To my friends who enjoy a glass of wine...and those who don't:
As Ben Franklin said: In wine there is wisdom, in beer there is
freedom, in water there is bacteria.
In a number of carefully controlled trials, scientists have
demonstrated that if we drink 1 liter of water each day, at the end of
the year we would have absorbed more than 1 kilo of Escherichia coli,
(E. coli) -bacteria found in feces.
In other words, we are consuming 1 kilo of poop. However , we do NOT
run that risk when drinking wine & beer (or tequila, rum, whiskey or
other liquor) because alcohol has to go through a purification process
of boiling, filtering and/or fermenting.
Remember: Water = Poop , Wine = Health
Therefore, it's better to drink wine and talk stupid, than to drink
water and be full of shit.
And added notes by Pita Bunny....
For over 1000 years people did not drink water because of the impurities in it. Adults drank wine, beer, or other alcohols because the process of making it killed off bacteria. Milk was saved only for children or making foods, like cheese.
Consistently drank, the body adjusts to alcohol content. It is only when we overdrink beyond our body's limit that we become drunk. If we drank alcohol at the pace we drink coffee or water these days, we would not really be drunk throughout the day. This is why some alcoholics that nip all day can funtion. It's just like someone that drinks coffee all day to keep their high at a certain level. A lot of alcoholics will nip all day to maintain their level to be able to function.
Many countries around the world still adhere to drinking wine and beer, even though the clean water process has improved. France, Italy, German, etc..children will be seen drinking wine or beer rather than water.
Wine thins blood. America has the highest rate of high blood pressure and heart attack. Much is due to the foods we eat, but some scientists believe it is because we don't drink enough wine in addition to those foods. Interesting thought!