Beer, it's good for you

Ron-P
Ron-P Posts: 8,520
edited February 28 in Clubhouse Archives
Beer is good for you — no, really

Struggling German brewers
hype health benefits

BERLIN, May 13 — Drinking beer could reduce the risk of cancer, strokes and heart disease, Germany’s brewers’ federation said Monday, hoping to inspire the country’s youth to head for the beer garden rather than the gym.

FEDERATION HEAD Peter Hahn told a news conference the average German drank just over 123 liters of beer in 2001, down from 147 liters 10 years ago.

He blamed flagging consumption partly on fitness fanatics and a fad for energy drinks among young people.

Refashioning the image of beer as a nutritious, health-giving tipple, a tactic successfully employed by promoters of red wine, could help, Hahn suggested.

“We were not as quick off the mark as the red wine producers, but the same is true for German beer,” he said. “There are lot of health benefits in malt and hops.”

Hahn said moderate consumption, about half a liter (a little less than a pint) a day for men, reduced the risk of strokes and lowered cholesterol levels, while the hops used to flavor the drink helped prevent cancer.

German brewers have had backing for their view.

Industry experts and scientists at a one-day “beer and health” conference in Brussels last October said beer not only had sedative properties, but could also cut cardiovascular disease and protect against cancer and osteoporosis.

Dutch scientists who carried out a study of 8,000 people earlier this year concluded drinking moderate amounts of alcohol, be it beer, whiskey or wine, could help lower the risk of dementia.


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  • Ron-P
    Ron-P Posts: 8,520
    edited May 2002
    For lunch today I had a 32 oz Amber66 from the local Compass Creek Brew Pub with a Red Headed ****, man I feel like Buzz Aldrin, just ready to blast off.

    Oh and check this. The ba tender, a very fine young woman (21), her name, Christie. Very F'ing hot, slim with huge hooters (natural, no bolt-ons here) and very fit was in a boating accident last September. She was on the bow of a boat and another boat slammed into the front of hers. The ice chest she was standing near, launched and hit her in the head knocking her out. She was under water for 1.30 minutes and revived by CPR. After 3 days in the hospital, she was let go. At home while taking a shower, the hair on her left side was really, really short. It was cut off from the prop of the boat the hit her boat. Holy F'ing she-it.


    Peace Out~:D
    If...
    Ron dislikes a film = go out and buy it.
    Ron loves a film = don't even rent.
  • dylan
    dylan Posts: 453
    edited May 2002
    Thank you Ron... that's all I needed... no matter what scientific evidence comes out after this, I will ignore it and cling to this article forever. As a bonus, after 5 beers my system sounds 82% better every time. Guaranteed. Now that's a system tweak...

    Here's what my wife can look forward to:
    "Honey, burp, get me another beer, burp, I'm stopping dementia!"
  • nascarmann
    nascarmann Posts: 1,464
    edited May 2002
    As a bonus, after 5 beers my system sounds 82% better every time. Guaranteed. Now that's a system tweak...

    dylan,

    Now that's fxxxing funny!!! :lol:
    Oh, the bottle has been to me, my closes friend, my worse enemy!
  • dylan
    dylan Posts: 453
    edited May 2002
    Alright, I'll start the debate: What kind of beer makes your system sound better, ales or lagers?

    And does drinking Pilsner Urquell make speakers sound bright while Guiness Draught muddies the bass? Does having a Sierra Nevada Pale in front of your face create harmonic distortion? And what happens to the soundstage if you're flat on your face? I'll just have to find out. :D
  • nascarmann
    nascarmann Posts: 1,464
    edited May 2002
    And what happens to the soundstage if you're flat on your face?

    Stop daammiitt! smiley_rotflmao.gif
    Oh, the bottle has been to me, my closes friend, my worse enemy!
  • OrangeToupee
    OrangeToupee Posts: 488
    edited May 2002
    Warsteiner certainly affects the imaging, this morning I awoke, only to discover a woman thrice my size softly cooing my name ... ouch!!
  • GZ
    GZ Posts: 343
    edited May 2002
    Ahhhhh beer....one of mans' major food groups!
  • etrigan
    etrigan Posts: 160
    edited May 2002
    There are so many-
    Sapporo/Kirin/Stella (Egypt)/ and anything else I see,and never had sampled:D
    Art as expression-Not as market campaigns-Will still capture our imaginations.
  • -justin-
    -justin- Posts: 891
    edited May 2002
    after 5 beers my system sounds 82% better every time. Guaranteed.

    Nothing I like better (well, that's not true, but anyway) than to come home drunk from a bar and blast music. My roomates don't think it's too "cool" though.

    ~JB