Is wine healthier than grape juice?

Uncle_Martin · Nov 7th, 2009, 06:32

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Originally Posted by Nick-H

What is a standard unit? a wine glass?

Does it never occur to you to use google or wikipedia to answer these questions. There is a vast amount of information easily available in the public domain to those with the wit to pose a potentially rhetorical question.

dzibead · Nov 7th, 2009, 10:26

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Originally Posted by madhav175

i found this article on Wikipedia which supports what nick has told about the association of low heart disease rate with the french. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_paradox

My theory is that the low incidence of heart disease among the French has nothing to do with drinking wine. It's the result of speaking a language that lacks the letter "k".

trooooon · Nov 7th, 2009, 13:52

this gets funnier and funnier . .

A peg 30ml of hard liquor i presume is a standard unit as 40% that would make it 12ml of alchohol! wine at around 8% we would require around 130ml or so . . . say a glass.

personally i like to drink from the bottle

theyyamdancer · Nov 7th, 2009, 13:56

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Originally Posted by dzibead

My theory is that the low incidence of heart disease among the French has nothing to do with drinking wine. It's the result of speaking a language that lacks the letter "k".

dzi,
qu'est ce que c'est que ca?
(=K e s K e c e Ke sa)

trooooon · Nov 7th, 2009, 14:08

So . . . they pronounce k but don't write it?

theyyamdancer · Nov 7th, 2009, 14:16

Only in Breton!

Also some words borrowed from other languages to French, such as "kermesse" or "kaki".

In Breton language, "k" is common. See this delicious cake:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kouign_amann

which would go quite well with a glass of....cider?

trooooon · Nov 7th, 2009, 14:42

That looks like my kind of cake

. . . Cheers . . .
And we drink to the recognition of Breton!

Nick-H · Nov 7th, 2009, 15:25

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Originally Posted by Uncle_Martin

Does it never occur to you to use google or wikipedia to answer these questions. There is a vast amount of information easily available in the public domain to those with the wit to pose a potentially rhetorical question.

How many times have I asked that of others?

(and no, I guess google won't tell me

)

dzibead · Nov 8th, 2009, 00:35

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Originally Posted by theyyamdancer

dzi,
qu'est ce que c'est que ca?
(=K e s K e c e Ke sa)

The letter "k" - not the sound.

Quote:

Originally Posted by theyyamdancer

Only in Breton!

Also some words borrowed from other languages to French, such as "kermesse" or "kaki".

"other languages" = not French

Quote:

Originally Posted by theyyamdancer

In Breton language, "k" is common. See this delicious cake:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kouign_amann

Breton = not French (not even a Romance language).

I rest my case, Your Honor!

(That cake looks fabulous - and the article has a recipe! Must try it in my new oven!)

federica · Nov 8th, 2009, 03:45

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Originally Posted by madhav175

she even tells me that her doctor in the U.S.A had advised her to have red wine daily during pregnancy

that's the most stupid bullsh... I've ever heard, sorry

For the baby it's definitely not harmless.

Regarding your parents: I can't imagine that grape juice is good for diabetics, as it contains lots of sugar.

A glass of dry red wine should be ok, but the health benefit shouldn't be overestimated. If they don't feel like to drink it, there are other (and maybe better) ways for heart protection. pomegranate juice contains polyphenols, too. After just reading a "bhang-thread", it's all about culture...

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Originally Posted by Nick-H

He said that the reason that wine-drinking countries such as France have less heart disease is because their livers fail first!

JuliaF · Nov 9th, 2009, 03:44

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Originally Posted by dzibead

I rest my case, Your Honor!

dzi,
The Irish language has no K either! So for example Kilkenny is the anglicised version of Cill Chainnigh.

So, there's a correlation between lacking a K and being able to take a drink you say ...

madhav175 · Nov 14th, 2009, 00:44

thanks nick for the valuable piece of info

Nov 7th, 2009, 13:52	#18
trooooon tj Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Vasant Kunj, New Delhi Posts: 845	I always thought french sounded strange ;) this gets funnier and funnier . . A peg 30ml of hard liquor i presume is a standard unit as 40% that would make it 12ml of alchohol! wine at around 8% we would require around 130ml or so . . . say a glass. personally i like to drink from the bottle __________________ what if . . . maybe . . . say . . . suppose!

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