Professor Gopi Paliyath, of the school's department of plant agriculture, and Professor Kelly Meckling, of its human health and nutritional sciences department, have learned polyphenols in red grapes can inhibit cancer cells from establishing by suppressing the expression of certain genes that lead to tumor development.
The results of their research are to be...
Resveratrol, a molecule found in the skin of red grapes, has been found to have a host of health effects, most recently prolonging the life spans of obese mice.
But the natural wonder drug may not play a big role in the beneficial effects of wine drinking, according to research published in Nature magazine, and reported on by Scientific American.
"There are some fascinating effects of resveratrol in animal systems," notes plant biochemist Alan Crozier of the University of Glasgow. "To get similar doses into humans through red wine, you...
Beam Global Spirits & Wine is taking its "drink smart" website global with the launch of a redesigned, multi-lingual site at
drinksmart.com.
Now available in German, Spanish, French and English, the site offers a platform for consumers to learn about the responsible consumption of alcohol.
The updated website was designed to educate legal purchase age consumers across the globe on how to make responsible decisions when...
Researchers at U.C. 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).
The study, which appears in the June issue of the journal Hepatology, showed that for individuals who reported drinking up to one glass of wine per day, as compared to no alcohol consumption, the risk of liver disease due to NAFLD was cut in half. In contrast, compared with wine drinkers, individuals who reported modest consumption of beer or liquor had over four times the odds of having suspected NAFLD.
NAFLD is the most common liver disease in the United States, affecting more than 40 million adults. Previous research has shown that as many as...
