Because another wine food and travel blog was way too long.
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Can Red Wine Reduce Swine Flu Risk?
Growing up this way made me a bit of a skeptic and more of an “anti-alarmist.” When everyone around me starts freaking out, I tend to roll my eyes and sigh like Al Gore. The current frenzy over “swine flu” is really getting on my last nerve – especially with the reporting of half-truths and tabloid-like speculation by the media. And the daily phone calls from the school districts ensuring us that “all is well!” while simultaneously cancelling all academic and athletic events. I remember a similar scare in 1976. One of my mother’s friends rushed down to get the vaccine and she ended up with an acute allergy to chicken. Even a hint of chicken broth (in many a restaurant dish) can provoke a horrible allergic reaction to the point that she can’t breathe. And upon at least one occasion, that I know of, she lost consciousness on an airplane — back when the airlines actually served real food. So imagine my delight when I found a Wine Spectator article from September 11, 2008 entitled, “Red Wine Chemical Cuts Flu Risk.”
For those of you who enjoy reading research publications, the abstract is available on-line at the AJP – Regulatory, Integrative and Comparative Physiology. So while the rest of the nation is hiding behind surgical masks as their blood pressure soars from the stress, I think I’ll try something more sensible:
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May 2nd, 2009 at 4:16 pm
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May 4th, 2009 at 3:10 pm
Sounds like sound medical advice! I had to laugh when you mentioned the media frenzy. The Times (of London) reported that DOZENS of people were being tested around the world. Um… how many BILLIONS are there currently breathing my air???? LOL
May 12th, 2009 at 4:55 am
I chuckled when I read this! I hope red wine protects you from swine flu. The next step is to persuade the government to hand out bottles of the stuff when they hand out the Tamiflu.
May 12th, 2009 at 7:55 am
I chuckled when I read this! I hope red wine protects you from swine flu. The next step is to persuade the government to hand out bottles of the stuff when they hand out the Tamiflu.
May 12th, 2009 at 11:55 am
I chuckled when I read this! I hope red wine protects you from swine flu. The next step is to persuade the government to hand out bottles of the stuff when they hand out the Tamiflu.