by DJ Spiess | Mar 16, 2008 | Recent Studies
If you drink wine to excess, it may be the worst choice for you. Researchers (psychiatrists) found a region of the brain in alcoholic wine drinkers was more damaged than the same region in alcoholics who prefer beer or spirits. This is the first known research that...
by DJ Spiess | Feb 3, 2008 | Recent Studies
We have all seen the stereotype – fat beer guzzler, with a large protruding gut that would put Santa to shame. The beer gut is first called “the freshman 15” (or more) when you are in college. Later people call it for what it is, the beer gut. The question...
by DJ Spiess | Jan 26, 2008 | Recent Studies
It seems almost silly at this point. Red wine seems to cure everything. Red wine has compounds linked to longevity , cancer cures, and a whole slew of other cures. Now a recently published study in the Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry finds that there are...
by DJ Spiess | Jan 8, 2008 | Recent Studies
For those of you that are unfamiliar with this compound or research, this is the anti-aging cure-all compound based on resveratrol – the substance in red wine. Resveratrol triggers the SIRT1 gene, which helps regulate lifespan. Unfortunately the dosage for...
by DJ Spiess | Dec 28, 2007 | Recent Studies
Unless the wine was treated with hydrogen peroxide (and thus ruined), the quick answer is yes. All wines have sulfite in them. In fact, white wine usually has more sulfites than red wine. Sulfites are created naturally during the fermentation process. After a wine...
by DJ Spiess | Dec 23, 2007 | Recent Studies
Warning: Contains Sulfites Every now and then someone tells me they don’t like red wine and prefer white wine because the sulfites in red wine gives them a headache – commonly known as the Red Wine Headache (RWH). The label “WARNING: Contains Sulfites” seems to...