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Women buy 80% of home-drinking wine
According to recent research , British women choose and buy eight out of every 10 bottles of wine that are drunk at home. The study also found that a third of British women who enjoy wine as a treat at the end of the day admit that they prefer to drink it alone – in the bath.
The data, the result of industry research among more than 1,300 British women aged between 18 and 60, overturns common perceptions that men take the lead in wine buying, and reveals that in many cases women are far more influential.
Six out of 10 women in Britain said they drank wine at least once a week. And the same proportion said they preferred red wine to white or rosé.
Most women said they enjoyed drinking wine because they liked the taste (80%) and because it went well with food (70%). But despite appearing knowledgeable about wine, the majority choose to ignore its health risks. More than half see it as a “healthier” alternative to other alcoholic drinks such as beer and spirits, while the same proportion said they were not deterred by the government’s health warnings.
When it comes to choosing wines, women said they were driven mainly by price (74%), followed by the type of grape (64%), the country of origin (55%) and more superficial trappings such as the label (42%). Six out of 10 (61%) said they chose wine on their own, with women in the UK noticeably more independent in their choice than their peers elsewhere in the world.
These study results will probably be much the same for the South African market as grocers become more significant wine retailers .
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Study founds that red wine increases women’s lib...
A glass or two of red wine may increase a woman’s libido, a scientific study has found.
Researchers concluded that levels of sexual desire were higher in women who were moderate drinkers of red wine than in their counterparts who preferred other alcoholic drinks, or were teetotal.
One theory put forward by the team of Italian doctors who carried out the study is that chemical compounds found in red wine may improve sexual functioning by increasing blood flow to key areas of the body.
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Wine and chocolate fight cancer
Cabernet and chocolate are potent medicine for killing cancer, according to recent American research.
Red grapes and dark chocolate join blueberries, garlic, soy, and teas as ingredients that starve cancer while feeding bodies.
This according to the Angiogenesis Foundation head William Li.
“We are rating foods based on their cancer-fighting qualities,” Li said. “What we eat is really our chemotherapy three times a day.”
The Massachusetts-based foundation is identifying foods containing chemicals that evidently choke-off blood supplies to tumours, starving them to death.
Li cited a Harvard Medical School study showing that men who ate cooked tomatoes several times weekly were 30% to 50% less likely to have prostate cancer.
“There is a medical revolution happening all around us,” Li said. “If we’re right, it could impact on consumer education, food service, public health, and even insurance agencies.”
Deprive tumours
About a dozen drugs are already in use to deprive tumours of blood supplies in a treatment tactic called “anti-angiogenesis”.
The foundation pitted some foods against approved drugs and found that soy, parsley, red grapes, berries and other edibles were either as effective or more potent in battling cancer cells.
Eaten together, the foods were even more effective in fighting cancer.
“We discovered that Mother Nature laced a large number of foods and herbs with anti-angiogenesis features,” Li said.
“For many people around the world, dietary cancer treatment may be the only solution because not everyone can afford cancer drugs.”
The foundation also discovered that anti-angiogenesis properties of foods melt away fat, which relies heavily on blood flow to sustain itself.
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Women who are light drinkers gain less than nondri...
A recent study found that: Women of normal weight who drank a moderate amount of alcohol — especially red wine — were less likely to gain weight than women who didn’t drink at all.
The researchers caution that alcohol can have harmful effects, but weight gain among light drinkers may not be one of them.
Scientists have long noted the apparently beneficial association of red wine with good heart health among French people who ate rich diets, called the French paradox, but there have been conflicting reports on alcohol and weight gain.
Dr. Lu Wang of Brigham and Women’s Hospital and her colleagues followed almost 20,000 healthy women age 38 or older who answered questions annually about their weight and alcohol consumption. After almost 13 years, 41 percent of the women became overweight and 4 percent became obese. Women who did not drink gained the most weight. The amount of weight gained slid lower as the amount of alcohol consumed climbed.
Compared with nondrinkers, women who drank 15 grams to 29 grams of alcohol a day — the amount found in one to two drinks — had a 30 percent lower risk of becoming overweight, with red wine accounting for the strongest association. The risk of becoming overweight did not go down further when the women drank more than 40 grams of alcohol a day.
BOTTOM LINE: Middle-aged women of normal weight who were light drinkers gained less weight than nondrinkers after 13 years.
CAUTIONS: The study did not show that drinking caused the decline in weight gain, and the findings do not apply to men. Unknown differences between women who drink moderately and those who don’t could explain the findings, even though the researchers tried to account for other factors.
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Red or White Wine With Dinner?
So, you’re having a dinner party and you don’t know what kind of wine to serve with your main course. Well the truth is, nowadays, you can serve whatever type of wine you like with whatever your course may be.
The old adage of Red Wine with Red Meats, White Wine with White Meats is a bit passé in today’s society. Still, clichés exist for a reason, and the reason (in very basic terms), is this:
Red Wine: Because of the richer tannins and rolling flavors found in red wine, the flavor and feel of le vin rouge tends to be more overpowering. When eaten with other rich flavors such as a creamy cheddar cheese or a juicy steak, the tannins in the wine actually bind to the proteins in your food, thereby leaving your tongue less susceptible to the astringent, drying sensation that red wine often provides. Additionally, the rich flavors complement nicely with the strong, rich tastes found in your steak or cheese and the two work in harmony together.
White Wine: White wine tends to be crisper, lighter, higher in acidity but much lower in tannins (if any). Because of this, white wine tends to go nicely with milder dishes such as poached seafood or raw oysters. The crisp, light flavors do not overpower the subtle flavors of the food and provide a pleasant, refreshing accompaniment with them.
So which to choose? Really, any you like. While the above paragraphs demonstrate the reason behind the adage, there is no reason why you can’t try a rich, red wine with raw oysters or a crisp Chardonnay with you veal parmesan. In fact, I enjoy matching apparent opposites such as this. The flavors and contrasts are fun to experiment with.
Plus, if you’re like me, sometimes you just prefer a red over a white (or vice versa), no matter what you’re eating.
Bottom line? Red or White is really up to you and it is an acceptable practice in our modern age to drink whichever with whatever foods. In my experience, the folks that speak condescendingly about “You’re supposed to drink red wine with that….” usually don’t know much about wine in the first place and are just spouting out what they’ve heard from everyone else.
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Wine good for waistline
Light to moderate alcohol consumption, especially red wine, is not only good for a woman’s heart, it’s also good for her waistline, according to a recent study.
The study started out with nearly 20,000 trim middle-aged and older women. Over time, women who drank alcohol in moderation put on less weight and were less apt to become overweight compared to non-drinkers. This was true even after taking into account various lifestyle and dietary factors that might influence a woman’s weight.
Red wine seemed best at keeping weight in check, but white wine, beer and spirits also had some benefit.
Many prior studies have suggested that moderate drinking – usually defined as a drink or two a day –can be a healthy habit, particularly with regard to heart health, while heavy drinking can harm health.
The study found that women who drank higher amounts of alcohol were generally more physically active, weighed slightly less at the outset and were more apt to be smokers, than other women.
However, the association between drinking and less weight gain and risk of becoming overweight or obese remained strong after accounting for these factors. This suggests that alcohol may independently affect body weight beyond its relationship with diet and lifestyle factors.
There are several reasons why alcohol might help women stay trim, according to Dr Lu. Wang , who lead the research. In the current study, women consuming more alcohol ate less, particularly carbohydrates – a finding seen in other studies. Moreover, it’s been shown that women tend to expend more energy after drinking alcohol – more so than that contained in the alcohol. “Taken together, regular alcohol consumption in light-to-moderate amount may lead to a net energy loss among women,” Wang said.
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