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Alcohol/wine is good for you.

Chocolate is good for you.

Life is good!

I think the main message is that everything in moderation is good for you.

1 posted on 08/31/2013 8:44:28 PM PDT by Innovative
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Depending on the size of the dose you just might not care if you are depressed, at least until the next dose.


2 posted on 08/31/2013 8:46:05 PM PDT by Mastador1 (I'll take a bad dog over a good politician any day!)
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I've been working on this questions for over half a century. My tentative answer at this juncture is that wine is indeed prophylactic against depression. I would hasten to add, however, that Single Malt Scotch, particularly the heavily peated variety produced on the Atlantic shores of Islay, works as a guarantor of increased verve, vigor, and vitality.



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3 posted on 08/31/2013 8:56:01 PM PDT by ConorMacNessa (HM/2 USN, 3/5 Marines RVN 1969 - St. Michael the Archangel defend us in Battle!)
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Trying to tease out the causalities can be tricky. It might be that those with a cheerier world view might prefer the wine, rather than the wine promoting the cheerier world view. Also, depression medications generally come with warnings against alcohol consumption.


4 posted on 08/31/2013 8:56:43 PM PDT by HiTech RedNeck (The Lion of Judah will roar again if you give him a big hug and a cheer and mean it. See my page.)
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To my friends who enjoy a glass of wine...

> And those who don’t and are always
> Seen with a bottle of water in their hand.
>
> As Ben Franklin said:
> In wine there is wisdom,
> In beer there is freedom,
> In water there is bacteria.
>
> In a number of carefully controlled trials,
> Scientists have demonstrated that if we drink
> One litre of water each day,
> At the end of the year we would have absorbed
> More than 1 kilo of Escherichia coli , (E. Coli) - bacteria
> Found in faeces.
> In other words, we are consuming 1 kilo of poo..
>
> However,
> We do NOT run that risk when drinking wine & beer
> (or tequila, rum, whiskey or other liquor) ,
> Because alcohol has to go through a purification process
> Of boiling, filtering and/or fermenting.
>
> Remember:
> Water = Poo,
> Wine = Health.
> Therefore, it’s better to drink wine and talk stupid,
> Than to drink water and be full of shit.
>
> There is no need to thank me for this valuable information:
> I’m doing it as a public service!


5 posted on 08/31/2013 8:57:58 PM PDT by airborne (MY HEROES DON'T WEAR CAPES. MY HEROES WEAR DOG TAGS ! ! !)
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I guess Neil Diamond/UB40 were onto something.


7 posted on 08/31/2013 9:02:07 PM PDT by dfwgator
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Here's a fine wine that is certain to cure depression:

Thunderbird

What's the word? Thunderbird!
What's the price? Thirty twice.

When you're feeling low,
It makes you want to go, go, go!
When you're feeling sad,
It makes you feel so glad.

Have you heard?
What's the word? Thunderbird!

It makes you want to fly, fly, fly
In the sky, sky, sky.
You go high, high, high,
And you cry, "my, my, my!"

Have you heard?
What's the word? Thunderbird!

Just one sip of that Thunderbird
Drives your blues away.
You dig that word, you dig that bird,
And you'll be happy all the day.

Hey, hey, hey!
Ain't it a lovely day!
Feel so good,
Just the way I should.

Have you heard?
What's the word? Thunderbird!

8 posted on 08/31/2013 9:09:23 PM PDT by Fiji Hill
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My daily dose of wine use to be 1 1/2 liters. Moderation. Wait, what?


12 posted on 08/31/2013 9:24:46 PM PDT by peggybac (My boss I respect, my father I revered. Chris Rock, Mr. Obama is NOT my boss or my father.)
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"It's tobacco! It's one of the healthiest things for your body."
15 posted on 08/31/2013 9:38:08 PM PDT by Rodamala
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16 posted on 08/31/2013 9:44:00 PM PDT by RightGeek (FUBO and the donkey you rode in on)
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I double up to make sure.


18 posted on 08/31/2013 10:14:48 PM PDT by Drango (A liberal's compassion is limited only by the size of someone else's wallet.)
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"Alcohol/wine is good for you.

Chocolate is good for you."

You forgot sex?

19 posted on 08/31/2013 10:22:50 PM PDT by TruthWillWin (The problem with socialism is that you eventually run out of other peoples money.)
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Could A Daily Dose Of Red Wine Reduce One's Risk Of Depression?

Cherry wine is red.

20 posted on 08/31/2013 10:23:36 PM PDT by Fiji Hill
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I make enough red wine every summer to equal a 21 oz serving every day. I don’t miss my serving very often. It makes me a happy camper.


21 posted on 08/31/2013 10:27:47 PM PDT by jy8z (When push comes disguised as nudge, I do not budge.)
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White wine can also cure depression.
22 posted on 08/31/2013 10:28:35 PM PDT by Fiji Hill
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Write the authors, the study’s cohort “includes an older, traditional Spanish Mediterranean population, that consumed chiefly wine, and mainly in a context of socialization with family or friends.” Enjoying a rich social life has been well illustrated to reduced depression risk, and could easily influence the results seen here.

It is hard for me to believe that one glass of wine per day would have much effect on depression. It is easy for me to believe that daily socializing with friends would have a big effect on depression.

24 posted on 08/31/2013 10:29:49 PM PDT by TChad
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Too much wine gives me a nasty headache. I guess that says something about what wine does in small doses when we don’t notice its true effects.


28 posted on 09/01/2013 2:30:25 AM PDT by jonrick46 (The opium of Communists: other people's money.)
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My mother asked her doctor about a prescription for anti-anxiety medication, and her doctor said, “You’re a strong woman; you can just have wine!”


29 posted on 09/01/2013 3:20:41 AM PDT by Tax-chick (One drink away from telling everyone what I really think.)
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Whenever I limit my diet to caffeine, protein, and alcohol, I lose weight and I feel better. Right now I’m enjoying what I call my chicken-and-vodka diet. I’ve lost 18 lbs since June 14, and my appetite has shrunk to almost nothing. Twenty more pounds and I’ll have Sherlock cheekbones. I’ll probably have Sherlock eccentria, too, but that’s fine.


30 posted on 09/01/2013 5:11:21 AM PDT by A_perfect_lady ("A liberal... declares a policy to be a moral imperative based on his emotional reaction to it.")
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Mrs. Pete from Shawnee Mission says yes! Definitely Yes!


36 posted on 09/01/2013 8:13:00 PM PDT by Pete from Shawnee Mission (5 liter box for $14 = 2 weeks domestic bliss....)
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