Thursday, November 17, 2011
After your teeth are cleaned, go have a brew.
After learning that regular cleaning of the teeth and gums will reduce your risk of heart attack and stroke, now comes the study whose results we can really enjoy.
The second, though, is even more surprising. A massive meta-analysis of epidemiological data on alcohol and health, conducted by Italy's Fondazione di Ricerca e Cura, showed that moderate consumption of beer decreases drinkers' risk of heart disease by 31%, just as much as moderate consumption of wine. The Italian findings were based on data from over 200,000 people's drinking habits. The study found no benefit to consumption of spirits, which may indicate that something other than ethanol consumption per se is responsible for the health boost.Beer, unlike Republican/Teabaggers, is good for you in moderation.
Other studies have demonstrated a link between good health and beer consumption, but this one is striking in the degree of the benefit.
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