CHEM 181 Lecture Notes - Lecture 31: Pinot Noir, French Wine, Red Wine

• School: McGill University
• Department: Chemistry
• Course: CHEM 181
• Professor: Joe Schwarcz

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But luxemburg, france, and italy also drink a lot of wine. The country that consumes the most wine in the world is the vatican. Beer is the most consumed alcohol drink in the world. But wine is the most talked about alcoholic beverage in the world. In terms of other nutrients, it is minimal. To fulfill the rda of niacin, you would have to drink 10 bottles of wine a day. In france, they have the lowest incidence of heart disease except for japan. People claim that this has to do with how much wine they drink. It contains some niacin, pantothenic acid, and pyridoxine. It increases the levels of good cholesterol (hdl) Found in wine, and more specifically, red wine. The oxidized form is the one that is associated with plaque that lines the arteries. People who drank wine as opposed to beer or liquor did better in terms overall mortality compared to other.