Re: wine/Book: The Healthy Skeptic

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The book is also available in the public library which is where I found it.

From: EDWARD URBANSKI <eurbanski@...>

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Date: Fri, 8 May 2009 07:04:21 -0700 (PDT)

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Subject: Re: [ ] Re: Sulfur compounds in Garlic

Thanks Francesca! I have drank Carlo Rossi's wine in the past and enjoyed it. I will try the Burgundy. BTW, I ordered " The Healthy Skeptic " and should be receiving it next week. Look forward to reading it. Thanks again!

Ed

From: Francesca Skelton <fskeltonerols (DOT) com>

Subject: Re: [ ] Re: Sulfur compounds in Garlic

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Date: Thursday, May 7, 2009, 10:22 AM

You can buy plain canned tomatoes (no salt/sugar added) from Trader Joe’s and add your own seasoning. I add Italian spices, olive oil and garlic to the tomatoes making a delicious sauce.

When I’m in a hurry, I use TJ’s crushed tomatoes, which are also minimally processed but do have added salt. The unsalted plain tomatoes need some cooking time, but the crushed tomatoes do not.

(I do not have any affiliation with TJ’s. But I do like some of their minimally processed food and their prices )

From: <mattmatthewlake (DOT) plus.com>

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Date: Thu, 07 May 2009 14:12:14 -0000

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Subject: [ ] Re: Sulfur compounds in Garlic

If I'm my stomch doesnt feel too good or even if I have some throat smyptoms I just use ordinary tomato sauce which is low in sugar and salt from the store, and crush 3 cloves of garlic with a garlic crusher or something and put on a bit of lightly toasted bread.

Though my friends at work don't appreciate the smell if i eat the garlic the same day, so I do this after work everyday so by the next evening its not so bad.

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> According to Dr. Weil " A 1999 Korean study did show that garlic juice reduced mercury toxicity in rat embryos, but I know of no evidence suggesting that it works in humans. "

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> Getting Rid of Mercury?

> http://www.drweil. <http://www.drweil./> com/drw/u/ id/QAA348544 <http://www.drweil. com/drw/u/ id/QAA348544> <http://www.drweil.com/drw/u/id/QAA348544>

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> I eat raw garlic when I have an upset stomach because of its antibiotic properties. It can actually be delicious if you make a sauce by grating half a tomato, a clove of crushed raw garlic, one teaspoon of olive oil, and a dash of salt and pepper. Spoon the sauce onto a slice of toasted bread, and enjoy. It is a variation of " Pan Catalan " .

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> Tony

> http://scientificps <http://scientificps/> ychic.com/ blog/2007/ 07/30/antibacter ial-properties- of-spices- and-condiments/ <http://scientificps ychic.com/ blog/2007/ 07/30/antibacter ial-properties- of-spices- and-condiments/> <http://scientificpsychic.com/blog/2007/07/30/antibacterial-properties-of-spices-and-condiments/>

[Guest guest]

Another recent wine & health book I highly recommend is the

" Red Wine Diet " by Corder

http://www.amazon.com/Red-Wine-Diet--Corder/dp/1583332901

Here are some interviews with Corder that cover much

of the book:

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/health/expathealth/4202222/The-Wine-Diet-day-2-Spice-\

up-your-life-and-save-your-heart.html

I try to follow Corder's recommendation to get at least 300-500 mg per

day of procyanidins via food and red wine.

Dave

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J Epidemiol Community Health. 2009 Apr 30. [Epub ahead of print]

Long-term wine consumption is related to cardiovascular mortality and life

expectancy independently of moderate alcohol intake: theZutphen Study.

Streppel MT, Ocké MC, Boshuizen HC, Kok FJ, Kromhout D.

Wageningen University, Netherlands;

BACKGROUND: Light to moderate alcohol intake lowers the risk of cardiovascular

mortality, but whether this protective effect can be attributed to a specific

type of beverage remains unclear. Moreover, little is known about the effects of

long-term alcohol intake on life expectancy. METHODS: The impact of long-term

alcohol intake and types of alcoholic beverages consumed on cardiovascular

mortalityand life expectancy at age 50 was investigated in theZutphen Study, a

cohort of 1373 men born between 1900 and 1920 and examined repeatedly between

1960 and 2000. Hazard ratios (HRs) for total alcohol intake and alcoholfrom

wine, beer and spirits were obtained from timedependent regression models.

Life expectancy at age 50was calculated from areas under survival curves.

RESULTS: Long-term light alcohol intake, that is (20 gper day, compared with no

alcohol, was strongly and inversely associated with cerebrovascular (HR 0.43,

95%CI 0.26 to 0.70), total cardiovascular (HR 0.70, 95% CI0.55 to 0.89) and

all-cause mortality (HR 0.75, 95% CI0.63 to 0.91). Independent of total alcohol

intake, longtermwine consumption of, on average, less than half a glass per day

was strongly and inversely associated withcoronary heart disease (HR 0.61, 95%

CI 0.41 to 0.89),total cardiovascular (HR 0.68, 95% CI 0.53 to 0.86) and

all-cause mortality (HR 0.73, 95% CI 0.62 to 0.87). These results could not be

explained by differences in socioeconomic status. Life expectancy was about 5

years longer in men who consumed wine compared with those who did not use

alcoholic beverages. CONCLUSION: Long-term light alcohol intake lowered

cardiovascular and all-cause mortality risk and increased life expectancy. Light

wine consumption was associated with 5 years longer life expectancy; however,

morestudies are needed to verify this result.

PMID: 19406740 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

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> Another recent wine & health book I highly recommend is the

> " Red Wine Diet " by Corder

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> http://www.amazon.com/Red-Wine-Diet--Corder/dp/1583332901

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> Here are some interviews with Corder that cover much

> of the book:

>

>

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/health/expathealth/4202222/The-Wine-Diet-day-2-Spice-\

up-your-life-and-save-your-heart.html

>

> I try to follow Corder's recommendation to get at least 300-500 mg per

> day of procyanidins via food and red wine.

>

> Dave

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