Wine-drinking women more fertile, study claims

AFP ^ | Thu, Sep 18, 2003

[presidio9]

Women who drink moderate quantities of wine become pregnant more easily than their teetotal or beer-supping sisters, a Danish medical review reported.

According to Dagens Medecin a study of 30,000 women showed that those who chose a glass of wine over beer or spirits were most likely to conceive. The least likely to become pregnant were those who drank no alcohol at all.

The research was carried out by a team headed by Mette Juhl of the state serology institute, Statens Serum Institut. They could not explain the reasons for their findings.

"We know that wine-drinkers eat more healthily and are of a higher social status than beer drinkers. But ability to become pregnant does not vary according to social class," Juhl commented.

"So we cannot rule out the possibility that wine contains substances that are beneficial for fertility."

[vetvetdoug]

Well, I got twenty bottles of wine. It's like having an arsenal with nothing to shoot at.

[Chewbacca]

Sounds like this study might have been funded by the French to get more people to purchase French wines.

[Bon mots]

Candy is dandy, but...

Liquor is quicker.

[Chad Fairbanks]

That, and given wine in the proper proportions, women become more willing to be fertilized.

[Redwood71]

I guess there's something to be said for the sacraments.

[pogo101]

(re panty remover / Southern Comfort)

Well, they say that going commando is the most comfortable way, "down south."

[HuntsvilleTxVeteran]

Candy is dandy but liquor is quicker

[dwd1]

You beat me to it. What do you do if you live in a dry town like Muleshoe? :-)...

[dwd1]

Lick-her or liquor? Sorry Admin guy... I could not resist...

[tdadams]

But ability to become pregnant does not vary according to social class," Juhl commented.

I don't know about that. Looking at the trailer parks around here, I might beg to differ.

[tdadams]

Well, of course the choice of alcohol has something to do with it. Who wants to look at a woman with a beer gut?

[Made In The USA]

Let's get drunk and screw BUMP!

[CheneyChick]

Who wants to look at a woman with a beer gut?

Dunno. A man with a beer gut isn't something particularly pleasant to gaze upon either.....

From the Ultimate Beer Gut website.....

[sauropod]

Corbett Canyon ping.

[tdadams]

A man with a beer gut isn't something particularly pleasant to gaze upon either

Well, after being blindsided with that hideous retinal abuse, I can't disagree.

[Motherhood IS a career]

Hey, isn't this the same research group that did the study which concluded that women who drink wine are happier and more sociable? (So we're happy, friendly drunks?)

[presidio9]

When I go out to a bar, that is usually what I'm looking for in a woman: Happy, friendly, and drunk.