Quote Originally Posted by Crankin View Post
In the last year I have upped my red wine from maybe once a week to 3 or 4 times a week (I mean a glass, nothing more), and it has made a difference in my cholesterol.
Interesting. I drink a glass of wine per day (or a beer, if we're having pizza, say), and my cholesterol is pretty close to ideal -- high HDL, low LDL, low triglycerides. My doc says the red wine helps that, not the opposite. But I guess everyone is different.

I totally, completely agree with what you say about your friends who aren't fit. It's amazing how many people reach a certain age -- often 40 -- and just GIVE UP on fitness and healthy living and let themselves go. Never!