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allergies to red wine
Posted by annette
allergies to red wine November 21, 2004 06:19AM |
Is this a common problem or just me?
I find even with one glass of Red Wine I feel like I have been hit by a bus for about 2 days.
I have started drinking Organic Wine and have found that o.k. Our local bottle store sold a Red Wine with a 'V' - vegans symbol stating that was Organic - I don't think so, as all weekend I have been laid low after 1 glass of this wine on Friday night.
Does anyone else have this problem, I would love to have feedback.
Annette.
I find even with one glass of Red Wine I feel like I have been hit by a bus for about 2 days.
I have started drinking Organic Wine and have found that o.k. Our local bottle store sold a Red Wine with a 'V' - vegans symbol stating that was Organic - I don't think so, as all weekend I have been laid low after 1 glass of this wine on Friday night.
Does anyone else have this problem, I would love to have feedback.
Annette.
Re: allergies to red wine November 21, 2004 07:06AM |
Perhaps it's your liver trying to tell you that it can't tolerate alcohol, have you tried drinking anything alcoholic other than red wine?
I used to drink alot more - and am now unable to - a couple of glasses of wine is my limit these days - or I pay the next day.
If the wine was certified Vegan - it probably was - I think it's just alcohol in general that your body can't tolerate - or perhaps the tannin in red?
If you try to eliminate something then introduce it a few weeks later you can tell if it s the allergen - clear as mud ??- but an elimination diet is a reliable way to cheaply diagnose yourself.
hope this helps...
I used to drink alot more - and am now unable to - a couple of glasses of wine is my limit these days - or I pay the next day.
If the wine was certified Vegan - it probably was - I think it's just alcohol in general that your body can't tolerate - or perhaps the tannin in red?
If you try to eliminate something then introduce it a few weeks later you can tell if it s the allergen - clear as mud ??- but an elimination diet is a reliable way to cheaply diagnose yourself.
hope this helps...
Re: allergies to red wine November 21, 2004 08:28AM |
Re: allergies to red wine November 22, 2004 01:58AM |
Re: allergies to red wine November 22, 2004 07:45AM |
I have a friend who is a bit of a wine buff, but there are certain wines she cant drink, or she feels just like you Annette. She's found that some wines contain more preservatives than others, and its those with more preservatives that cause her grief!
She is fine with pure NZ wine, but if it has been blended with a wine from another country that uses a higher percentage of preservatives, then she has trouble.
I just checked the cask of white wine I have open at the moment and its is a wine from Argentina (didnt realise that before) and it has preservatives 220 and 202. A bottle of red I have here from Australia has preservative 220.
There could be something in that theory I guess ??
Paula
She is fine with pure NZ wine, but if it has been blended with a wine from another country that uses a higher percentage of preservatives, then she has trouble.
I just checked the cask of white wine I have open at the moment and its is a wine from Argentina (didnt realise that before) and it has preservatives 220 and 202. A bottle of red I have here from Australia has preservative 220.
There could be something in that theory I guess ??
Paula
Re: allergies to red wine November 22, 2004 08:42AM |
Raewyn G
Re: allergies to red wine November 22, 2004 10:53AM |
Re: allergies to red wine December 17, 2004 05:31AM |
Guys, so happy to see you!
For a long time i have been saying that i had an intolerance to red wine, however i can drink white with no problems. I drink beer regularly , with no problem. Last weekend i attended a company xmas party, i had 2 glasses of white wine with supper, i ended up completely drunk, i have no memory of most of the evening after. I behaved inappropriately , apparently. I had decided that i could not drink wine at all, then my husband told me that another person at the party who is a habitual wine drinker experienced a similar reaction to mine. We believe that the restaurant may have been serving home made wine under the guise of 'house wine' and that they may not have controlled the sulphites properly, and we were having a reaction to the sulphites. Both he and i have adverse reactions to msg's. Any ideas, comments?
For a long time i have been saying that i had an intolerance to red wine, however i can drink white with no problems. I drink beer regularly , with no problem. Last weekend i attended a company xmas party, i had 2 glasses of white wine with supper, i ended up completely drunk, i have no memory of most of the evening after. I behaved inappropriately , apparently. I had decided that i could not drink wine at all, then my husband told me that another person at the party who is a habitual wine drinker experienced a similar reaction to mine. We believe that the restaurant may have been serving home made wine under the guise of 'house wine' and that they may not have controlled the sulphites properly, and we were having a reaction to the sulphites. Both he and i have adverse reactions to msg's. Any ideas, comments?
Raewyn G
Re: allergies to red wine December 17, 2004 07:30AM |
Re: allergies to red wine December 19, 2004 11:04AM |
Re: allergies to red wine December 19, 2004 07:56PM |
Re: allergies to red wine December 20, 2004 10:18AM |
Re: allergies to red wine December 21, 2004 10:48AM |
Wine contains Histamines, this is why so many people feel so bad after a few wines. I believe red wines contain the most. Leighton Smith often comments on this subject. I know heaps of people who wake up with sinus and headaches after 1 or 2 glasses. Many people in NZ use antihistamine sprays, best to cut down if you can! I personally love a glass of red wine or bubbles but pay for it the next day.
Re: allergies to red wine December 30, 2004 05:09AM |
Re: allergies to red wine December 30, 2004 10:31PM |
Interested in this thread, as my 2nd daughter is home on holiday, and she has for a while suspected that she is allergic to something in wine. She has been having problems with eczema and has got to the point where she isn't too sure whether it is her imagination or not, but after a glass of wine gets very itchy and blotchy. She has been to see an allergy specialist and has started keeping a food diary, but due to study committments hasn't been back to see him and discuss it since the diary. He did suggest to her, that some people are sensitive to the preservatives in foods, and we are wondering if that is what is happening with the wine. Isn't it a pain though....??
Kaye.
Kaye.
Re: allergies to red wine January 01, 2005 11:32AM |
If I drink a couple of glasses of cheap red I get a thumping headache very soon afterwards, and various people have told me it's probably the histamines in it. Good quality red, white wine, spirits don't bother me. Since I haven't won Lotto yet I just don't buy red any more.
Connoisseurs should stop reading now:
I was also told that decanting and nuking red wine for about 4 minutes will get rid of the histamines, but I've never been that desperate to test it out. I figure the time it would take to nuke it and wait for it to cool down is better spent opening a bottle of white or pouring a gin instead.
Lynne2
Connoisseurs should stop reading now:
I was also told that decanting and nuking red wine for about 4 minutes will get rid of the histamines, but I've never been that desperate to test it out. I figure the time it would take to nuke it and wait for it to cool down is better spent opening a bottle of white or pouring a gin instead.
Lynne2
KELLIE
Re: allergies to red wine January 03, 2005 02:17PM |
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