| About the Author |
|
Along with bringing the latest news and trends about alternative health, Bob will help you get the most of your Internet health research. Bob is the Living Well Columnist for the Seattle Post- Intelligencer. He covers health and quality of life for the Hearst-owned newspaper and writes regularly for national magazines. He is a former syndicated health columnist for the Chicago Tribune twice nominated for the Pulitzer Prize and author of six books, including “The Good Mood Diet” and “Your Prostate Cancer Survivors’ Guide.” His articles have appeared in Life, Esquire, Parade, Self, Outside and Shape among national magazines. He lives in the Pacific Northwest with his wife and two 11-year-old kids. |
| Other things |
| Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetuer adipiscing elit. Duis ligula lorem, consequat eget, tristique nec, auctor quis, purus. Vivamus ut sem. Fusce aliquam nunc vitae purus. |
|
| Saturday, August 23, 2008 |
| Why Wine is Healthy For You – and When It's Not |
The reports of wine as beneficial to your health are long-standing and consistently positive—as long your definition of moderate aligns with the researcher’s version.
Carl Erickson, director of the Addiction Science Research and Education Center at the University of Texas in Austin, has developed an extensive and annotated website related to 300 alcohol facts. He has posted clear definitions of "moderate" and "social" drinking.
Moderate use of alcohol, he writes, has been defined by the Department of Agriculture (and other sources) as one to two drinks per day—one drink for women, two drinks for men. He points out that moderate drinking is associated with reduced risk for heart disease (and possibly to preventing diabetes and strokes), but that the "mechanism of the protective effect is unknown."
A note about what translates to one “drink”: five ounces of wine, 12 ounces of beer, 1.5 ounces. It’s pretty much an honor system for you to estimate personal alcohol consumption. Researchers know that most Americans tend to underreport their alcoholic drink consumption.
Continue reading...Labels: alternative health, alternative medicine, bob condor, wine |
posted by Alternative Health Journal Blog @ 11:49 AM  |
|
|
|
|
|
