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Recent Posts Tagged With 'Recent Studies'

May 27

Beer makes you more attractive… to mosquitoes

After several beers, you tend to think you’re a bit better looking than you are. Now researchers have scientific proof, you really are more attractive to females when you drink beer. The bad news is you’re more attractive to female mos (read full article)

beer, featured, mosquitoes, Recent Studies, science

Mar 24

Winos have smaller brainos

If you drink wine to excess, it may be the worst choice for you.  Researchers (psychiatrists) found a region of the brain in alcoholic wine drinkers was more damaged than the same region in alcoholics who prefer beer or spirits.  This is the first (read full article)

brain, Recent Studies, science, Wine

Jan 13

Party animals – Do animals get drunk?

Pissed Pacyderms Stories of drunk wild elephants have a long history in Africa. Supposedly elephants get sloshed by eating the fermented fruits of the marula tree. Hilarious footage of an elephant purportedly doing just that is included in the 197 (read full article)

animals, myths, Recent Studies, science

Apr 04

Will a drink a day kill you?

Lately there are two reports circling the globe on the Internet.  One says an alcoholic drink a day will help you live longer, the other says a drink a day increases your risk to cancer.  Not sure who do believe?  I’m not sure either.  Her (read full article)

health, longevity, Recent Studies, science

Mar 17

How to build strong bones: Drink beer

A new study to be published in the April 2009 issue of the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition shows moderate consumption of beer or wine increases bone density.  As you get older your bone density shrinks, so causation or a strong correlation w (read full article)

bones, Recent Studies, science

Mar 11

Will beer make your boobies bigger?

Women are often looking for a way to increase the size of their breasts without resorting to painful surgery.  One of the crazier ideas I’ve heard recently to reach this goal is “drink beer”.  My first thought was to toss this on (read full article)

8-prenylnaringenin, boobies, breasts, featured, hops, Recent Studies, science

Jan 22

DNA Drinking

Humans have been altering the genome of many plants and animals for thousands of years.  The wild “natural” grape still exists in parts of Eurasia and north Africa but bears only a passing resemblance to its relatives cultivated for the wine tr (read full article)

beer, dna, industry, Recent Studies, science, Wine

Dec 27

Beer goggling girls find ugly guys sexy

A new study in “Journal of Psychopharmacology” found what all undergraduate blokes already know, female undergraduate students who drink find men more attractive than women who do not drink.  Researchers showed pairs of photos of 60 men to 45 w (read full article)

beer goggles, brain, Recent Studies, science, Women

Dec 21

Are you as think as you drunk you are?

Not since the famous “sky is blue” study have we seen something so shocking as the research soon to be published in the March issue of Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research. According to the study, people use different words to describe (read full article)

drunks, Recent Studies, science

Dec 17

Don’t blame beer if you are angry

Researchers at the Helsinki University Central Hospital have found individuals born with a highly active version of the MAOA gene have a higher risk of impulse violence when drinking alcohol.  The MAOA gene produces an enzyme that breaks down chemi (read full article)

drunks, Recent Studies, science

Aug 27

Vitamin Beer? I call Shenanigans!

Stampede Light is a pilsner containing vitamin B1 (Thiamine), vitamin B2 (Riboflavin), vitamin B3 (Niacin), vitamin B5 (Pantothenic Acid), vitamin B6 (Pyridoxine), vitamin B9 (Folic Acid) and Folate.  The beer has 115 calories, which is average for (read full article)

beer, jessica simpson, Recent Studies, science, stampede light, vitamins

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