I’m sure everyone remembers the original Budweiser Wassup commercials. They were great. They were eight years ago. A perfect time to update the situation from the end of the Clinton presidency to now, at the end of the Bush presidency. Check this…
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I don’t know if I’d want to drink there, but I’d really like to visit this skeleton-themed bar in Switzerland. Apparently there have been other bars, though none quite as immersive.
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It’s on the internet, it must be TRUE!!! OK, this article is a bit old, from the 1/19/05 issue of New Scientist Magazine. If true, I may die one day but it certainly won’t be from cancer. Wahoo!
Some cancers are caused by heterocyclic amines, DNA-damaging chemicals found in cooked meat and fish. When Sakae Arimoto-Kobayashi’s team at Okayama University in Japan fed these chemicals to mice, the DNA damage to their liver, lungs and kidneys was reduced by up to 85% if the mice drank non-alcoholic beer instead of water.
Arimoto-Kobayashi thinks as-yet unidentified compounds in lager and stout prevent the amines binding to and damaging DNA. If these compounds can be identified, brewers might be able to produce beers particularly rich in them, or they could be added to foods.
Heavy alcohol consumption is blamed for around 6% of all cancers in western countries (New Scientist print edition, 18 December 2004), though moderate consumption reduces the risk of heart disease. Since the mice drank non-alcoholic beer, the findings do not show whether moderate consumption of normal beer has any anti-cancer benefits. “The total benefits and risks of beer with alcohol are still under consideration,” says Arimoto-Kobayashi.
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If you’re up for great beer you might check out this list and see if there’s anything of interest. I think I’ve only tried four of them and haven’t even heard of most of the rest.
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