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Health Effects of Wine
Introduction to Winemaking, VEN 3
Andrew L. Waterhouse
Department of Viticulture & Enology
University of California, Davis
"
The best medicine is wine.
"
ALCAEUS: Greek lyric poet, 6th
Century B.C.
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Reminders
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Midterm next Tuesday
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Coverage from 1
st
lecture to today’s health
lecture
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Multiple choice test
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Bring ID and scantron!
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Seating will be assigned-TA will post
seating chart on class website this
weekend
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Grapevine cuttings in a few weeks
Outline
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Brief history
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Alcohol consumption
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Health problems
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Health benefits
Properties of Wine
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Mysterious production
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Blood-colored liquid
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Medicinal solvent
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Most concentrated form of
alcohol until distillation
discovered by Arabs in ~1100
(1300 in EU)
Historical Perspective
Historical Trends
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Wine or other alcohol consumed in dilute
form as the primary beverage until ~1650
(coffee)
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Moderate wine consumption recommended
for health (safety)
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Heavy use discouraged (in general)
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Wine used as a medicine and medium for
other medicines
Wine as Food
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Wine production preserved sugar calories
over a year's time
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The alcohol in wine has most of the calories
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Sweet wines have extra calories in the sugar
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Ethanol has 7 cal/gm
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Ethanol cannot be stored
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Other calories are stored when ethanol is
present
Caloric Value
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