wine

Here’s How Drinking Wine Prevents Gum Disease (for Real)

March 9, 2018 Victoria Simpson

Wine, wine, wine. Have a glass with dinner- here’s another reason it could be good for you. A recent study is saying that wine can fend off the bacteria that causes cavities and gum disease. Research done by the American…

Health

From Beer to Wine and Spirits, Alcohol Changes Your Mood: Study

November 27, 2017 Victoria Simpson

Aggression, sexiness, sadness and a feeling of relaxation were all reported when consuming different types of alcohol. Are you drinking to be in a better mood? So are some other people. A recent study written about on BBC.com highlights the…

Women's Health

Should New Mother’s Drink Wine? This Toronto Woman Thinks, Yes

September 22, 2017 Victoria Simpson

There are two very vocal sides to this debate, and both have good arguments. So, new moms and wine: is it a good idea? Here’s the scoop. A Toronto mom with a one-year old child recently organized a daytime wine…

Living

Are Cheap and Expensive Wines Any Different? Maybe Not.

July 11, 2017 Victoria Simpson

Swirl it around, let it waft and talk all you want about depth of flavor and high notes, but sometimes it’s just that: talk. So, you brought a pricey wine to your friend’s dinner party. Someone else showed up with…

Living

How Much Does Drinking Change Your Personality?

May 21, 2017 Victoria Simpson

Blaming it on the beer might not be as truthful as you think– here’s why. “I said what?? Oh, man, sorry–I was totally drunk.” It’s a line you might have said or heard more than once, and it seems like…

Nutrition

How to Eat Dandelions

May 16, 2017 Victoria Simpson

They’re yellow and weedy, but that’s just a cover-up for the magic within. Whether you want a tea, some wine, veggies or tons of vitamins, this plant delivers. You might have seen people with plastic bags, hunched over open fields…

Wellness

5 Reasons to Drink a Glass of Wine with Dinner

October 13, 2016 Victoria Simpson

I know-most of us don’t need additional incentives to drink more wine. But who said having a little bit more info to ease our minds was a bad thing? If you haven’t been sure if drinking wine with your meal…

Health

Cancer risk ‘even from light drinking’

August 19, 2015 Alex Kozovski

Light or moderate drinking – one drink a day for women, and two drinks for men – could increase the risk of cancer. The British Medical Journal looked at two large US studies involving more than 100,000 adults. The clearest…

Wellness

When You Should Put Down That Glass of Wine

May 29, 2015 RateMDs

It’s the weekend and you’ve been looking forward to enjoying a nice glass of wine to cap off the week, but just how much is okay to drink? New research may have some insight. While it’s pretty straight-forward to know…

Health

Putting a Cork in Too Much Holiday Drinking

December 2, 2014 RateMDs

The holidays are filled with seasonal and festive alcoholic beverages from mulled wine at the Christmas market to eggnog by the fire, and even that celebratory champagne at the stroke of the New Year. For those who indulge too much…