Once again the health statistics are being rolled out over which is healthier - beer or wine. Well, it may turn out it is not so much what you drink but what you eat that has the effect, as the Beeb reports:
Several previous studies have reported that drinking wine is linked to lower mortality rates than drinking beers and spirits. According to the research team, at the National Institute of Public Research in Copenhagen, wine buyers also bought more poultry, cooking oil and low-fat cheese than beer buyers. Beer lovers were attracted to cold cuts, chips, pork, butter, margarine, sausages, lamb and soft drinks.As a soy milk drinking, olive oil cooking, salmon oil pill popping beer drinker I think this is good news. You can have your beer and drink it, too, as long as you eat well.
Comments
GR - January 23, 2006 9:50 AM
This beer drinker must split a few hairs, clear up some misconceptions. There are chips, and then there are chips! Beer of any kind and football and hockey go well with chips, but their reputation is very bad. Partly because of trans-fats, otherwise known as hydrogenated oils, and also nasty oils like palm oil. Those are the bad guys here. Good natural chips don't contain those types of oils, and are wicked tasty, whether as corn chips or potato chips. Another healthy-ish snack is Smartfood cheese popcorn-all natural as well. I won't try to convince you join me in eating my tofu pups though...
Alan - January 23, 2006 10:36 AM
I am a soy convert of over a decade so I would be there.
GR - January 23, 2006 2:16 PM
Alan, perhaps a third blog is needed? "Food that goes geat with beer, blog"
Was enjoying football, beer, chips and CHEESE dip Sunday, and noticed the paper had a recipe for cheese dip.... The secret is now mine!
Alan - January 23, 2006 4:32 PM
How many blogs can one man rule?
Edric - February 2, 2006 6:45 PM
Soy is deadly and will give you man-boobs.
Alan - February 2, 2006 8:02 PM
Yikes!!
Bob - March 23, 2009 1:23 AM
I'm not that interested in magrarine and despise soft drinks, but otherwise that list seems pretty familiar...