Regards, Ivan
Posted on 05/08/2005 11:20:55 PM PDT by MadIvan
Drinking malt whisky may help prevent cancer, a scientific conference has been told.
The medicinal properties of antioxidants in red wine are well known, but delegates at a biochemistry conference were told that whisky offered "even greater health benefits".
Dr Jim Swan, a consultant to the drinks industry, said: "There has been much in the news about the health benefits of antioxidants in red wine. By contrast, very little has been said about malt whisky distillery science.
"However, research has shown that there are even greater health benefits to people who drink single malt whiskies. Why? Single malt whiskies have more ellagic acid than red wine."
Speaking at the EuroMedLab conference in Glasgow, he said ellagic acid absorbed rogue cells in the body. "So, whether you indulge in the odd tipple, or you are a serious connoisseur, whisky can protect you from cancer and science proves it," he said.
However, Dr Lesley Walker of Cancer Research UK, pointed out that the same acid was found in fruit, and said she was "very concerned" that whisky was being promoted as a cancer prevention agent without data to support the claim.
"On the contrary, there is considerable data documenting the link between drinking excess alcohol and the increased risk of a number of cancers, particularly in smokers," she said.
"Ellagic acid is a powerful antioxidant but that does not mean it is necessary to hit the bottle.
"There is an abundance of this acid in soft fruits and the charity suggests this as a much healthier way of increasing antioxidant intake."
Regards, Ivan
Ping!
Truthfully, whiskey drinkers do seem to live out live their sober relatives (assuming they survive other unhealthy habits like smoking, obesity, and lack of exercise).
"There is an abundance of this acid in soft fruits and the charity suggests this as a much healthier way of increasing antioxidant intake."
I'd rather hit the soft fruit and drink the ellagic acid.
Interviewer: The Magna Carta - was it a document signed at Runnymede in 1215 by King John pledging independence to the English barons, or was it a piece of chewing gum on a bedspread in Dorset? The latter idea is the brainchild of a man new to the field of historical research. Mr Badger, why - why are you on this programme?
(Pull back to show Mr Badger. He wears a flat cap and has a Scots accent)
Badger: (EalC) Well, I think I can answer this question most successfully in mime. (mimes incomprehensibly)
Interviewer: But why Dorset?
Badger: Well, I have for a long time been suffering from a species of brain injury which I incurred during the rigours of childbirth, and I'd like to conclude by putting my finger up my nose.
Interviewer: Mr Badger, I think you're the silliest person we've ever had on this programme, and so I'm going to ask you to have dinner with me.
CAPTION: 'LATER THE SAME SKETCH'
(Cut to them sitting at a restaurant table.)
Badger: My wife Maureen ran off with a bottle of Bell's whisky during the Aberdeen versus Raith Rovers match which ended in a goalless draw. Robson particularly, in goal, had a magnificent first half, his fine positional sense preventing the build-up of any severe pressure on the suspect Aberdeen defence. McLoughlan missed an easy chance to clinch the game towards the final whistle but Raith must be well satisfied with their point.
Interviewer: Do please go on. This is the least fascinating conversation I've ever had.
(A waiter comes in.)
Waiter: Would you like to order sir?
Interviewer: Yes, Mr Badger, what .would you like to start with?
Badger: Er, I'll have a whisky to start with.
Waiter: For first course, sir?
Badger: Aye.
Waiter: And for main course, sir?
Badger: I'll have a whisky for main course and I'll follow that with a whisky for pudding.
Waiter: Yes sir, and what would you like with it, sir? A whisky?
Badger: No, a bottle of wine.
Waiter: Fine, sir, he said between clenched teeth knowing full well it was a most unrewarding part.
Interviewer: This is the silliest sketch I've ever been in.
Badger: Shall we stop it?
Interviewer: Yeah, all right. (they get up and walk out)
CAPTION: 'THE END'
Regards, Ivan
A little American trivia. The town of Lynchburg, Tennessee, where Jack Daniels is produced, is located in a "dry county", that is, it is illegal to sell or serve alcoholic beverages.
Yes, that was actually part of Jack Daniels' advertising campaign in Britain. I have no idea why.
One downside to whisky being good for you - that means Maureen Dowd is likely to live to be 100.
Regards, Ivan
As most savvy drinkers are by now aware, Jack Daniel’s Old No. 7 is no longer with us. It has been knifed in the back by the greedy corporate clowns at Brown-Forman, the conglomerate that bought the Jack Daniel distillery in 1956. Mr. Daniel’s once excellent whiskey began life as a 90 proof liquor, but about 17 years ago the proof was lowered to 86. Now it has been lowered again, to a timid 80 proof. America’s best bourbon is now a ghost. The decision makers at Brown-Forman have not only rendered Jack’s whiskey less palatable, they have also managed to defile an important part of our national heritage.Sounds good.
We already know alcohol prevents stroke and heart disease, makes more braincells, it even fights cancer.
Cheers!
This is an earlier article I posted, also from a British source, BBC:
'Alcohol makes your brain grow' (new brain cells)
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1395013/posts
I think, that drank in moderation, alcohol is indeed good for you. Anything in overly large quantities is harmful.
Bourbon is not Bourbon uless it is made in Kentucky. It is merely whiskey...nothing more.
Kentucky Bourbon.
Is this true for whiskey also or just the Scottish drink?
I just knew it.
LoL. I don't know how I missed your post, a friend sent me a link to that site a few months ago and I've been enjoying it ever since!
My mother was raised up in a dry county, near Lexington, Kentucky. They still made whiskey. We still bought it. The closest town was called Beaver Dam. I still get scared thinking about the narrow mountain roads we drove to my grandmother's house.
self-ping
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