10-15-2009 - Vol. 26 / No. 10"There's nothing healthy about beer, no matter how few calories a bottle may contain. The health myth, as it's been promoted by Big Alcohol, has been soundly debunked." Source: Marin Institute 10/09.
"Hundreds of studies on different populations, among people of varying ethic groups and socio economic levels, have been amazingly consistent in finding that drinking moderately leads not only to lower rates of heart disease, but also to a lower risk of adult-onset diabetes, stroke and other chronic diseases. It is associated with lower all-cause mortality rates. Such an effect of alcohol is even better when combined with a Mediterranean style diet…regular physical exercise, not smoking and not becoming obese." Source: Curtis Ellison, Boston University School of Medicine, interview with AIM Digest, 10/09.
