Red Wine is good for you: Myth busted!
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Basically, as far as pregnancy is concerned, this is what we know...
- Too much alcohol (or anything) is obviously bad. Even pickles and ice cream.
- There is zero evidence to even suggest that proper amounts of alcohol has any negative impacts.
- There is suggested evidence that known adult benefits may be passed on to the fetus either directly (fetus benefits) or indirectly (fetus benefits from lower stressed mother.)
That's it. Three facts. The idea that it is safe to drink while pregnant is based from 2 and 3 - if alcohol was really a risk, we'd easily have evidence of it. We don't, because even if it is a risk, it's such a tiny risk as to not be measurable. That's how "not risky" it is. But we know that it helps the mother, so there is evidence suggesting it is overall good.
The anti-alcohol camp uses 1 as the logic. Basically saying "since we don't know the amount that is bad, it's all bad."
Basically one side says "we don't know how much is too much." The other side says "we don't know how little is too little."
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@scottalanmiller said in Red Wine is good for you: Myth busted!:
That we have evolved to handle it as both adults and as a fetus is a pretty logical assumption.
My thinking here is that all vertebrates have livers, therefore are capable of handling alcohol. But I don't agree that we have evolved the way we have for the handling of alcohol specifically... just toxins in general.
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@tim_g said in Red Wine is good for you: Myth busted!:
@scottalanmiller said in Red Wine is good for you: Myth busted!:
What is good for adults is likely good for babies.
Not honey. I seen honey is dangerous for children < 1 year old.
Right. But honey is a known "extremely rare" exception. It doesn't change the fact that "what is likely." But it is true, honey is specifically dangerous to new borns. But also it is very well known why and not a "we just think it is" kind of thing.
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@tim_g said in Red Wine is good for you: Myth busted!:
@scottalanmiller said in Red Wine is good for you: Myth busted!:
That we have evolved to handle it as both adults and as a fetus is a pretty logical assumption.
My thinking here is that all vertebrates have livers, therefore are capable of handling alcohol. But I don't agree that we have evolved the way we have for the handling of alcohol specifically... just toxins in general.
I wasn't basing that on livers in general. It's "known" from evolutionary forensics that the pre-human ancestors were alcohol drinkers. It's been found going back on the ape tree in our direct ancestor line.
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@scottalanmiller said in Red Wine is good for you: Myth busted!:
@tim_g said in Red Wine is good for you: Myth busted!:
@scottalanmiller said in Red Wine is good for you: Myth busted!:
That we have evolved to handle it as both adults and as a fetus is a pretty logical assumption.
My thinking here is that all vertebrates have livers, therefore are capable of handling alcohol. But I don't agree that we have evolved the way we have for the handling of alcohol specifically... just toxins in general.
I wasn't basing that on livers in general. It's "known" from evolutionary forensics that the pre-human ancestors were alcohol drinkers. It's been found going back on the ape tree in our direct ancestor line.
Oh i see what you mean now.
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@dashrender said in Red Wine is good for you: Myth busted!:
@marcinozga said in Red Wine is good for you: Myth busted!:
@scottalanmiller said in Red Wine is good for you: Myth busted!:
@marcinozga said in Red Wine is good for you: Myth busted!:
@scottalanmiller said in Red Wine is good for you: Myth busted!:
@marcinozga said in Red Wine is good for you: Myth busted!:
This source specifically says that they don't know. How did you use "we don't know" as "we know?" All it says is that they have not determined the right amount, not that there isn't a safe amount or even that some isn't better than none.
"There is no known safe amount of alcohol use during pregnancy or while trying to get pregnant. There is also no safe time during pregnancy to drink. All types of alcohol are equally harmful, including all wines and beer. When a pregnant woman drinks alcohol, so does her baby." - hint, 2nd and 3rd sentence.
None of that, literally not one word of it, says that they know that alcohol is bad (we don't need to keep saying "in proper quantities" unless someone truly things that water needs a warning, too). You are letting them "lead you" with the writing style.
Read it careful. All it says is that "they don't know." They never say alcohol is dangerous. They point out obvious things and let you draw false conclusions. This is standard marketing techniques that we talk about regularly. How sales people state something simple and true that tells you nothing, and let you presume that they meant something more.
This is how you get people to lie to themselves, it's what prevents lawsuits and you never have to say things as people will "fill in the gaps" with their own assumptions.
You read this and think they just said alcohol is known to be bad. I read it and see words that very clearly say "we don't know much of anything."
Seriously? Do you only read what you want to read? All alcohol are equally harmful - does that sound they never say alcohol is dangerous?
Sure when you say harmful and mean it to be (as you said earlier) a one to one liver damage - but again, other studies have shown that at least in adults, this damage is so much less than the positive affects it grants that it actually extends your life.
Right, if alcohol has a negative harmful effect (a double negative, making it a healthy positive) then all the CDC is telling us is that they claim that all alcohol is equally good for us. But we know that some alcohol like red wine is better than vodka, so we know that they are wrong. Insane amounts of scientific literature on why some things like wine are way better for you than grain alcohols.
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@tim_g said in Red Wine is good for you: Myth busted!:
@scottalanmiller said in Red Wine is good for you: Myth busted!:
@tim_g said in Red Wine is good for you: Myth busted!:
@scottalanmiller said in Red Wine is good for you: Myth busted!:
That we have evolved to handle it as both adults and as a fetus is a pretty logical assumption.
My thinking here is that all vertebrates have livers, therefore are capable of handling alcohol. But I don't agree that we have evolved the way we have for the handling of alcohol specifically... just toxins in general.
I wasn't basing that on livers in general. It's "known" from evolutionary forensics that the pre-human ancestors were alcohol drinkers. It's been found going back on the ape tree in our direct ancestor line.
Oh i see what you mean now.
Yeah, it's like the original chimp or something is the oldest known alcohol drinker (humans are technically classified as the third in the chimpanzee family along with regular chimps and the bonobo.)
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@scottalanmiller said in Red Wine is good for you: Myth busted!:
But we know that some alcohol like red wine is better than vodka, so we know that they are wrong
Red wine isn't alcohol. It contains alcohol.
Some drinks are better than others due to teh added nutritional value that the wine itself gives us.
The alcohol is good based off of the stress relieve moderate consumption gives us.
Equal amounts of alcohol form wine or vodka, leaving out the drink the alcohol is in would give the same benefits.
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I think that would have better been said that some alcoholic drinks are better than others, such as red wine vs vodka.
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@tim_g said in Red Wine is good for you: Myth busted!:
@scottalanmiller said in Red Wine is good for you: Myth busted!:
But we know that some alcohol like red wine is better than vodka, so we know that they are wrong
Red wine isn't alcohol. It contains alcohol.
Some drinks are better than others due to teh added nutritional value that the wine itself gives us.
The alcohol is good based off of the stress relieve moderate consumption gives us.
Equal amounts of alcohol form wine or vodka, leaving out the drink the alcohol is in would give the same benefits.
Well sure, but the original source must have been claiming this. Otherwise it was making the bizarre claim that methanol isn't more dangerous than ethanol. Which basically makes the CDC an evil entity out to kill people.
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I mean they do harbour anthrax and small pox so, perhaps...
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Good article, just more confirmation that the title of this thread is wrong.
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Night 1:
8oz red wine (Pinot Noir), I must have gotten confused with 1-cup = 8oz, and didn't verify first. So that was my mistake, and the reason it wasn't a good experience the next morning.
For my weight, 8oz was enough to give the warm feeling and make me sleepy. But also enough to not feel 100% the next morning.
It was the weekend, so although I didn't have to wake up early, I still had some trouble wanting to get out of bed.Night 2: (today)
5oz Pinot Noir. Still enough to de-stress and get better sleep, but not enough to effect the next morning. I went to bed around 11pm, woke up at 5am feeling awake and good overall. I went to the gym before going to work. -
@scottalanmiller said in Red Wine is good for you: Myth busted!:
@tim_g said in Red Wine is good for you: Myth busted!:
@scottalanmiller said in Red Wine is good for you: Myth busted!:
@tim_g said in Red Wine is good for you: Myth busted!:
@scottalanmiller said in Red Wine is good for you: Myth busted!:
For example, drinking alcohol might be bad for you alone, but might encourage more social behaviour or happen coincidentally with more social behaviour, which might lead to better health. It's not the alcohol doing it, but the things associated with the alcohol like social or food choices might outweight the alcohol risks making it background noise.
I'd think logic says that the mindset of not drinking alcohol promotes better health habits.
Logic might say that, but if that is the case (I don't agree) then it suggests that it is the alcohol itself creating the healthy benefits!
No, it's the awareness of alcohol being bad. Alcohol itself no. If you know it's bad, then you are more likely to be health conscious, as you are purposely taking steps to be healthier. Such as taking other steps or actions in addition to alcohol abstinence.
If you drink alcohol, you're more likely to care less about health... I can name so many examples.
I feel like that's more an American concept. I think a lot of the healthy world, whether European or Asian or whatever, tend to spend less time worried about health options. Like in Italy, I never met people worried about getting healthy food, yet ate realy healthily all the time because their food options were good and their food traditions were insanely healthy compared to what we get in the US. but there weren't "organic sections" at the grocery stores, but all the food was super healthy.
Mmh, in truth there are organic sections in smkt and organic shops in the whole country, we own some of them! We also are productors of organic vegetables.
You’ll be surprised, but there is a big market of organic/healthy food in Italy… also, I don’t think our diet is a lot better than other countries. Too much carbs!
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I used to drink a lot of patron, but because of heart burn and lack of... it being whiskey or scotch.. I quit.
I had read the sugar in tequila was good for reducing your insulin level and boosting insulin control or some such thing.
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Started experimenting with 8oz of Pinot Noir with dinner last night. Have to say it was quite refreshing. Bed time and sleep came easier than usual. The total chaos that is my household in the evening with 3 dogs and 2 preteen boys did not have its usual negative effect on me. Felt as though feet and hands were much warmer than usual when I lay down. Awoke refreshed and ready to start the day. If this is medicinal count me in. Looking forward to another 8oz tonight.
Having never been a wine drinker I grabbed a bottle of yellow tail. Not sure if this is a good one or not. Any suggestions?
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@popester said in Red Wine is good for you: Myth busted!:
Started experimenting with 8oz of Pinot Noir with dinner last night. Have to say it was quite refreshing. Bed time and sleep came easier than usual. The total chaos that is my household in the evening with 3 dogs and 2 preteen boys did not have its usual negative effect on me. Felt as though feet and hands were much warmer than usual when I lay down. Awoke refreshed and ready to start the day. If this is medicinal count me in. Looking forward to another 8oz tonight.
Having never been a wine drinker I grabbed a bottle of yellow tail. Not sure if this is a good one or not. Any suggestions?
I drank another 5oz Pinot Noir last night as well. I had the same result as the previous night. Stress level went down, I fell asleep much faster and had better sleep. I woke up again a little after 5 AM to go to the gym before work.
I don't know if it's in my head or not, but I usually snooze a few times, but the last two nights I did not.
With better quality sleep and a way to de-stress, on top of the cleansing effect, I can see how this can be an overall health benefit. (when done in moderation as I'm doing)
To answer your question, I went into Costco knowing nothing about wine. I Googled what's good and seen Pinot Noir, so I bought the first bottle I seen that isn't over $20 or under $10, that's also made locally. $17 or $18 I think it was for 750ml.
It's not something I'd ever choose to drink, but it's not like it's bad. I'm doing it strictly for the health benefits, just like you'd take a multivitamin.
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Wow! this thread turned out awesome. I read through it a week or two ago and thought it was dead.
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@irj said in Red Wine is good for you: Myth busted!:
Wow! this thread turned out awesome. I read through it a week or two ago and thought it was dead.
Yeah, it could have died, but thought it would be beneficial to everyone to know how it turned out as a personal experience, and to show that the effect of lower stress and better sleep is a huge health benefit, as well as the "cleansing" effect this study shows.
I chose red wine because of the health benefits of the wine itself as well.
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@tim_g said in Red Wine is good for you: Myth busted!:
@popester said in Red Wine is good for you: Myth busted!:
Started experimenting with 8oz of Pinot Noir with dinner last night. Have to say it was quite refreshing. Bed time and sleep came easier than usual. The total chaos that is my household in the evening with 3 dogs and 2 preteen boys did not have its usual negative effect on me. Felt as though feet and hands were much warmer than usual when I lay down. Awoke refreshed and ready to start the day. If this is medicinal count me in. Looking forward to another 8oz tonight.
Having never been a wine drinker I grabbed a bottle of yellow tail. Not sure if this is a good one or not. Any suggestions?
I drank another 5oz Pinot Noir last night as well. I had the same result as the previous night. Stress level went down, I fell asleep much faster and had better sleep. I woke up again a little after 5 AM to go to the gym before work.
I don't know if it's in my head or not, but I usually snooze a few times, but the last two nights I did not.
With better quality sleep and a way to de-stress, on top of the cleansing effect, I can see how this can be an overall health benefit. (when done in moderation as I'm doing)
To answer your question, I went into Costco knowing nothing about wine. I Googled what's good and seen Pinot Noir, so I bought the first bottle I seen that isn't over $20 or under $10, that's also made locally. $17 or $18 I think it was for 750ml.
It's not something I'd ever choose to drink, but it's not like it's bad. I'm doing it strictly for the health benefits, just like you'd take a multivitamin.
Check out Aldi, they have Winking Owl for really cheap which is really good, too. And both Bota Box, and Black Box have great options, too.
