Jun 28, 2006
Beer vs Wine
Beer is better for you than wine, apparently. Beer contains valuable B vitamins, such as B12, folic acid and niacin, as well as antioxidants, such as polyphenols and ferulic acid. Which makes it the healthier choice, contrary to popular opinion. eer also contains soluble fibre, which is good for digestion. Even the “active” ingredient in alcohol, whether from beer or wine, allegedly helps keep arteries clear of blockages.
So, who is making this startling claim?
Apparently, none other than the chairman of the food science department at the University of California at Davis, Charles Bamforth.
Interestingly, Bamforth is UCB’s Anheuser-Busch endowed professor and author of the book Beer: Health and Nutrition. “People say red wine is key to that,” Bamforth says, “But beer, if you looked at it holistically, is healthier than wine. But it is not perceived that way.”
Anheuser-Busch? Isn’t that the company that makes Bud?
Even more intriguingly, the budweiser.com site announces that you have to be over 21 to enter its site and you have to tap in your birthday before you can….like teens aren’t going to just put 01-01-50 or something similar. By the way, it’s tough if you were born in 1900 – no Bud fest for you!
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May 26th, 2009 at 8:27 am
@ wjojgjwog
Wow quite the harsh words for someone that doesn’t even know proper spelling…if ‘real men’ drink wine and whiskey, I ask you, are other men of the same depth and worth, LESS, than those who drink wine and whiskey, simply because of their choice of beverage? Or should we leave this alone, seeing as though you cant even come up with a user name that makes sense?
November 22nd, 2008 at 12:35 am
Mmm….beer. Just got a taster pack of unibroue bottles given to me as a birthday present. Really looking forward to gulping a couple down on thanksgiving.
November 18th, 2008 at 6:50 pm
Nice one Drewko…when is Thanksgiving? A week come Thursday?
November 18th, 2008 at 5:52 pm
[...] 2. Drink beer, not wine. I like to drink several beers during the family Thanksgiving gathering. Beer will fill you up, too. It will help you not to stuff your face to the point of death. Obviously, avoid being trashed during any family gathering. Save the heavy drinking for later in the evening when you meet up with old friends. Plus, beer might be healthier than wine! [...]
November 18th, 2008 at 4:54 pm
Now I have something else to say when people frown upon my choice of beer at dinner.
August 19th, 2008 at 8:10 am
@wjojgjwog – the guy who wrote the post, me, will drink anything and everything. I have spent many years researching wine, beer, whisky, gin, vodka etc etc etc, so don’t talk to me about not knowing what to drink, the only thing I wouldn’t drink would be celery wine. Can’t abide celery. Vile stuff.
August 15th, 2008 at 12:15 am
what about wine? the guy who post this probably didn’t bother to research wine because he is afraid that he will fail at life and this post. Wine and whisky rules. Real men drinks that stuff, not the loser who probably think they have a lot of time(including high school and college students)
March 6th, 2007 at 2:56 pm
Don’t teach me the chemistry of beer. I know I love it. I don’t have to drink it just because it is less harmful than wine.
June 29th, 2006 at 8:12 am
I have to agree….maybe throw in an occasional cider (an apple a day and all that) and you should be fit as a lop.
June 28th, 2006 at 11:29 pm
The key to health is a varied diet. Have both.