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.
Science is my hero! And it tastes sooo much better than aspirin.
So here you go - have a couple.
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rita - implants gone bad
David - the best black and brown in the world - Guiness Draught and Boddington's Ale - that is when you've truly made it to heaven
Major - I think this is gonna put Bayer out of business
RP - Guinness makes everyone happy
Hey there Angel with an A! He will, I'm certain of it. You can follow it up with a Boddington to make it blonde :-)
LL - the brew doesn't kill me, but my wife tries to after I've had a bit too much
Cathy - the trick is to ignore your body's complaints, I do it all the time :-)
Mission - you're right, I'll never drink piss-water again, a good ale is the only thing worth the effort
Raz - I got your picture the easy way, I was trained by Michael David Barrett. You GOTTA start pluggin up those peep holes :-) Yea, I did notice the nails, they look like they've scratching the crabs off the hairy chest or something :-)
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Kim - it is a bit scary isn't it
Willie - manboobs
cupicake - the picture is better than a cup of coffee to jolt the body
Midwest - I hear the gubnit is going to add it to our food pyramid and make McDonalds sell it instead of "Happy Meals"
Jerry - you might have a whole new product concept to replace dipping Oreos in milk - Resses in Guinness
Fusun - all this gives a whole new perspective on the drink "hairy navel"
Rodney - I think it would take a pint of Everclear for me :-)
Hey there Smithery - How's it going? I suppose she could get a tattoo of a bear and say it's a 3D tattoo :-)