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You may remember my post about the book, The Red Wine Diet, back in November. Author and cardiologist Dr. Roger Corder clarifies the relation between red wine, what you eat and heart health in a revealing and memorable way.

He debunks a number of accepted platitudes on these subjects, and makes a bold argument that a previously little known group of compounds, procyanidins, is the key found in certain foods and in certain types of red wine that can open the lock to better cardio health and potentially longer life. But are these healthy wines good for your palate, too?
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I’m nearing the end of a week without wine. I don’t believe in the toxin thing, like so many people do. You know, “I’m not eating any meat or drinking any alcohol for a month. I’m eating only grapefruit and avocado and drinking water imported from the Ganges River to cleanse the toxins from my body.”

I don’t think wine is a toxin, more like a tonic, and with all the old and new evidence that wine is good for your health it’s kind of perverse to abstain in order to feel better, isn’t it? So what am I doing this for? That’s what I’ve been asking myself as I pour another San Pellegrino and bitch at the next child to walk by without his/her chores done.
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You’ve heard that red wine is good for your heart, but what kinds of red wine? Roger Corder, a professor and expert in cardiovascular function, tells you in a new book, “The Red Wine Diet: Drink Wine Every Day and Live a Long and Healthy Life.”

Madiran, Malbec, Cabernet Sauvignon, Barolo and a number of other big reds are best for you, Corder says. The more dark color, the more extracted flavors, the better. Where can I find a Madiran?
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