Wine Role Neglected In LA Times Mediterranean Diet Article

According to today’s Los Angeles Times —  Mediterranean diet linked to lower risk of Type 2 diabetes — there is much to cheer. But the traditional definition of this diet includes moderate wine drinking. That seems lost in this article and most others in the past several years.

Just try to find a mention of wine here in the lead paragraphs:

“Even without weight loss, adhering to a diet rich in fresh produce, chicken, fish and olive oil is 40% more effective in heading off the development of Type 2 diabetes than following a low-fat diet, a new study has found.

“The research suggests that for the nation’s 78 million obese adults, a diet that minimizes red meat and sweets but incorporates plant-based fats may be a sustainable way to improve health — even if permanent weight reduction proves elusive.

“The findings add to mounting research that suggests a traditional Mediterranean diet may be easier to adhere to and more likely to improve health than more restrictive regimens.”

Actually, wine was mentioned … buried deep toward the end of the piece:

“Mediterranean dieters were told they could drink wine moderately — about seven glasses per week.”

The Wine Institute and the rest of the industry has been totally asleep at the wheel for more than a decade. And that is why moderate wine consumption has now been mostly forgotten or buried in the public consciousness as part of a healthy diet.

The single thing that saved the wine industry’s rear end back in 1991 with the beginning of the “French paradox”phenomenon now seems mostly forgotten thanks to industry negligence.

This WILL come back to bite the industry in the derriere. Laziness, and carelessness usually do.