{"id":5159,"date":"2017-06-21T06:00:00","date_gmt":"2017-06-21T11:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/happyliving.com\/?p=5159"},"modified":"2020-08-28T16:06:18","modified_gmt":"2020-08-28T20:06:18","slug":"why-is-my-wine-toxic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/happyliving.com\/2017\/06\/21\/why-is-my-wine-toxic\/","title":{"rendered":"Are You Drinking Toxic Wine?"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Inspiration\u201cWine is bottled poetry.\u201d
\n(Robert Louis Stevenson)<\/p>\n

In 2010, I had a\u00a0cholesterol scare<\/a>, which helped me realize that I can\u2019t exercise my way out of a bad diet. A few years later, inspired by the book\u00a0Wheat Belly<\/a>,\u00a0by William Davis, MD, my wife and I made the decision to\u00a0eliminate wheat<\/a>\u00a0and other grains from our diet.\u00a0Shortly after that, reading another compelling book–Grain Brain<\/a> by Dr. David Perlmutter–I permanently solidified my commitment to eating a high fat, low carb, and real<\/em> food diet. Since then, I have maintained a clean diet, avoiding processed foods of any<\/em> kind and eliminating sugar almost entirely. I wrote about my nutritional philosophy in this post: Premium Gasoline and Junk Food<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Nearly three years later, I\u2019m having another conversation about what I consume, this time with a man known as \u201cthe healthiest wino on the planet.\u201d His name is Todd White<\/a>, and I met him at an evening event during a Paleo f(x) conference<\/a>, where his company was serving sugar-free<\/em>, natural wines. As we chatted, he claimed Dry Farm Wines<\/a> do not cause headaches or hangovers. He further explained why he started the company: because 99%+ of wine consumed in the U.S. is a highly processed factory product, loaded with additives and unnatural things. Just like most processed food, it\u2019s toxic<\/em>.<\/p>\n

WHAT?! NOT MY WINE!!!<\/p>\n

That\u2019s what I thought as I spoke to him.<\/p>\n

I love drinking wine. I drink it nearly every night. And, a little confession here, I drink the cheap stuff too. (You know, the five-liter box that contains six and two-thirds bottles for twenty bucks.) When I confessed this to Todd, he told me I might be eating clean<\/em> all day long, but that I\u2019m pouring horrible<\/em> things into my body every night. I was shocked to learn from him that the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approve seventy-six chemical additives for use in wine making, including ammonia.[1]<\/a> Can you believe it?! 76 chemicals!<\/p>\n

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A few weeks later, I happened upon this article, All About Wine, Part 1: The Evolution of Winemaking<\/a>, written by Chris Kresser, M.S., L.Ac,[2]<\/a> which confirmed my worst fears. It seemed everything Todd had told me about wine being a commercially processed food produced by Big Business was true. (Three companies \u2014 E&J Gallo, The Wine Group, and Constellation Brands \u2014 account for more than half of wine sales in the U.S)[3]<\/a> Just look at all the nasty stuff the article lists as additives and contaminants in the wine we drink:<\/strong><\/p>\n