Migraines - a wine whine!
September 30th 2006 21:19
This is a real bummer because I really love the stuff, much more than white wine, and it is so much better for you than white wine is (expect for the migraine part, of course!)
According to one source, it is the tannins in red wine that cause the migraine. Tannins bind to starches when being digested and it is these starches that are used to produce seratonin. Migraines are caused, in part, by a lack of seratonin.
The disturbing thing is that tannins are very high in tea, but I don't see any tea warnings for migraine sufferers.
The Alaska Science forum blames the migraines on phenolic flavanoids (another name for tannins).
They say: One account of the experiment suggested that some of the phenolic flavanoids in red wines become part of the sediment that forms as the wine ages, and that migraine sufferers might be able to tolerate well-aged and carefully decanted red wines even though they could not safely drink young, rough, red wines with all of their flavanoids intact. Again, this idea has not really been tested.
So I think I need to step up to the plate and test this out, at least for myself.
Maybe then I can have a little less whine with my cheese, and a little more wine!
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