Posted on 07/03/2006 10:31:48 AM PDT by pissant
A university professor has set aside all the popular opinion by saying that beer is a healthy beverage--if not more healthy--than wine, bringing cheers to all the beer lovers.
Charles Bamforth, chairman of the food science department at the University of California at Davis and an Anheuser-Busch endowed professor, told food scientists assembled here Tuesday that beer contains valuable B vitamins, such as B12, folic acid and niacin, as well as antioxidants, such as polyphenols and ferulic acid.
Bamforth, author of the book Beer: Health and Nutrition says beer also has soluble fiber, which is good for digestion, and the active ingredient in alcohol—whether from beer or wine—helps counter blockage of the arteries.
'People say red wine is key to that,' Bamforth said. 'But beer, if you looked at it holistically, is healthier than wine. But it is not perceived that way.'
It’s entirely about perception. And it’s those perceptions that Bamforth has recently been studying.
After polling 325 men and woman visiting breweries on both U.S. coasts and the Midwest, Bamforth found that the nutritional understanding of people about beer was largely in error.
When asked which is the healthiest alcoholic beverage, drinkers put red wine followed by white wine at the top of the list. Then came light beer, light-colored beer and then dark-beer. Actually, there’s little difference health-wise between any of them, according to Bamforth.
Cheers!
Cheers! :)
Okay CB, that was scary...;)
I'm gonna go get really healthy tonight!!
I thought it was kind of sexy!
'People say red wine is key to that,' Bamforth said. 'But beer, if you looked at it holistically, is healthier than wine. But it is not perceived that way.'
Good thing I am drinking A LOT of both.
"More healthier"? What middle-schooler wrote that headline?
India's most bestest headline yet!
LOL! Great minds and all that.
lol!
Hi toby! Hope all is well with you.
Have a great Independence Day!
Cheers, big ears!
I'll wait til tomorrow, say starting about 9:30 am.
LOL! I was thinking that too!
Why take chances, go for both!
From India.
Q: Why did God invent beer?
A: So the Irish wouldn't take over the Earth.
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