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."

Comments

mmm

[Anonymous Coward]

GNU/BEER

Re:mmm

[Soko]

Pfft. You zealot. I prefer FreeBeer.

Soko

Re:mmm

[Cylix]

Everyone knows OpenBeer is way better then FreeBeer.

Re:mmm

[s_mencer]

Beer is proof that God loves us and wants us to be happy.
-- Benjamin Franklin

Re:mmm

[b!arg]

FreeBeer is dying...

Re:mmm

[NanoGator]

"FreeBeer is dying..."

MSBeer's EULA prevents you from driving after you drink it. :(

Re:mmm

[Brandybuck]

There's always NetBeer, you can drink it out of any container, even your toaster...

Re:mmm

[dwhittington]

I prefer WINE as in FREE WINDOWS.

I think I speak for all of us ...

[MrRTFM]

... when I say

"WOOHOO!!"

yes, but define beer...

[funny-jack]

After the Great Britain Beer Festival, in London, all the brewery presidents decided to go out for a beer.
The guy from Corona sits down and says, "Hey Senor, I would like the world's best beer, a Corona." The bartender dusts off a bottle from the shelf and gives it to him.
The guy from Budweiser says, "I'd like the best beer in the world, give me 'The King Of Beers', a Budweiser." The bartender gives him one.
The guy from Coors says, "I'd like the only beer made with Rocky Mountain spring water, give me a Coors." He gets it.
The guy from Guinness sits down and says, "Give me a Coke." The bartender is a little taken aback, but gives him what he ordered.
The other brewery presidents look over at him and ask "Why aren't you drinking a Guinness?" and the Guinness president replies, "Well, I figured if you guys aren't drinking beer, neither would I."

Re:yes, but define beer...

[savagedome]

Alright. One more.

A Texan walks into a pub in Ireland and clears his voice to the crowd of drinkers. He says, "I hear you Irish are a bunch of hard drinkers. I'll give $500 American dollars to anybody in here who can drink 10 pints of Guinness back-to-back." The room is quiet and no one takes up the Texan's offer.
One man even leaves. Thirty minutes later the same gentleman who left shows back up and taps the Texan on the shoulder. "Is your bet still good?", asks the Irishman.
The Texan says yes and asks the bartender to line up 10 pints of Guinness. Immediately the Irishman tears into all 10 of the pint glasses drinking them all back-to-back.
The other pub patrons cheer as the Texan sits in amazement.
The Texan gives the Irishman the $500 and says, "If ya don't mind me askin', where did you go for that 30 minutes you were gone?".
The Irishman replies, "Oh...I had to go to the pub down the street to see if I could do it first".

Re:yes, but define beer...

[lucabrasi999]

Ok, a couple of more, from here.

An Englishman, a Scotsman and an Irishman each order a Guiness in a pub. Upon being served, each finds a fly in their beer. Repulsed, the Englishman sends his back. The Scotsman gently flicks the fly out of his mug and begins drinking. The Irishman, carefully lifts the fly up by its wings and screams, "Spit it out! Spit it out!"

An Irishman walks into a bar and orders three glasses of Guiness, drinking them one at a time. Noticing this odd ritual, the bartender explains that the beer goes flat when poured and informs the man his beer would be much fresher if he ordered one glass at a time.

The Irishman explains he began this custom with his two brothers, who have moved to America and Australia, respectively. This is their way of remembering all the time they spent drinking together.

The man becomes a regular at the pub, well-known for always ordering three beers at once. One day he walks in and orders only two beers. Assuming the worst, a hush falls among other patrons.

When the Irishman returns to the bar to order his second round, the bartender quietly offers his condolences. The man looks confused for a moment, and then explains, "No, everyone's fine. I gave up beer for lent."

Related story...

[xsupergr0verx]

Smashing your head into a wall while taking steroids is as healthy as professional football!

Excellent.

[DrEldarion]

We can now rest assured that Homer Simpson will be cancer-free.

Conrimfming thiss study

[I Love this Company!]

Pfft. Mostt of uzsd hav knonnnw bou)t this fofr yeawrs!!@

Re:A bit one-sided...

[Omega1045]

The researchers found three beers would have the opposite effect.

So just make sure your two beers are both liters/quarts!

Better question:

[temojen]

Do you trust Labatts with this "science"?

Well heck!

[Krypto420]

I guess that means I'll live to be 100!!! Excuse me while I crack open another cold one!! WooHoo!

Re:A bit one-sided...

[ackthpt]

But the key is moderation. The researchers found three beers would have the opposite effect.

WARNING: The Surgeon General has determined that having your car wrapped around the trunk of a tree or overturned in a ditch may be harmful to your health. Drink in moderation and call a cab if you've had too much.

Re:Interesting....

[savagedome]

You will, the day they start selling a six pack of wine for $4 in supermarkets.

Don't get too excited

[commodoresloat]

According to the summary, the benefit to health comes with a corresponding decrease in civil liberties:

For more info on how beer helps police harmful free radicals in blood...

It's time to write your representatives, folks!

Proof of God? Franklin thought so.

[Exousia]

As Benjamin Franklin said, "Beer is proof that there is a God and that He loves us."

I couldn't agree more.

Do we really want...

[uberdave]

Do we really want beer helping the police to free harmful radicals?

One beer a day to benefit?

[f8free]

So if I've already spent four years averaging six beers/day, I need to stay sober for the next twenty years to benefit?

Man, am I glad I didn't go for that post-graduate degree!

Re:Interesting....

[mmmmmhotpants]

That reminds me of my driver's education teacher (many years ago) who shared his views with us that he doesn't drink anything unhealthy like beer or soda-pop. Of course I had to make the comment: "so that's a lemonade-belly you got there?".

Re:A bit one-sided...

[drinkypoo]

But the key is moderation. The researchers found three beers would have the opposite effect.

Yeah, but those are canadian beers, right? That means you either drink a third of a german beer, or six american beers...

Genius..

[polyp2000]

Researchers at the University of Western Ontario (i.e piss-head students)

I imagine the research was a real bind ;) .. Even so I wish I'd had an idea like this for my final year!

Im thinking of doing some research into proving that an end of night curry or chilli kebab helps prevent a killer hangover. Anyone care to sponsor me ?

Nick...

I JUST FOUND MY DUI DEFENSE!

[Lord Kano]

Honestly judge, I wasn't drunk, I was taking a nutritional supplement.

LK

Free radicals?

[mikael]

how beer helps police harmful free radicals in blood, The London Free Press also has an article."

beer, Police, free radicals, blood, London Free Press?

All the standard ingredients for another protest day in London.

A word from Darl McBride

[ArcticCelt]

I just been informed by my lawyers about this thread going on and want immediately to point out before more damage is done to our intellectual property that we owns free beer and that the open beer movement is violating our IP.

Darl McBride SCO (Scamers, Crooks and Opportunists)

Re:Interesting....

[Sponge Bath]

drinking a whole bottle of wine is only 500 calories.

Whiskey has an even better buzz to calorie ratio.
In fact, if you drink enough, the shakes will help burn more calories.

Re:Interesting....

[PylonHead]

Yea, but it's hard to beat main-lining heroin for a really good buzz to calorie ratio.

Altogether now.... (posix beer)

[B747SP]

... everybody say:

cd /pub
more beer

That's all I have to say, thanks for coming!