January is coming to an end today.
At first I'm at the end of July, January.
So we talked.
As the wine doctor for some advice.
Doctor Laura, we're so glad to
have you here talking about.
Well, at least one of my favorite things,
wine, you know, we've gone through
dry January and now we maybe want
to bring it back into our lives.
But in a healthy and balanced way.
What ideas do you have for us
to balance having alcohol and
wine with the foods that we eat?
Yes, what I like about dry January is
that it actually sort of creates new
habits of moderation and you know,
wine is a wonderful thing.
It's been around for thousands of years.
It's part of the Mediterranean
diet when consumed in moderation.
It makes you happy.
It makes food taste better.
It can even reduce your cardiovascular risk.
Things like dementia better,
glucose control, and diabetics,
but that's all.
You drink it in moderation.
So what I recommend to
people as they are coming?
Out of dry January is to actually keep
the habit of not drinking every day
of giving a couple days and also of
drinking less so you don't really want
to drink more than a glass of wine.
Maybe 2 every couple of days.
And what I do is I actually use a
glass and this is not a good example.
I'm drinking water because it's daytime,
but I I marked the glass,
the five ounce mark and you
can even buy a glass.
You can buy it on Amazon where it has the.
4 hours, 6 sounds,
and that way when you start the evening you
pour your glass of wine and you know OK,
this is what I'm going to drink
tonight and probably my best
recommendation is to drink really,
really good wine,
because then you're going to sip it
more slowly because it's very precious.
It's very good,
just like good food.
I was going to ask how long
that 5 ounces should take.
You know filler on up and
that's the night, right?
What do you think for people who
wanted to keep some of those health
benefits that they got from dry January?
How do you also incorporate
that when you're still OK?
I'm going to introduce this back in.
Yeah, well,
I think that you need to tell
yourself that you're going to
keep the drinking in moderation.
So one thing that works is to
actually not keep the bottle around,
you know, pour yourself that
little glass and then put it away.
Put in the fridge,
put in a closet and say to yourself.
I'm not going to go back for more.
That's the hardest thing,
right? Especially if it's close by.
Still well, and we're pairing it with food.
You know, we see a lot of wine pairings.
That's actually a little more beneficial,
you say 'cause it absorbs it a lot. Slow,
your body absorbs the wine a lot slower.
Yeah, so actually,
it's been shown that eating your food slowly.
You know really chewing your food
is better for your health as well.
So you know, drinking slowly,
eating slowly and you know trying
to stick to really healthy foods.
But that's how the Mediterranean diet is
also associated with so many health benefits,
and that means having a mix of fruits
and vegetables and grains and beans and
fish and not too much meat and no sweets.
Just stay away from sweets.
Do do your sweets with fruit
so you're getting the sugar in the
wine and the sugar in the fruit, right?
We know you know so much more than
we do Doctor Laura and you actually
put this all into a book, right?
Kind of help us out.
Yes, yes yes.
So this is my new book Malbec.
Mona Boo means my love in French and
it's the story of Malbec from its
origins in France 2000 years ago.
To its journey to Argentina,
the history a lot about.
The the character of the wines in
the different regions and a final
part where we do music and wine
pairing and art and wine pairing,
which is quite fun if you ever want
to have a really entertaining party,
put some music on and ask your
guests and tell you which music
goes better with each wine and it's.
It's quite fun to do that.
Yeah, you always hear of wine and
cheese or wine and chocolate.
I love that Malbec.
One of my favorites.
So monomer Malbec to me as well,
Doctor Lori.
Thank you and congratulations.
Thank you so much for having me.
Did you have any Malbec?
Kristen, of course it was the weekend
Friday night I got to enjoy it,
but I love that thought of
like putting music with it.
Yes, one. Mary Miller I love that.