U.S. Surpasses France To Lead The World In Wine Consumption
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Steve, have you lost your mind?! EVERYBODY knows wine is good for you! Just watch a few reruns of "Cougar Town"! Hang on. Here's where I'm headed with this. The health benefits of RED wine have been widely publicized in recent years. It's high in antioxidants, like resveratrol. The good things found in red wine that help boost HDL ("good") cholesterol, and lower the bed are far more abundant in the skin of red grapes than white ones, according to e recent article in the New York Post. Okay, it's south Louisiana, and we're headed into summer. Red wine can be a  little much in the summer heat. Here's the solution. Drink rose'. It's made from red grapes, instead of white. It doesn't contain quite as much of the "good stuff" as red, but there's more than what's contained in white. Bottoms up!

 

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