{"id":2434,"date":"2010-03-04T14:19:00","date_gmt":"2010-03-04T14:19:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.willclower.com\/blog\/2010\/03\/wine-is-food-or-drug.html"},"modified":"2016-09-21T09:48:24","modified_gmt":"2016-09-21T13:48:24","slug":"wine-is-food-or-drug","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mymedwellness.com\/blog\/?p=2434","title":{"rendered":"Wine is Food Or Drug?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!-- AddThis Button BEGIN --><\/p>\n<div><i>(See Video Below and forward to your friends.) <\/i><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>That depends &#8230; on whether you live in the US or the Mediterranean region. For us, it&#8217;s considered to be a drug; an intoxicant; a dangerous temptation. For them, it&#8217;s a food that goes with your meal. Watch the video and let me know your thoughts. <\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.addthis.com\/bookmark.php?v=250&amp;pub=willclower\"><img data-opt-id=1342684942  fetchpriority=\"high\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/mlcmmqmgggev.i.optimole.com\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/s7.addthis.com\/static\/btn\/v2\/lg-share-en.gif?resize=125%2C16\" width=\"125\" height=\"16\" alt=\"Bookmark and Share\" style=\"border:0\" \/><\/a><br \/><!-- AddThis Button END --><br \/>For more information: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.willclower.com\/\"> Click here to visit Will Clower&#8217;s website. <\/a><object width=\"320\" height=\"266\" id=\"BLOG_video-10d747429bbe4a43\" class codebase=\"http:\/\/download.macromedia.com\/pub\/shockwave\/cabs\/flash\/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0\"><param name=\"movie\" value=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/get_player\"><param name=\"bgcolor\" value=\"#FFFFFF\"><param name=\"allowfullscreen\" value=\"true\"><param name=\"flashvars\" value=\"flvurl=http:\/\/redirector.googlevideo.com\/videoplayback?id%3D10d747429bbe4a43%26itag%3D5%26source%3Dblogger%26app%3Dblogger%26cmo%3Dsensitive_content%253Dyes%26ip%3D0.0.0.0%26ipbits%3D0%26expire%3D1473154762%26sparams%3Did,itag,source,ip,ipbits,expire%26signature%3D4CF57EAE679CAEF5442CE93AC094A629EBEF661.93EBCEEC78C2635391E06DF8B667610A64B1AFA8%26key%3Dck2&amp;iurl=http:\/\/video.google.com\/ThumbnailServer2?app%3Dblogger%26contentid%3D10d747429bbe4a43%26offsetms%3D5000%26itag%3Dw160%26sigh%3DvoeYx6HzwA4k-5Z2mBicz1RsejA&amp;autoplay=0&amp;ps=blogger\"><\/object><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(See Video Below and forward to your friends.) That depends &#8230; on whether you live in the US or the Mediterranean region. 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