Wine May Help Keep the Liver Healthy

[pigeonca]

This was in the New York Times today:

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/10/health/research/10regi.html?_r=1&nl=8hlth&emc=hltha5&oref=slogin

[Lady Lauri]

.....Magnum-Silly Spinning Rims? I just bought a set for my Harley.......

I want some for mine  :)

.......couple glasses of MD 20/20........
I want some...well maybe not MD tho.


LL

[R Glass]

Lucky-Yes, some of it is due to upmanship or “Getting in the Last Word Syndrome.” I’ve noticed a lot of people that have been dx with HCV come here looking for answers on drinking and HCV, never come back. They ask a sincere question and get 100 replies of people bickering or “Excessive Babblings”
As far as the love for viticulture, that may be making it a little more complex than it really is. Some people just enjoy the occasional glass or 2 of wine (or beer).
Most people that have been dx with HCV and gone through tx, has done the research and read all the studies, before making the decision to have a drink (at least I hope they do.)
I think it is more to do with the “something else”. The people that has done the research and choose to have an occasional drink, resent other people not respecting their decision.
A few months ago I posted “Not everybody with HCV has severe liver damage and not everyone that drinks has a drinking problem”.

Magnum-Silly Spinning Rims? I just bought a set for my Harley.

Gotta go polish my new spinning rims and have a couple glasses of MD 20/20.
Good Night

[Magnum]

First of all You Go Girl saying should be Gone, just like those silly spinning hubcaps. Wine will pickle your liver from what I understand. Live hard, drink hard, die young is the motto for some.

I love wine. I'm Italian. In my household in Italy, my parents, as well as many children’s parents gave little kids wine post WWII. That's because the water was bad and the alcohol in the wine negated it. Half a shot or so in a glass of water did the trick. In Italy today, you can take wine to work with you for your lunch break. Naturally, if you get drunk at work, you will be fired. Wine is very good for the heart, blood and cheap talk and bragging. It also works better than candy on shy women.

However... as difficult as it was, I Cold Turkeyd nine years ago when the doctor told me no more wine, no more alcohol, and start using candy on the women again. If that doesn't work, buy them a Mercedes convertible. That should do it.

In all seriousness, if you still have some living to do, you can give up the wine, the Margaritas, Tequila shooters, Sex On The Beach and whatever drink turns you on. I did, and it was not easy. But now, I don't miss it at all, and that is VERY hard for an Italian to admit... otherwise, it's up to you...

Saluté,

Magnum

[Lady Lauri]

Ya all are stressing me out with these alcohol threads and now I need a drink!

:)  :)

KIDDING. Lighten up on the alcohol threads! We will all NEVER agree on this subject but it seems those against it seem to get too wound up on it. ANY adult will read either opinion and take it as they want to, do what they want to. And the points of all the other things that cause damage are to be taken seriously. Do all wear gloves when using cleaners? Use gloves and mask when using pesticides? How about when you put advantage  on your dog...do you pet it shortly after? Do you know MANY toxins absorb thru the skin, not through eating, drinking them? I'd guess that the cr*p in most peoples diet alone is more harmful than a glass of wine. Do you buy organic food or are you eating steroids, pesticides, hormones on your veggies and in your chicken?  I find a person eating a Big Mac while screaming NO alcohol a bit hard to take.  All this is ALSO processed through your liver and most likely daily. We could go on to your shampoo’s, soaps, make up, lotions and so on also!

I am 12 weeks post  UND, it is my choice whether to live in a bubble the rest of my life or not. At 50 yrs. old I'd think I can make that decision. It's REALLY between the person and their Dr. and their health.  IF we're going to have these threads, can we NOT attack, lash at others for THEIR opinions?! If one has an addiction problem, it does not fall into another’s decision to have a couple drinks now and than because you have a problem and I feel  THAT  feeds many peoples ‘OH GOD! A glass of wine…OH NOOOOO” comments.  I have no previous issue’s with alcohol, I was an occasional drinker. I love good wine and I am not saying…when SVR….’never again’.  WITH Hep C….none was MY choice.

FYI from my Dr. (and Missy's, Susan400's and Willy's)  , holds 5 titles, head of research,........
"your liver WILL repair itself once Hep C is gone and YES you can have an occasional glass of wine in the future".  (said with minimal liver damage)

  I think rules need to be set for alcohol threads as in 1 1/2 yrs. reading here it seems they never change!
No where above did I say “YES do drink” or ‘NO, NEVER”. I wouldn’t advise either without proof, studies to back up my ‘advice’. I did voice my right to choose for myself.

Anywayyyyyy....yawn.....good luck to those with this choice! Good luck to those who will never drink again.
And no attack or offense to anyone but dam, I’m tired of biting my lip off staying out of these threads!

Best to ALL,
LL

[mr.lucky66]

thanks for the spell check, I type fast . My point is how much or how important is a glass or 2 of wine to write endless replys and point counter points. I suspect it's much more than a casual thing. It could be a love for viticulture and just to be one upmanship or something else?

[R Glass]

That was impressive. You Go Girl!!!