freecounterpoint: This is Your Brain on Cabbage

Sunday, September 14, 2008

This is Your Brain on Cabbage

3 comments:

Tecumseh said...: Brain scans of more than 1,800 people found that people who downed 14 drinks or more a week had 1.6% more brain shrinkage than teetotallers. Women in their seventies were the most at risk. Beer does less damage than wine according to a study in Alcohol and Alcoholism. Researchers found that the hippocampus-the part of the brain that stores memories - was 10% smaller in beer drinkers than those who stuck to wine.

I don't get it -- what shrinks the brain more: beer or wine? There seem to be two contradictory statements there. No doubt, this was written by a pinko vegan.; 9/14/2008 8:15 PM
Arelcao Akleos said...: Yes, it's too late for the poor bastard, AI. Clearly he is the victim of insufficient meat and wine [or beer].; 9/14/2008 9:45 PM
My Frontier Thesis said...: At last, at last, research finally comes through:

"It's every man's dream to hear that beer and pizza can prevent cancer," he said. "However, the 17 beers and four large pizzas needed to get enough xanthohumol and lycopene to help prevent prostate cancer is unfortunately not advised."

Why is it not advised?; 9/15/2008 7:58 AM

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