The Health benefits of Drinking Wine (The Daily Meal)

[James Roscoe]

Here is a link to an article to a website called theDaily Meal that discusses the purported health benefits of wine. I know this is a much discussed issue, but I have never seen such a comprehensive list before. Also some of the items were new to me. So if anyone cares to weigh in....

Here is a link to an article to a website called theDaily Meal that discusses the purported health benefits of wine. I know this is a much discussed issue, but I have never seen such a comprehensive list before. Also some of the items were new to me. So if anyone cares to weigh in....

Generally, it seems to be a well-written and measured discussion of the issues. One point that I don't totally agree with is the red wine-cancer link, since there are very well-done studies showing that alcohol in general increases the incidence of several types of cancer. They also focus almost exclusively on red wine but the article claims to discuss wine in general, so what about those whites and pinks (not to mention the orange wines!)?

Mark Lipton