I'll raise a glass of wine to this news
New research suggests that moderate alcohol consumption may be the greatest contributing factor to the benefits of the Mediterranean Diet, which supposedly promotes longevity.
Any nutrition story that contains a quote like the following gladdens my heart:
"My advice to people is drink wine unless you like it too much," said Dr. [Dimitrios] Trichopoulos, [MD, PhD, of Harvard]. "Excessive drinking is very hazardous to your health and society."
Here's the complete story on this finding and others, which contains the usual caveats.
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Comments
Doing my happy, happy, joy, joy dance.
Posted by: Rosebud | June 25, 2009 1:04 PM
Rosebud - You really need to hang out here more often. It's always a pleasure to hear from you!
Posted by: Trixie | June 25, 2009 1:07 PM
The researchers defined moderate intake as 10 to
Finally, a definition of moderation that I can get behind.
Posted by: Rev'Ed | June 25, 2009 1:22 PM
The researchers defined moderate intake as 10 to 50 grams of alcohol per day for men -- the equivalent of one to five drinks. For women, it was half of that.
Finally a definition of moderation I can get behind.
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Posted by: Rev'Ed | June 25, 2009 1:26 PM
The researchers defined moderate intake as 10 to 50 grams of alcohol per day for men -- the equivalent of one to five drinks. For women, it was half of that.
OK, I went out to one of those grams to ounces converter sites and it tells me that 50 grams of alcohol equals 1.76 oz.
That's five drinks? Wussies.
(Or did I screw up the conversion?)
Posted by: Bucky | June 25, 2009 1:38 PM
This is the ONLY research result that I'm choosing to pay attention to this week!
Posted by: Joyce W. | June 25, 2009 1:59 PM
Bucky, 1.76 oz. of 100% alcohol equals 17.6 0z. of 10% alcohol. Beer is about 5% and wine 12-15%.....you do the math.
Posted by: Dan D | June 25, 2009 2:18 PM
Bucky - Did you just get "schooled"?
Posted by: Trixie | June 25, 2009 2:36 PM
Damned metric system. Fun trick. Ask 10 Americans how many grams are in an ounce. If one of them pipes up with 28, he's probably high.
Oh math. So one shot of 80 proof bourbon here would be 0.88 oz. That blows.
5 drinks is 35 ounces of beer? Well, it's almost 3 beers or 30 O'Doul's.
Posted by: VoodooPork ■|:o) | June 25, 2009 2:47 PM
Trixie - I did. But that's cool. And not unusual, although Owlie usually beats everyone to it (see: "meatballs"). I've come to accept that I am the village idiot.
I appreciate your assistance, Dan. Right up to the point where you said, "You do the math." HAHAHA. Wasn't it a clue about my math skills that I recognized I might have screwed up a conversion where the only task was to enter "50" into a little box?
Posted by: Bucky | June 25, 2009 2:47 PM
I swear I hit "Post" only once.
Posted by: Bucky | June 25, 2009 2:52 PM
You are anything but the village idiot Bucky!
Posted by: Trixie | June 25, 2009 2:52 PM
Meatballs! I heard someone on TV recently refer to a meatball parm. I wonder what that was.
Posted by: Owl Meat Gente | June 25, 2009 3:00 PM
Now I know why I've lived this long. I learned to have one or two glasses of wine with lunch and dinner when I lived in Europe...although the wine I had at liesurely luncheon meetings in Paris was admittedly a bit classier than the Cheauteu Inner Harbor I'm drinking nowadays. My French confreres would have been offended if I asked for anything less. On the other hand, when I returned to the States and took a job with a film studio in California, I was summoned to the Human Resources department where the steely-eyed head honcho said that I'd been spotted by one of his minions having wine with lunch. "Yes," I said brightly, "a very crisp, light Pinot Grigio." Drinking during business hours was strictly prohibited, he explained, even for newly-hired VPs such as myself. What apparently wasn't prohibited was dalliance with the staff (at least in his mind.) After being seen skulking into an adult motel with his secretary, he was replaced by a more easygoing HR director and my brief sabbatical from bibing at lunch was blessedly over.
Posted by: Michael A. Gray | June 25, 2009 3:28 PM
When I feel good I drink a bottle of wine a day. When I don't feel good I drink two.
Wine, olive oil, pasta and a long healthy life.
I know more old Italians than I know old doctors.
I have cut down on my wine and beer consumption to eliminate calories and hopefully lose some weight. Hopefully eliminating wine four days a week won't lead to other health problems.
Posted by: Elite Elephant Lover | June 25, 2009 3:53 PM
Rosebud, dear sister, I'll dance with you!
Posted by: Dahlink | June 25, 2009 4:18 PM
After being seen skulking into an adult motel with his secretary.../
Is there another type of motel just for non-adults? Other than "roach" of course?
Posted by: *◄:o)╥╥~YumPorchetta | June 25, 2009 4:22 PM
YumPorchetta -- let's just say that when the sign outside reads "Hourly Rates" and "Triple X Movies," it's not a Marriott.
Posted by: michael A. Gray | June 25, 2009 4:44 PM
YumPo, I suspect that MAG was trying to avoid "hourly motel."
Posted by: Lissa | June 25, 2009 4:44 PM
Ah, yes, the places I would point out on our family road trips years ago to ask why we weren't stopping there for the night.
Posted by: *◄:o)╥╥~YumPorchetta | June 25, 2009 4:54 PM
I'm sure your parents, like mine, pointed out the lack of a pool as the reason, YumPo.
Posted by: Lissa | June 25, 2009 5:19 PM
Yes, Lissa, even though we would be getting in too late and leaving too early to use the pool. Parents-- go figure.
Posted by: *◄:o)╥╥~YumPorchetta | June 25, 2009 6:03 PM
Yeah, they stifled my education, too.
Posted by: Lissa | June 25, 2009 6:37 PM
We couldn't stop at "those" motels because my parents required a restaurant on the property.
Posted by: Eve | June 26, 2009 10:07 AM
EEL, how about eliminating half the wine every day to avoid wineless days?
Posted by: Retired in Elkridge | June 29, 2009 4:29 PM
I have trouble with self control. Too many times the half a bottle ends up being the whole bottle.
Posted by: Elite Elephant Lover | June 29, 2009 9:14 PM
Too many times the half a bottle ends up being the whole bottle
I hear that!
Posted by: Hal Laurent | June 29, 2009 9:26 PM
EEL--all by yourself???
Posted by: Dahlink | June 30, 2009 6:48 AM
Yes.
Posted by: Elite Elephant Lover | June 30, 2009 8:23 AM