Health

Drinking while pregnant has not been advocated by the medical community (although many OBs will say a glass here and there is ok). But, a Danish study has found that drinking a small amount of wine during pregnancy is linked with other healthy behaviors like exercising and maintaining a healthy... Read More

WELL THAT CERTAINLY SOUNDS too good to be true!  With its empty calories, alcohol has long been identified as an easy scapegoat for weight gain.  However, there is a wealth of medical evidence that would support the conclusion that alcohol can be good for maintaining a healthy weight.  A new... Read More

HERE’S SOMETHING sure to make you cringe: White wine, beer and Brussels sprouts can be major sources of the toxic metal arsenic in people’s diets, according to a new study published in the November issue of  NUTRITION JOURNAL. Researchers analyzed the diets of 852 people in New Hampshire, and the... Read More

IT LOOKS AS IF wine scores another win in the health benefits department, at least for men. A wide, sweeping study has found a link between moderate wine consumption and a lower risk of mortality from cardiovascular disease and cancer among middle-aged men, lending more credence to the French Paradox.... Read More

IT SEEMS THAT too much of a good thing is – in fact – a bad thing. A newly developed “wonder pill” said to harness the health-boosting benefits of red wine has actually been found to undo many of the positive effects of exercise. A recent study published in the... Read More

Guys: the next time you pop open a beer, raise your glass to a healthy heart.  According to a new study, sipping about a pint of beer was found to improve blood flow and heart function in a group of already healthy men.  Researchers at Harokopio University in Athens, Greece,... Read More

DRINKING BEER TO HELP WITH YOUR WORKOUT? Sounds too good to be true. In fact, researchers at Granada University in Spain have found that beer can help the body rehydrate better after a workout than water or Gatorade. Professor Manuel Garzon also claimed the carbonation in beer helps to quench... Read More

Raise a glass of Champagne to this nice news! A regular glass of the bubbly from France could improve your memory, according to scientists. Researchers found that three glasses of bubbly a day could help ward off brain disorders such as dementia and Alzheimer’s disease. They discovered that a compound... Read More

At one time or another, most of us have been victim to “beer goggles” – the phenomenon that a few drinks can make you see even plain faces as more attractive than they are. But a brain expert is now claiming that it’s all just a myth. Dr. Amanda Ellison’s... Read More

Does drinking beer give you a beer belly?  It certainly seems that way.  But a new study claims that the phenomenon is just a myth.  Nutritionist Dr. Kathryn O’Sullivan recently authored the study, titled “Beer & Calories; A Scientific Review”, on behalf of the beer industry.  She found that there’s... Read More