Study Shows Beer Has Same Benefits As Red Wine
Posted by GruntDoc on 16th September 2004
Study Shows Beer Has Same Benefits As Red Wine
Beer drinkers can toast the news that their favourite beverage possesses the same benefits as red wine, the alcohol long celebrated for its antioxidant properties.Researchers at The University of Western Ontario have found one drink of beer or wine provides equivalent increases in plasma antioxidant activity, which helps prevent the oxidization of blood plasma by toxic free radicals that trigger many aging diseases, such as cancer, diabetes, heart disease and cataracts.
Well, thank God, eh? And Guinness.
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