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Guinness drinkers be glad: A University of Wisconsin study last fall found that moderate consumption of Guinness stout worked like aspirin to prevent clots that increase heart-attack risk. Guinness is loaded with flavonoids. These antioxidants are better than vitamins C and E, the study found, at keeping bad LDL cholesterol at bay. Guinness has a higher concentration than lighter beers of vitamin B, which lowers levels of homocysteine, linked to clogged arteries. And researchers say antioxidants in stout may cut the incidence of cataracts by half.
Beer gives you strong bones, too. Katherine Tucker, an associate professor of nutritional epidemiology at Tufts University's Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy, worked on a study that showed beer, dark or light, protects bone-mineral density because of its high levels of silicon, which allow the deposit of calcium and other minerals into bone.
"Most health research," she says, "suggests that benefits, including protection against heart disease, are noted with up to one drink per day for women and up to two a day for men." Above that, the negatives outweigh the positives. (The Seattle Times, June 6, 2004)
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Beer gives you strong bones, too. Katherine Tucker, an associate professor of nutritional epidemiology at Tufts University's Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy, worked on a study that showed beer, dark or light, protects bone-mineral density because of its high levels of silicon, which allow the deposit of calcium and other minerals into bone.
"Most health research," she says, "suggests that benefits, including protection against heart disease, are noted with up to one drink per day for women and up to two a day for men." Above that, the negatives outweigh the positives. (The Seattle Times, June 6, 2004)
anyone else up for a dublin party???