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Show fherapeutic jft Srape f by Bob Brumfield always knew that wine was j but until I read about the .js of a year-long study by a 3 ol physicians, I didn't Js that it was good for you, physicians, selected by Dr. .(lore P. Lucia, a professor jilis of medicine at the mrsity of California, and jig under a grant from the ? advisory board of the irnia Agriculture Depart-: Depart-: concluded that wine is J lor the spirits, the appetite, :slion, the heart, social Wild Irish Rose, circa 1971, a particularly laudable vintage. Granted,' if I conducted a fair and impartial survey, I probably could find an alleyway in some exclusive neighborhood where well-manicured hands clutched bottles of passable Chablis or perhaps even a Mouton-Rothschild Mouton-Rothschild of some breeding. But, not being one to spend his leisure prowling alleyways, my research into the matter consists exclusively of apprehensive glances into dark byways, lest I be leaped upon by some robust. an and recovery from ay-especially of the in-tract. in-tract. It doctors also pointed out 3 wine provides sup-:entary sup-:entary amounts of Vitamin ithatvery dry wine may be by diabetics for energy at the need for insulin. - fact, it seems to me, after ag the report, that a good .of vino is good for about that ails your old bod, ig saber wounds. fMtly, those noble souls . s sprawled in alleys, '. empty wine bottles, ; are meditating the 1 therapeutic virtues of ; If not, they certainly . g advantage to the hilt "e's "force against ation, powerlessness and i isolation," as the doctors j 0. ' admit that, not being a fthe medical fraternity, f b"e labored under the notion that these were ;f wretches bombed t(lJoUt0f their trees. 1 I was mislead by the ; ; the bottles, but per-: per-: '"!'lnave never considered well-adjusted wino, bursting with good health and looking for a few coins with which to sustain his good fortune. Therefore, the type of wine bottles I have observed invariably in-variably have indicated former contents of more audacity than proved merit. I will say that I have further observed that the youth of America are turning more and more to wine for inspiration particularly the cheaper brands. Whether this is in keeping with their counterculture's modus operandi of reducing everything to its lowest common denominator, I can't say. I do, however, hope that one of the group of doctors which prepared the glowing report on wine is correct in his contention that, "for use in calming patients, wine is recommended over sedatives. For normal utilization, a food product is highly recommended over a drug product." And so. ..I can't think of any good reason why I shouldn't just knock the neck offen this here bottle of T-Bird and have me a little shooter. Reprinted from the Cincinnati Enquirer |