Is there something in red wine that is not in red grapes?

What are the risks associated with drinking red wine?

Alcohol is not actually heart-healthy; it simply has anti-clotting effects, much like aspirin. Researchers have found that even moderate consumption of alcohol, including wine, interferes with blood clotting and thereby reduces heart attacks in high-risk populations, such as people who eat the typical, disease-promoting American diet. Thinning the blood with alcohol or aspirin is not life-span enhancing unless you are eating the typical heart-attack inducing diet. Once you are protected from heart attacks and strokes with nutritional excellence, the blood thinning only adds to more risk for your life, in the form of gastrointestinal bleeding or a hemorrhagic stroke.

Loud Sounds and Hearing Loss

Questions: My husband likes to listen to loud music when driving his car. Too loud, in my opinion, when our two-year-old daughter rides with us.

How many decibels are safe to be exposed to, especially for a little child? At how many decibels does it start to be (potentially) dangerous?

Answer: In my opinion, it is our job as parents to protect our children from any preventable injuries or damage, and I am trying to make that clear to my husband. Unfortunately, he will only stop turning the music up too high if he has proof that it is too loud: meaning he wants to know the decibels.

How often and how long should someone fast who is living healthfully?

In an ideal world, fasting would rarely, if ever, be needed. Individuals who ensure a good diet, a generous quantity of high-quality sleep, vigorous exercise, etc., may still suffer the consequences of emotional stress, air pollution, and other negative influences. Many people find that periodic fasting allows them the opportunity to do physical and mental “housecleaning” that can make a tremendous difference in the quality of their lives.

Acrylamide: What is it and which foods contain it?

For me, the most fascinating segment of Morgan Spurlock’s documentary on McDonalds, called Super Size Me, involved the man who has become famous for eating almost nothing but Big Macs since 1972. Don Gorske is the Guinness world record holder for number of Big Macs eaten, having passed 19,800 Big Macs as of June 2004.

Don has eaten anywhere between 2 and 9 Big Macs per day, almost every day since 1972, and yet, his height-weight ratio and blood tests are in the “normal” range.

Can I eat too much soy?

Many studies on soy-eating populations in Asia have found links between their diets and reduced risk of various diseases, including heart disease and cancers of the breast and prostate. As a result, soy and soy- based foods, supplements, pills and powders have become very popular here in America. But, as usual, America tends to go overboard, thinking that if some is good, a lot more must be better. So, can someone eat too much soy?