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Article: Spot of white wine might help lungs.(NATION)
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- The Washington Times (Washington, DC)
- Article date:
- May 27, 2002
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Byline: Lauren Schulz, THE WASHINGTON TIMES
Red wine's pale sibling may rarely make a nightly news appearance, but this week white wine fleetingly joined the ranks of alcoholic beverages touted for their supposed health benefits.
"Raise a glass and breathe easier," CNN told viewers earlier this week. "New indications today [suggest] that a little white wine might help your lungs."
State University of New York-Buffalo researchers were behind a study which found that white-wine drinkers had better lung function than those who stick to red.
"There is a large body of evidence showing that wine contains antioxidants such as flavonoids and ...