Interesing news from Dr. William Campbell Douglass II of RealHealthNews.com:

Beer batters wine and liquor in cancer fighting?

Even the medical establishment has embraced polyphenols (antioxidant compounds in beer and wine) as powerful weapons against heart disease for people of both sexes, and all ages. But most research to date has focused on the polyphenols found in red wine, specifically a powerful one called resveratrol.

But here's an interesting note about polyphenols, courtesy of the British Beer and Pub Association: The Portuguese study mentioned above found another polyphenol called xanthohumol was actually MORE powerful than resveratrol at slowing breast cancer cell growth. And where can you girls get xanthohumol?

Beer, of course.

Also according to the British suds lobby, a glass of the average beer contains only 41 calories - less then either milk or fruit juice, and far below wine's 77 calories or hard liquor's whopping 250!

That means for those watching their waistlines hoisting a daily pint or two may be the best way to go to get all the health benefits of alcohol with the minimum of caloric impact. If you ask me, though (remember, I don't work for the beer lobby), however you get your daily drink is perfectly fine...

Especially if you want to stay mentally sharp and cancer-free, ladies.

Tipping a glass, but not tipping the scales,

William Campbell Douglass II, MD

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