Comments on: Vitamin Beer

By: bobsfrankenbeans

bobsfrankenbeans — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 15:49:05 +0000

I recall a report on the economist (? – great source, I know) earlier this year that said beer helps people recover from surgery/injury in that it provides hydration, vits/minerals, and that good ol’ pain reliever – not to mention the elevated mood.

By: bobsfrankenbeans

bobsfrankenbeans — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 15:47:24 +0000

what about milk stouts?

By: thewhatifgirl

thewhatifgirl — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 05:01:56 +0000

Um, I remember hearing on NPR about a study that said that beer was a vital source of certain vitamins for people in the Middle Ages.

By: karinova

karinova — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 01:26:26 +0000

Oops. Tag failure!

By: karinova

karinova — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 01:25:54 +0000

You say "yank " to mean "American," no? I'm wondering, from that usage, if you might be a Brit? If so (I won't assume), your comment is funny to me in light of the comment I just left above. I guess I personally don't remember that time, but I bet my grandparents would have, and my parents probably do. I suspect they might tell you that as far as they're concerned, before it was American culture everywhere you turned, it was British culture everywhere you turned!

By: karinova

karinova — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 01:10:44 +0000

Heh! Those old ads always make me smile. They’re waaay before my time, but I think they had an impact on me in an unexpected way, such that I really have drunk Guinness for my health:

I’m Jamaican so I associate Guinness with Jamaica (it was once a British colony, so Guinness is popular there). I’m also chronically anemic. Oh, the odd British potions I was given as a little kid (mid-1980s)! My maternal grandmother felt that I needed (among other things) “Beef, Iron & Wine,” a boozy “tonic” from England that tastes about as weird as you would imagine. Most unlucky.

But my other grandmother swore I that all I really needed was Guinness Stout, period! (That’d rosy up my cheeks!) She bought it special for me when I stayed with her: I got some mixed with milk at night, and if my dad drank one, he had to give me the foam off the top! Which made me the envy of several slightly-older cousins, though I didn’t fully get why. After all, it wasn’t exactly tasty to me (kinda reminded me of scorched oatmeal) and I certainly never got lit. But it was sooo much better than cod liver oil and whatnot!

It’s funny, now that I’m older I don’t really like to drink. (Coincidence?)
I won’t actually drink one, but I’ll still take the foam off a freshly-poured Guinness if given the chance! Y’know, “for strength!”

By: chris uggen

chris uggen — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 05:22:10 +0000

Nice post! I’m working on some vitamin-D research now, but had no idea that I could cite Schlitz on the health benefits…

By: b

Sat, 21 Nov 2009 01:22:41 +0000

I had no idea that people from northeastern states had such an influence on your life, I’m sorry.

By: Alf

Alf — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 22:37:11 +0000

All right, you’ve officially made me change my name on this site from “A” to “Alf” so as not to be confused with you.

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By: a

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 20:27:02 +0000

Remember such time when non-american countries were not filled with yank cocacola ads, yank fastfood ads, yank movies, yank television, yank music, all in all yank popculture and the side effects of it? Yes, does anyone remember such times when the yank media and entertainment did not penetrate every aspect of these cultures and was not default source of influence in the lives of the people. Do you remember when young people did not imitate disgusting yank trends? Yes, remember when our entire way of life was not forcefed cheap yank commercial trash. Yes, how times change, indeed.

By: EKSwitaj

EKSwitaj — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 18:44:54 +0000

Reminds me of the old ads for Guinness. It was supposed to be good for you because of the iron content.

By: shale

shale — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 18:07:15 +0000

Haha. That’s great. It reminds me of the push to start adding vitamin-D to milk around the same time, and probably for similar reasons. Ironically the add talks about enjoying their beer outside in the sun, but it is precisely the fact that drinkers are more likely to drink it in a cold, dark, dank pub that motivates the need to have it include vitamin-D additives.