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Beer Found to be as Healthy as Wine

Matt Clare writes "Researchers at the University of Western Ontario (Canada) recently found that beer has the same positive qualities that wine has previously been found to have. The media release quotes professor John Trevithick, 'We were very surprised one drink of beer or stout contributed an equal amount of antioxidant benefit as wine, especially since red wine contains about 20 times the amount of polyphenols as beer.' For more info on how beer helps police harmful free radicals in blood, The London Free Press also has an article."

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  1. Beer (I like it too), but by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    do you trust someone from Western Ontario (Canada), with this science?

  2. I wonder by Kortec · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    if the Nation of Ireland will be sober enough to celebrate when they hear the news..

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  3. Please define it by Mike+Hawk · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    1, 2, 3, 4 I declare a beer war.

    Seeing as how Guiness Draught has the lowest alcohol content of the beers in the cliche joke, and therefore would be the least likely to make me drunk, why would I want to drink it? To avoid jokes from poser beer elitests?

    1. Re:Please define it by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

      I'm not going to ask how you're familiar with the taste of urine. I'll just assume you're a homosexual who enjoys comsuming anything that comes from his boyfriend's penis.

  4. Re:yes, but define beer... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    no, he's right fudgepacker

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  6. Ugh.. I hate this b.s. by Morgon · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    What's with the propaganda crap going around in media today? "Oooh, alcohol is good for you" ... "Oh but marijuana has such a medicinal effect".
    I mean, hell - in the 50s, cigarettes were promoted for good health.

    It's all harmful to your body - and to those who have to put up with the shit from people who use it.

    If you want to screw yourselves up, that's fine - but at least stop trying to steer the rest of society into falsely thinking that these things 'help'.
    Avoiding the cliche 'think of the children', there are plenty of people of every age who are heavily influenced by society and media.

    This type of spin is just as harmful as the substances in question.

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  7. The catch.... by Kioti · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    hmmm "University" and "Canada" in the same sentence. I think we should ask for a second opinion. eh?

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  8. Re:Should have called it: by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    Does your foot hurt, assclown?