"Too many Americans, when it comes to diet and health,
look for the ‘quick fix.’
We wait at the edge of our seats for
news of the next diet regimen that promises
to be a panacea – the antidote
to all that troubles us: weight gain,
clogged arteries, depression, lethargy,
and on and on. We expect diets like
the Cabbage Soup diet or the Zone diet
to do it all for us. We’ll deprive
ourselves of food and rationalize. But
then, we inevitably fall back into our
old habits and the short-term benefits
we initially saw, disappear.
"That’s why
it’s important to adopt a natural,
healthy lifestyle – like the Napa
Valley lifestyle that incorporates wine
in the diet – rather than some
artificial regimen lifted out of a diet
book. Unlike a quick fix diet, a lifestyle
with wine can have long-term benefits
not only for a healthy heart but also
for weight maintenance, longevity, improved
quality of life, fending off harmful
effects of aging, and much more."
- From The Wine Sense
Diet by Annette Shafer
Could
this be the end of the road for our little
Wine & Health column? Could we have
nothing left to say? No, wine’s health
benefits are not in dispute, rather, a
smart cookie by the name of Annette Shafer
may have simply said it all in her new
book, The
Wine Sense Diet
.
How could we possibly expand upon the
load of wine and health information found
in this lovely and informative book? Shafer
takes a look at the wine-health connection
and the health benefits of "the Napa
Valley lifestyle." The Wine Sense
Diet shows how to combine wine with other
healthy foods to easily create a diet
that you can enjoy, offering recipes,
wine recommendations, and personal philosophies
from 25 of Napa Valley's leading family
winemakers.
In short, Shafer proves
that being healthy doesn’t have to
be a eating 1.5 grapefruit slices before
noon on Tuesdays and 2 soft boiled eggs
for dinner (but only during a full moon).
The Wine Sense Diet isn’t so much
a diet as it is an encouraging, no-nonsense
guide to living a healthier lifestyle.
Shafer addresses the latest research on
how drinking wine in moderation can prevent
heart attacks, regulate weight, reduce
the signs of aging, improve psychological
outlook, lower the risk for kidney stones
and stomach ulcers, reduce the risk of
cancer, and more. Along with practical
and philosophical encouragement, Shafer
also offers tips on how to pick the perfect
wine for any meal and flavor food according
to your wine choices.
With a foreword by Robert
Mondavi and participation from Napa Valley’s
leading wineries, one might raise a skeptical
brow and mutter, "of course, they
would say wine is good for you."
Nevertheless, even the most cynical among
us can’t disagree with a diet philosophy
that encourages moderation, honoring yourself,
daily exercise, and listening to your
body.
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