| A True American Health Plan | | | | moderate alcohol consumption from beer, wine or |
| The "French Paradox", that phenomena of the French | | | | spirits is associated with a reduction in all-cause |
| eating high amounts of saturated fats yet enjoying | | | | mortality, owing primarily to a decreased risk of |
| low rates of heart disease, recently led the British | | | | coronary heart disease." Aha! Finally a beer-friendly |
| Medical Journal (BMJ) to conduct a study in Denmark | | | | answer to the age old Vino vs. Beer: Heart Health |
| on the health habits of wine drinkers vs. beer | | | | Debacle. |
| drinkers. While it is true Frenchy grabs a Big Mac less | | | | What makes beer a heady boon to health? Recently |
| frequently than the typical American, the American | | | | UC Davis Professor Charles Bamforth found that |
| may now be able to revel in the fact that a cold | | | | beer contains antioxidants that fight against heart |
| sudsy brew may trump the health benefits of | | | | disease and cancer as well as several B vitamins, an |
| Frenchy's warm red vino. | | | | array of minerals, and even fiber. Health benefits |
| The BMJ's study found that in their studies of | | | | stem from beer being brewed from barley, wheat, |
| supermarket buying habits in beer-oriented Denmark | | | | rice or corn. Another of beer's main ingredients, which |
| supermarkets that the typical wine drinker eats much | | | | provides health benefits in much the same way as |
| healthier than a typical beer drinker. So, logically, one | | | | natural grains, is hops. These beer-essential grains |
| can deduce that wine plus eating healthy plays a part | | | | have an abundance of health-promoting polyphenols - |
| in general health. But what about those flavanoids | | | | the cancer-stopping, cholesterol-lowering, virus-killing |
| found in wine - aren't they the pinnacle ingredient | | | | counterpart to flavanoids. |
| lauded for heart-health? | | | | And Bozeman's local brewhouses (aka. Cancer and |
| Perhaps not! Numerous studies, including a recent | | | | Heart Disease Prevention Centers) provide many |
| study at the Institute of Epidemiology and Social | | | | extremely "hopped up ales.. So, whether you ski, |
| Medicine at the University of Muenster, have shown | | | | snowboard, snowshoe, or just recreacize by taking a |
| that "It cannot be proved that there is any health | | | | leisurely stroll this winter, when you're done, kick |
| advantage to drinking red wine, for example, rather | | | | back with your friends, a hoppy local brew, and... |
| than beer" and "Studies indicate that light to | | | | DRINK TO YOUR HEALTH. |
