In the last year wine sellers and their willing accomplices in the medical and news media fields have tried to sell us on drinking wine as a way to help our hearts. Those in the Prohibition Party and other temperance groups immediately said that any benefits in wine would come from the grapes, not from ethyl alcohol which is a poison. Now a new study has appeared in most newspapers which shows that we were right. As we have noted before there are a number of insurance companies which offer lower rates to abstainers.
None offer lower rates to drinkers.
They know the bottom line financially and realize that alcohol users die earlier and have more illnesses than abstainers. Toasting the day with a glass of grape juice may be an especially good start for the heart. A study found that 8 or 10 ounces a day of the purple variety has a potent effect on the blood cells called platelets, making them less likely to form clots than can lead to heart attacks. In fact, purple grape juice might be even more potent than aspirin, which is widely recommended as a way of warding off heart attacks. The researchers compared grape juice with orange and grapefruit juice and came to the conclusion that grape juice is better, at least for the heart.