The Whiskey Reviewer A World of Whiskey, Poured Every Weekday
By Richard Thomas
Whiskey helps prevent cancer. The benefits of the antioxidants of red wine are well established, but less well-known is that whiskey contains even more of those antioxidants. As Dr. Jim Swan said at the EuroMedLab conference in 2005, “research has shown that there are even greater health benefits to people who drink single malt whiskies. Why? Single malt whiskies have more ellagic acid than red wine.” When taken in moderation, of course.
Whiskey fits into your diet. As our own Kurt Maitland often says to me, “how many fat whiskey drunks have you ever seen?” Beer and wine might give you a belly, but at zero carbs and zero fat per shot, whiskey won’t.
Moderate whiskey drinking helps prevent strokes and heart disease. Just as having a little whiskey every so often helps prevent cancer while avoiding the negative effects of heavier alcohol consumption, so it also helps prevent heart disease and strokes. These maladies are another area where red wine is usually the booze cited as beneficial, but as we have already seen, whiskey does the same job while delivering fewer calories.
Whiskey combats dementia. Are you worried about Alzheimer’s later in life? Drink more whiskey. A 2003 study shows that moderate drinkers have lower rates of dementia than teetotallers.
“but at zero carbs and zero fat per shot, whiskey won’t”..
Lol… wait whut?:P
Alcohol == Carbs and Whiskey has a lot.
That said, it does score very high on the buzz-calorie scale.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/wonkblog/wp/2014/03/28/the-wonkblog-guide-to-efficient-drinking/
Reddit TIL canceled this link basically because the mods thought it was a bad source. Yet it cites a major newspaper, a major university and the freaking National Institutes of Health, and the same TIL lets stupid Wikipedia pass all the time.
See this guy here? A classic example of why Reddit is the internet’s greatest concentration of arrogant, ignorant, lazy, cliquish trolling. Answers why they let the stupidest things in the universe go, but not a well-researched, fun thing like this.
what a surprise.. my comment wasnt stored about it not having carbs..
dont u like the power to prevent 2+2=4?:P
It’s interesting to know that moderately drinking whiskey helps prevent heart disease. A few months ago, my uncle got diagnosed with a health situation that made us think about changing our habits and diet, so I think that I’d rather start opting for whiskey instead of beer. I appreciate your information on choosing whiskey instead of wine since it has fewer calories.
Mind you, Canada recently announced that having more than two drinks per week was harmful. But that was recently, this article was from 10 years ago, and health guidelines like the new Canadian one are always being revised.
It’s interesting that you mention that drinking whiskey in moderation can reduce your chances of developing dementia. I want to do everything I can to avoid dementia in order to spend as much quality time with my family as I can while I’m alive, so I’m considering joining a whiskey club this month. I’m going to search online for a good whiskey club that I can join.