Should wine labels be required to include nutritional information?
It's an ongoing debate, with many people in the wine industry opposed to the idea, even as the Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau works on a revised set of rules.
The opposition is based mainly on the amount of work that would be involved to include the information. Wineries already have to jump through hoops...
Remember the TV series "Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous"?
Host Robin Leach would take viewers inside the homes of celebrities and other highly compensated people so they could demonstrate, in essence, how to spend money.
If we're remembering Leach's signature sign-off correctly, he would end each program by...
There is a general belief among dieters that wine is fattening.
It's not that our favorite adult beverage is soaked with saturated
fat or anything like that. The calories in wine come from the alcohol
and, to a lesser extent, any remaining sugars following the
fermentation process.
Yes, those calories would add up if one were to go overboard in
their consumption. But the same thing holds true for soda pop. As with
all things involving diet, the one word...
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...
