<p>I don’t particularly like to drink wine, but I do cook with it a lot. I’d say I drink maybe 1 glass a month at social occasions. I have tried at various times to drink more. There is no history of breast cancer in my family, but there is a strong history of heart problems. Unfortunately, the only red wines I have liked are out of my price range.</p>
<p>There is much higher chance for women to get underground bacause of heart condition, high blood pressure or diabetes than breast cancer. Since these 3 are preventable in most cases (not all) and depend on life style much more than cancer, they are not as politically popular (who wants to hear that you can be healthy if you just loose 50 lbs or maybe just 10?). We much rather discuss breast cancer, (there is always a possibility of suing wine company down the road, discussions like that usually lead to blaming somebody else for our habits). Yes, there are few environmental / life style things that affect the likelyhood of getting breast cancer. Being overweight is one of them and it has much stronger link to breast cancer than having little alcohol once in a while. But again, nobody would want to hear about that.
Have a drink and be happy! Add a spoon to your ice cream, it will taste much better, drip few drops into your browny/cake, it will be greatly improved. I do not even like the taste of most wines. I ruine them by adding honey, but wine taste better with it.</p>
<p>Yes, MiamiDAP, partly why my doctors are fine with my red-wine drinking is because of my other “behaviors”-- I’ve never smoked, I exercise an hour most days, I’m strong and in good shape (although not exactly thin!) for my age, and I eat a balanced, pretty healthy, mostly organic diet. You’re right that being overweight and out of shape is a much bigger risk factor for breast cancer than moderate drinking.</p>
<p>To me, it’s a food, part of eating well and enjoying food and life.</p>
<p>Thanks for all the responses! Absolutely love red wine myself, and just found myself wondering what other people think is “too much.”
If we are comparing research, here’s one we wine drinkers can love!
[Middle</a> aged women who enjoy 2 glasses of wine a day ‘healthier’ | Mail Online](<a href=“Middle aged women who enjoy 2 glasses of wine a day 'healthier' | Daily Mail Online”>Middle aged women who enjoy 2 glasses of wine a day 'healthier' | Daily Mail Online)</p>
<p>I ruine them by adding honey, but wine taste better with it.
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<p>I don’t understand people who add stuff to mask the taste.
If I didn’t like scotch, I wouldn’t drink it. If I didn’t like wine or beer, I wouldn’t drink it.
I don’t pretend to have a high-brow palate- but there are enough choices for me to find something I like, that is affordable. ( H doesn’t drink, so I don’t have to worry about him liking it)</p>
<p>While I do like me an irish coffee occasionally, & I love fresh ginger muddled with soda & scotch ( Dalwhinnie or MacCarthy- the single malt made in Portland Or), I do not like sweet drinks that mask the taste of the alcohol, so that you can suck down two or three & then fall down when you stand up.</p>
<p>However, if you are on any other medications, you really need to watch your drinking, because even taking tylenol can damage your liver if you have reached the toxic tipping point.</p>
<p>^ I add honey for myself, so I can drink with everybody else. I love the taste of it with honey, without honey, it is just too sour. Well, beer is another story, but it is not “alcoholic” enough for me, it is more like carbonated cold drink with nice taste.</p>
<p>I am also a daily drinker. For me, it is a part of the end of the day winding down. I pour a glass of wine or open a nice hoppy IPA and start dinner, then have another glass with my meal. I am another from a family with more heart problems and little cancer, and have few other vices.</p>
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<p>What’s this??</p>
<p>IPA = India Pale Ale (beer). The hops give it a distinctive flavor, more bitter, but there’s more to it than that. (I know what I like to drink, but I’m not one to spend a lot of time talking or reading about it.)</p>
<p>Ah – thank you. A new beverage I’ve not heard of before. Doesn’t sound like my cup of tea (or ale).</p>