Guinness is Good For You!

Back in the 1950’s in England we were always told that “a bottle of guinness once a day” was good for you. Many families made a point of having that bottle in the evening.

The claims came from the belief that the drink had considerable quantities of iron in it and it helped with anemia which was quite common then.

If you ever went to Ireland you couldn’t pass a pub without being invited in for a “pint”. It was all part of the texture that was the Celtic Isle.

It is extraordinary that whilst Guinness is a stout and quite heavy it has grown popular throughout the world even in very hot areas of Africa. Guinness and cider or “black velvet”, Guinness and champagne, have been very popular with the young 30 something’s.

Now a new report has surfaced from Wisconsin. The researchers told a recent meeting of the American Heart Association that a pint taken with meals had benefits from the “antioxidants” within the drink. It was felt that regular consumption could reduce the possibility of clotting in the blood.

Diageo, the brewers of Guinness, will endorse no such claims and other medical teams believe it is more the alcohol rather than anything else in the drink that helps reduce blood clotting.

However whatever anyone says it is a very nice drink…cheers!

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Posted by Kevin Needham on Jun 24 2010. Filed under Featured News, Health. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0. You can leave a response or trackback to this entry