Beer may be good for you!

[isasir]

Woohoo!

excerpt:

HERE?S WHAT?S funnier: It could actually be true.
After more than 20 years of research and scores of studies on the effects of moderate alcohol consumption on health, beer is slowly bubbling to the top as a beverage that not only lifts spirits but delivers protection against major ailments such as heart attacks, stroke, hypertension, diabetes and dementia

Wow, I never knew I was so healthy.

 

[XCLAN]

Bah!

 

[Spooner]

With this news, I will most likely never die.

 

[SexEPid]

Excellent.
Now I can chug my way to a better life.

Pid

 

[SagaLore]

Thank you for this article!

Since the beginning of this year my average beer drinking is one beer a week... I always knew that beer was good for your kidneys, if you drank at least 2 beers a year, it's enough to clean out your kidneys. But now, I've learned that beer contains amounts of b-vitamins, as well as lower heart risk and raise good cholesterol...

I guess I'll be sticking with my beer a week.

 

[PlatinumGold]

After more than 20 years of research and scores of studies on the effects of moderate alcohol consumption on health, beer is slowly bubbling to the top as a beverage that not only lifts spirits but delivers protection against major ailments such as heart attacks, stroke, hypertension, diabetes and dementia

Shouldn't we weigh this against all the damage that drunk driving causes. I have no problems with people getting drunk, but DON'T DRIVE DRUNK.

 

[mpitts]

Woohoo indeed!

 

[ElFenix]

mmmm beeeer

 

[Scarpozzi]

As for beer?s specific virtues, Dr. Kaplan cites two recent large-scale studies: in one, a look at 70,000 female nurses showed that those who drank moderate amounts of beer had less hypertension than did nurses who drank either wine or spirits.

Wouldn't you like to be the one following those drunk nurses around? Why didn't they choose another profession than nurses....? Seems a little gender biased. (WOOHOO though... )

 

[IGBT]

What about non alcy beer like Sharps? Seems like it would be better without the liver contorting alcohol in it?

 

[isasir]

Originally posted by: IGBT
What about non alcy beer like Sharps? Seems like it would be better without the liver contorting alcohol in it?

From the article:

But Dr. Rimm says the prevailing thinking is that ethanol has significant antithrombotic or anticlotting effects similar to aspirin: Health experts, for perhaps a decade, have recommended an aspirin-a-day regimen for people over 50 to help prevent strokes and heart disease

So the alcohol is important. 'sides, non-alcoholic beer is just silly.

 

[isasir]

Bump for the mid-day beer drinkers!

 

[Beau]

Here's to the liver! Cheers fellow sud-sippers!

 

[Beau]

Originally posted by: RishiS
Bump for the mid-day beer drinkers!

I've got an ice-cold twelve pack of corona's sitting in my fridge... can't wait 'till lunch

 

[ViRGE]

Beer(or any other alcohol) will always prove to be far worse in the end in terms of social health, no matter what any benefits of physical health exist.

 

[vi edit]

Originally posted by: ViRGE
Beer(or any other alcohol) will always prove to be far worse in the end in terms of social health, no matter what any benefits of physical health exist.

Please do explain.

 

[luv2chill]

Well then, I will be vastly improving my health tonight

Beer in moderation is probably good for you... not surprising. Most things in moderation are good for you They key word is moderation.

[homer]mmmmmmmmmm..... beer[/homer]

l2c