red wine quantity

[Thomas]

What, may I ask, is milk thistle? And how does one injest the thing?

bridgehorse, I have been consuming wine for most of my life. For the past thirty years I have consumed at minimum 1/2 a bottle a day and often a little more. The only time I seem unable to consume wine is when I am ill, but I rarely get that sick.

Perhaps, since I exceed Bucko's reported 21 drinks in a week, I am on my way to morbidity faster than necessary. But my latest health physical (June 2003) shows a healthy liver, relatively good cholesterol levels and a blood pressure rate that couldn't be located with a seismic (sp) instrument.

I should add that I take a daily vitamin/mineral supplement made up of natural ingredients and chelated, rarely eat sweets, hardly ever add salt to my food, and do not eat much in the way of packaged processed foods. Aside from wine, I drink only water, grapefruit juice and, each morning, a strong espresso. Plus, I walk approximately 4 miles a day--unless I am being chased; then, I run...

The point being: good health is a matter of good eating bolstered by a reasonable lifestyle, not to mention a good dip of luck in the gene pool!



[This message has been edited by foodie (edited 01-24-2004).]