Wine and health, a whole story Volume 5 - Issue 5

Jean Pierre Rifler*

• Department of chindrens psychology, Department of Wine and Vine Components and Health, France

Received:August 30, 2021;   Published:September 16, 2021

Corresponding author: Jean Pierre Rifler, Department of chindrens psychology, Department of Wine and Vine Components and Health, France

DOI: 10.32474/SJPBS.2021.05.000222

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Abstract

The rule of Saint Benedict [1] was created, according to tradition, by Benedict of Nursia from 534 AC. J-C. It was adopted and disclosed following the creation of the Order of Cîteaux, in 1098, by Etienne de Harding. Bernard of Clairvaux (1090-1153 AC) will largely contribute to the dissemination of this rule which served as a model for the one he gave to the poor Children of Christ who became Templars. In rule 40: the measure of the drink; it is stated that one «hemin» of wine per day is sufficient for everyone. This hemin is an ancient Roman measure for liquids corresponding to 27 centiliters [2] that is the equivalent of the current 3 standard glasses considered acceptable daily consumption by the anti-alcoholic leagues. In fact, wine has always been part of the history of mankind, it is, according to the Bible, Noah who planted the vine after the flood. But it was with Hippocrates (460-377 BC), father of modern medicine, that wine experienced a real consecration in the therapeutic field. He said: «Wine is a wonderfully suitable thing for man if, in health as in sickness, it is administered in a proper and just manner, in accordance with the individual constitution». In his famous work published in 1866, Pasteur (1822-1895) considered wine «the healthiest and most hygienic of drinks». Recently, many studies have attempted to unmask the «French Paradox», a term used by Serge Renaud in 1991 on CBS, this French paradox consisting of low mortality from cardiovascular disease despite a high consumption of saturated fat [3].

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