Guinness Is Actually Good For You!

1. Skipweasel
   July 29th, 2009 at 3:37 am

   When I started giving blood thirty-odd years ago, the Blood Transfusion Service (as it was then) used to offer tea, coffee, squash and - yes - Guiness! It was only in tiny stubby little cans - 250ml, I guess. I often wondered whether they had them specially made.

   My father in law did quality control at the Guiness Brewery in Park Royal. The queue for job applications went round the block.

2. Foreigner1
   July 29th, 2009 at 4:24 am

   This is marvellous- I just got to let this read by my wife- Finally I get justice in my household: What I always have maintained about my favorite stout is now scientifically backed up.

   Now Bring In the stout!

3. Larfin Jackarse
   July 29th, 2009 at 6:34 am

   Hmmm...amusing.

   I thought the health benefit was getting you pissed so you could forget things and improve your mental health.

4. Steve888
   July 29th, 2009 at 7:16 am

   That BBC article is from 2003, are you a little behind on your internetz!

5. violet/riga
   July 29th, 2009 at 7:23 am

   Similarly, Mackeson Stout was given to women shortly after giving birth...

   In the 1950s their slogan was "looks good, tastes good and, by golly, it does you good".

6. paanta
   July 29th, 2009 at 9:07 am

   And any alcohol will do this. Guiness's unique magic isn't its health qualities.

7. Briannana
   July 29th, 2009 at 9:27 am

   Doesn't anyone else think about how lucky those damn dogs are?

8. MadMolecule
   July 29th, 2009 at 10:05 am

   paanta: The article (well, OK, the excerpt, which is all I read) says lagers didn't have the same effect.

9. JimRL
   July 29th, 2009 at 10:24 am

   Maybe but its the most bland stout there is out there and yet the most popular. What does that tell you, that most people have no taste.

10. Baggy
    July 29th, 2009 at 2:52 pm

    Somehow a study about beer being good for you coming out of Wisconsin is entirely unsurprising to me.

11. D
    July 30th, 2009 at 9:44 am

    Guinness getting dogs drunk.

12. djsoops
    July 30th, 2009 at 11:19 am

    My goodness, My Guinness!
    Why test it on dogs and not people... any reason at all?

13. Nick
    July 30th, 2009 at 1:32 pm

    Actually, the anti-clotting effects of alcohol are fairly well-known. I've had two blood clots, and now take a daily dose of sodium warfarin, an anti-coagulant. Because of that, I have to be extremely aware of what I eat and drink; alcohol makes blood thinner, and many foods (including a number of green veggies) make it thicker.

14. big debo
    August 16th, 2009 at 3:01 pm

    hi its true guinness is good for you, i tryed it for a freind on a 20wk trial of one and a half pints on a night before bed, and my skin tone and quaility improved, my hair has grown thicker and have gain about 7lbs spreed around. also my gums and teeth are healther and whiter try it you will not regreat it

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