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Food News
Wine Diet
6[currency]6People who purchase wine buy and eat healthier foods than beer drinkers do. Danish researchers analyzed 3.5 million purchases from nearly 100 supermarkets over six months, categorizing shoppers as [degrees]wine only, [+ or -] [degrees]beer only, [+ or -] [degrees]mixed, [+ or -] or [degrees]nonalcohol [+ or -] buyers. Wine drinkers favored a Mediterranean diet (olives, produce, poultry, and low-fat cheese
and milk), while beer buyers bought more sausages, chips, butter or margarine,
and soft drinks. These findings may partly explain wine [macron]s link to reduced heart disease and cancer risk versus that of beer. But doctors also attribute wine [macron]s health benefits to its antioxidants and to the fact that people tend to drink wine with meals, a glass or two at a time, while beer is often consumed with snacks.
6[currency]625%
of American adults consume wine. Half of them drink