Guest guest Posted October 6, 2003 Report Share Posted October 6, 2003 There is a great article on life extension in the November Discover magazine. One particular sentence I thought might be apropos to the current conversation: " Those interventions entail sacrifices that most people probably aren't willing to make. But further research may yield more palatable strategies. In August researchers announced that a compound called resveratrol, found in red wine, mimics calorie deprivation and prolongs the life span of yeast cells by 70 percent. Some scientists doing the work said they had taken to drinking a glass of red wine each day " . Heh heh heh ... I think it's worth drinking the wine in the off chance it works, doncha think? -- Heidi Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 7, 2003 Report Share Posted October 7, 2003 --- Heidi Schuppenhauer <heidis@...> wrote: > > Heh heh heh ... I think it's worth drinking the wine > in the off chance it works, doncha think? > All red wine tastes like vinegar to me ! I'll stick with white methinks Jo ________________________________________________________________________ Want to chat instantly with your online friends? Get the FREE Messenger http://mail.messenger..co.uk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 7, 2003 Report Share Posted October 7, 2003 When I started drinking wine, I would only drink the really sweet stuff. Someone had the AUDACITY to suggest that I would " mature " and start appreciating the cabs after awhile. Oy and she was right ... the longer I drink wine, the more expensive my taste becomes and the lower the sugar content! However there are sweet reds ... a good beujolais is nice, and merlots are sweeter than cabs. -- Heidi >All red wine tastes like vinegar to me ! I'll stick >with white methinks > >Jo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 8, 2003 Report Share Posted October 8, 2003 --- Heidi Schuppenhauer <heidis@...> wrote: > > When I started drinking wine, I would only drink > the really sweet stuff. Someone had the AUDACITY > to suggest that I would " mature " and start > appreciating the cabs after awhile. Oy and she > was right ... the longer I drink wine, the more > expensive my taste becomes and the lower > the sugar content! > Well, people have been telling me the exact same thing for 10 years, and I'm still waiting to " mature " !! Mind you, I turned 30 last week - maybe red wine will taste different now???? Jo ________________________________________________________________________ Want to chat instantly with your online friends? Get the FREE Messenger http://mail.messenger..co.uk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 8, 2003 Report Share Posted October 8, 2003 Jo, >>Mind you, I turned 30 last week - maybe red wine will taste different now???? Happy birthday! I grew up thinking that Manischewitz was wine, and it took me a lot longer than that to grow out of it :-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 8, 2003 Report Share Posted October 8, 2003 >Well, people have been telling me the exact same thing >for 10 years, and I'm still waiting to " mature " !! Hee hee. Well, like they say, " Life's too short to drink bad wine " -- drink what works for you1 -- Heidi Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 10, 2003 Report Share Posted October 10, 2003 On Tue, 07 Oct 2003 13:06:15 -0700 Heidi Schuppenhauer <heidis@...> wrote: > >When I started drinking wine, I would only drink >the really sweet stuff. Someone had the AUDACITY >to suggest that I would " mature " and start >appreciating the cabs after awhile. Oy and she >was right ... the longer I drink wine, the more >expensive my taste becomes and the lower >the sugar content! > >However there are sweet reds ... a good beujolais >is nice, and merlots are sweeter than cabs. > >-- Heidi There are some good dessert Zinfandels (red) as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 10, 2003 Report Share Posted October 10, 2003 On Tue, 07 Oct 2003 13:06:15 -0700 Heidi Schuppenhauer <heidis@...> wrote: > >When I started drinking wine, I would only drink >the really sweet stuff. Someone had the AUDACITY >to suggest that I would " mature " and start >appreciating the cabs after awhile. Oy and she >was right ... the longer I drink wine, the more >expensive my taste becomes and the lower >the sugar content! This is soooooo true. It happens over and over again. I'm dangerous in a wine shop, a bookstore, a cheese shop, and...a pipe and cigar shop. The difference with the wine is that it can be very very expensive, LOL! By the way, this is how I trained myself to eat raw meat. From well done to totally raw. It took a long time but I got there. Some folks told me this would happen and I laughed. Now when I'm in a steakhouse and I see someone order a very expensive cut of meat and ask for it cooked beyond rare i think what a waste of money. You are cooking all the flavor away, LOL! Might as well go buy a steak from safeway. Of course they could be there for many reasons other than the steak so I'm not judging them just having some mental fun. But boy they don't know what they are missing! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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