HIST 3109 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Grape
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Gin panic india poor people especially women were drinking mass amounts of gin. Wanted people to stop drinking brandy cuz it was made in france. Wanted to stop commerce with france for political reasons. Wanted drink made in england that was grain based, and what they got was gin lowered taxes, made it easier to sell, reduced license cost. Per capita consumption alcohol consumption per capita basis problem: not everyone consumes the same amount of alcohol during same durations therefore numbers don"t really mean too much. Around 20% of canadians don"t drink alcohol never drink at all. Relationship of alcohol to health: french paradox. Researchers found that red win had compound that counteracts the elements of the french diet that should lead to heart and cortery disease. Put this out there after 20 mins people immediately went out and the red wine industry started again.