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Guinness is good for you, say medical experts

Cuts cholesterol and acts like aspirin they say

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DAVID DOLAN,
IrishCentral.com Staff Writer
Published Thursday, March 17, 2011, 7:58 AM
Updated Thursday, March 17, 2011, 7:58 AM

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The old advertising slogan ‘Guinness is good for you’ is actually true it seems.

While Diageo, the manufacturer, makes no health claims for the product, scientific research shows a pint of Guinness a day is actually good for your health.

Indeed it may work as well as a low dose of aspirin to prevent heart attacks.

Researchers at the University of Wisconsin made the discovery recently.

The Wisconsin scientists gave Guinness to dogs who had narrowed arteries. They found the Guinness worked as well as aspirin in preventing clots forming.

The researchers told a convention of the American Heart Association in Orlando, Florida, that a pint of Guinness taken at meal time had the best impact.

They believe that antioxidant compounds in the Guinness are responsible for the health benefits because they decrease harmful cholesterol gathering on the artery walls.

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Scrivner | Mar 18, 2011, 05:03 PM EDT
Will it now be covered ex[ense under National Health?

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biggles008 | Mar 18, 2011, 12:02 PM EDT
Guiness means Goodness

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skreimann | Mar 18, 2011, 11:14 AM EDT
At the Ritz in Jax Bch only $1.00 a pint on Wednesdays! A lot better than taking aspirin.

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JBRAFTREE | Mar 18, 2011, 07:46 AM EDT
The Great Arthur indeed knew what he was doing!!!!!

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aoibhinn | Mar 18, 2011, 06:32 AM EDT
"Researchers at the University of Wisconsin made the discovery recently." No, the Irish made the discovery a long time ago. Women who had just had a baby were given little bottles to settle their stomachs. This practice stopped, I think, in the 70s. annhowell: could you pour some and just wait for the carbonation to go away since it should be drunk room temperature anyway? Don't know, use it more for cooking than drinking.

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MrSinatra | Mar 18, 2011, 01:05 AM EDT
i knew it!

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annhowell | Mar 17, 2011, 11:34 AM EDT
Praise Brid! Now, if they could just make an uncarbonated version, I could live happily everafter. (Due to stomach surgery, I can't handle the carbonation.)

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kennymcg | Mar 17, 2011, 10:13 AM EDT
Guinness with my supper and Jameson at bedtime ... thanks for the long life advice.

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Liam3494 | Mar 17, 2011, 10:04 AM EDT
Sadly, it's the gout I suffer from, and Guinness is one of the worst triggers - so it isn't good for me.... :(

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shoremom | Mar 17, 2011, 09:37 AM EDT
Thank the Almighty, I've been vindicated. Now if the sellers would stop freezing the stuff, and the bottlers would stop cleaning out the "nasty bits" I could die happy.

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