“… a meal washed down with water, even if it is served in a crystal carafe, is an unfortunate error in taste and a grave dietary error, as it is one of the causes of dyspepsia. Relying on this tasteless beverage affects the elasticity of the stomach cavity and changes the catalytic value (the ability to break down foods) of the digestive juices, apart from its negative influence at a psychological level which, in the habitual water drinker, may encourage a tendency to pessimism and introspection.”
Your Good Health!: Medicinal Benefits of Wine Drinking Dr E Maury
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[…] The first of the extended chapters is entitled Wine is nice, but it is not medicine. I prefer to think Simon’s wrong about this. See why here and here. […]