Wine Headaches

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American Public Media

Arts, Food

4.3 • 3K Ratings

🗓️ 25 September 2018

⏱️ 12 minutes

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Summary

Splendid Table Selects is our sister podcast that features interviews that focus on intriguing topics. This episode, we look at the science behind wine headaches. If you're a person that doesn't get wine headaches, count yourself lucky. For those that do suffer them, some of us at The Splendid Table feel your pain - literally. Dr. Nadia Berenstein is a researcher who writes about science, technology and culture in the context of food for many publications and on her blog Flavor Added. She talked to our friend Russ Parsons about what causes a wine headache, why it only affects some people, and what some people in the wine industry are doing to decrease the effects.

Our presenting sponsor is Bob’s Red Mill. They’re an employee-owned company that, for decades, has offered organic, gluten-free, stone-ground products. Check out the Bob's Red Mill recipe page for main dishes, desserts, and snacks.

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September 25, 2018

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0:00.0	Our common nature is a musical journey with Yo-Yo Ma and me, Ana Gonzalez, through this
0:07.0	complicated country.
0:08.7	We go into caves, onto boats, and up mountain trails to meet people, hear their stories,
0:14.4	their poetry, and of course, play some music, all to reconnect to nature and get closer to the things we're missing.
0:24.6	Listen to our common nature from WNYC, wherever you get podcasts.
0:32.6	Hi, I'm Frances Lamb, and this is When the Table Select, our mini podcast where we serve up one interview that's taught us something new, inspired us, or just made us better cooks.
0:45.7	Our presenting sponsor is Bob's Red Mill.
0:47.8	They're an employee and company that, for decades, has offered organic, gluten-free, stone ground products, and they're experts
0:54.9	and making healthy taste amazing.
0:58.8	So, as this happened to you, you are drinking a glass of wine, everything's great, you're
1:03.2	enjoying it, and suddenly your head hurts like someone just punched you in the brain.
1:09.1	Well, you are not alone.
1:11.3	But what happens?
1:12.6	Why do some people never get wine headaches?
1:15.9	Nadia Berenstein is a science historian, and she talked to her friend Russ Parsons about the causes of those wine headaches.
1:24.5	You know, for many people, drinking even a glass of red wine can lead to an incredible immediate splitting headache.
1:31.9	Some people have argued that it's caused by the sulfites contained in the wine, but you say that's not so.
1:37.4	Why do you think sulfites are not to blame?
1:40.5	Well, I'm one of those people who gets red wine headaches.
1:44.8	Not with every wine, not every single time, but especially very delicious wines.
1:51.6	I'll get a splitting headache, which I've described once as feeling as though a Band-Aid is being pulled off my brain.
1:58.9	It is not pleasant.
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