{"id":789,"date":"2009-08-05T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2009-08-05T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/1millionbestdownloads.com\/food-beer-summit-for-your-health\/"},"modified":"2009-08-05T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2009-08-05T00:00:00","slug":"food-beer-summit-for-your-health","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/1millionbestdownloads.com\/food-beer-summit-for-your-health\/","title":{"rendered":"Take a Cue From Obama: Have a Beer Summit for Your Health"},"content":{"rendered":"
By Julie Upton, RD<\/p>\n
President Obama’s beer summit made a big brouhaha with the media last week. All the politicos might have had their panties in a wad over what was said—or not said—and what kind of beer was being served. But I was more interested in the teachable moment it presented—a brewski can be a good thing.<\/p>\n
While red wine is consistently lauded as a major cardiovascular aid, beer is rarely thought of as an alcoholic beverage that measures up to wine’s healthy attributes (the term beer belly<\/em> doesn't help, either). However, several decades of research show that all alcohol—beer, wine, and<\/em> spirits—provide similar heart-health benefits. Here are some other reasons why a cold one may be just what the President (and the doctor) ordered.<\/p>\n\n