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Guinness is good for you after all
I think I’m going to give up on trying to keep track of what I should and shouldn’t be drinking. It seems like every time I turn around, something everyone thought was bad for you is now good, and vice versa.
The latest case in point: Guinness. According to scientists in Wisconsin (how appropriate), 24 ounces of the stuff with a meal may work as well as aspirin at preventing blood clots that can lead to heart attacks. Lager doesn’t have the same affect.
BBC News: Guinness good for you – official
The Wisconsin team tested the health-giving properties of stout against lager by giving it to dogs who had narrowed arteries similar to those in heart disease.
They found that those given the Guinness had reduced clotting activity in their blood, but not those given lager.
(Lucky dogs.)
Guinness had to drop their advertising touting the health effects of the stout years ago, and Diageo, the beverage conglomerate that owns the brand, has no plans to bring it back. Not that they could; there is currently legislation is being drafted in the EU to outlaw any health claims for alcohol in advertising in Europe.
(via Boak and Bailey)
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