CHEERS TO YOUR HEALTH (16-Oct-2021)

Connoisseurs of the cult of alcohol consumers have vouched and hence rationalized for they have been a stickler to their drink. 

Once told that wine is one among the many vices, he quoted from the medical encyclopaedia that the antioxidant in wine is what has kept his heart racing for the drink – “It cures Hypertension” is his quick rhetoric. His belief indeed is that wine is divine; his artistic talent to sing paeans for the benefits has kept him honest, to the drink though!

Shaped or old-fashioned glass when it appeared in front disappeared in a whisk. The ardent fans of whisky affirmed their faith that the drink helped to overcome stress, considered to be the leading root-cause that runs riot in many an ailment and keeps the medical fraternity on their toes. Newfound benefits of whisky are linked to weight loss; he ran to the gym with gay abandon and terminated his membership to drown in ecstasy now or sorrow later. A single or double malt is purely a matter of convenience!

The brand conscious ones have gravitated towards brandy. Only a formality to settle down with the sunset, as time lapsed it became tricky to unsettle the person later in the dark of the night. That brandy can cure cough is the one compelling belief that has kept the fraternity united. The hypotheses that brandy helped slow-down the ageing process has proven true given that the golden agers love this drink in the evening of their life.

One with a philosophical bent of mind are proponents to soak, in the present moment though – Be Here! Some took it in literal sense and a large chunk of the world population took a strong liking for beer, some for strong brew. That it is brewed from malted barley has emphasized the health benefits as even more pronounced. A school of thought revered by the beer drinkers is quite often highlighted that the health benefits far outweighed risks, at a daily quantity of 1.5-2 glasses that has dwarfed the abstainers logic. No kidding, his memory serves him right for he puts forth this argument since beer is believed to boost brainpower.

Sore throat has been a botheration from times unknown. Home-made medicines are dime-a-dozen and the pharmacy racks stay filled. He stumbled upon a nearby liquor store and picked up a bottle of rum from the racks for its stated medicinal effects to cure his ailment. Then on days when the pain manifested in the adjacent mouth area - wisdom (tooth), this time his wisdom propelled him to reach out for the adjacent shelf stacked brim with Vodka, which is believed to alleviate tooth ache.

Another parameter which gets spoken a lot with trepidation has rolled down along in our blood stream as Cholesterol. A reduction in this parameter is achieved through a cocktail where the orange juice has masked the tequila; christened ‘tequila sunrise’ it is antithesis since it is cherished post-sunset settled into the dark corners of a bar. If we move onto why he toasted his success with a glass of champagne it is probably a moot point, but then when it has boosted his heart strength who is keen to comprehend logic.

The frustration and despondency notwithstanding for the family members, the fraternity members detest the consumption of colourless water which at best has gone through a RO purification process. The distilled coloured drinks has always invited the distinguished with open arms!

Cheers to a wonderful choice of drinks. Let’s raise a toast to world health! Abstinence is a clear winner, but then persistence pays to say Cheers to your health!