Barb wrote:

Hi folks. With all the problems with alcohol
seemingly rampant in the UK lately - for various
reasons, cheapness, accessibility, street-cred,
etc. etc. - it seems to be the fashion in the
media lately to clobber drinking of any kind.

There's a kind of grudging admission that One
Glass Of Red Wine Is Good For
You, but that's it!!! Without going into a long
argument about what is, and what isn't, sensible
drinking - we're all adults here, hopefully -
how is it that people in Europe have been
drinking wine regularly for years (centuries,
even!) in moderate quantities, and haven't had
the promised "epidemic" of liver disease and all
the other nasties?

There was a prog on the telly the other night
maintaining that even a couple
of glasses with a meal was bad for you! I,
personally, can't deal with
this! I'm getting a conscience every time I
have a glass of my latest
lovely homebrew! Help !!!!

Barb

My family doctor told me "Keep drinking your wine,
Paul. You will live longer". My doctor at VA
said I have the highest value of HDL (the good
cholesterol) that she has ever seen. She thinks
it may be due to my home made wine consumption.
I also have very low triglycerides. My liver
enzymes are all normal. Enough said; think I
will have a glass of wine - or two or so.