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Fermentation Blog: Source Says Feds Will Declare "No Amount of Alcohol" is Healthy

Alcohol health benefits

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How Alcohol Really Affects Your Body

This is How Alcohol Really Affects Your Body by Patrick Schmitt We look in detail at how alcohol affects your body, considering the impact on your blood and your brain, as well as how your age and sex alters your ability to metabolize the intoxicant. As we have previously reported, a number of elements will influence the way in which a person can process alcohol, with key factors including body size and the way in which drink is consumed. Indeed, drawing on information shared with the drinks…

Why do wine people so rarely talk about the intoxicating nature of wine?

This idea of “something to drink” too often gets lost in wine talk. I was recently interviewed by a Polish academic who is doing a study on the way people communicate about wine. He asked me, bluntly, “Why is most wine communication so bad?” It’s a good question! I believe most wine communication sucks because, on a fundamental level, wine talk does everything it can to remove the idea of drinking from the equation. For people really deep into wine, it’s an aspect of culture, akin to art, design…

Neo-prohibitionists infiltrate the WHO

Felicity Carter, in her usual brilliant way, has uncovered a neo-prohibitionist rat’s nest under the WHO. I went digging after seeing her article and found a wee bit more regarding some of the other organizations involved. I’ve recapped and thrown in some new info in the Wine News in 5 video and article on JR. @Adam_Frisch your post last year was on point.