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June 5, 2004

DRINK, MODERATELY, TO GOOD HEALTH

Doctors in the Netherlands have found that moderate drinking may boost levels

of a hormone that is believed to help protect against artery disease. "People

consuming alcohol in moderate amounts may have a healthier hormone status,"

Dr. Henk F.J. Hendriks at TNO Nutrition and Food Research. A separate report

from Kaiser Permanente report shows that people who drink moderately report

better health than people who don't drink at all - and the benefits are

especially strong in women. "Women are more sensitive to alcohol," including

the apparent benefits of moderate drinking, said Carla Green, a sociologist

who conducted the study for Kaiser Permanente. Women tend toward body fat,

while men tend toward body water, she said. That tends to boost the

concentration of blood alcohol in women, compared with men, who can dilute

that alcohol in the body's water.

GOOD TO THE BONE

Moderate beer consumption may help prevent osteoporosis in men and some

women, according to two studies. One, published recently in the Journal of

Bone and Mineral Research, showed a strong relationship between the intake of

dietary silicon and bone mineral density in the hip sites of men and

premenopausal women. A second, published in the British Journal of Nutrition,

showed that beer is a highly bioavailable source of dietary silicon, where

the silicon content varied from 9 mg/L to 30 mg/L.

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