Reading the academic research articles that we then write about here at Dr. Gourmet is not what I’d call reading for pleasure. They’re interesting, of course, but a bit dry, as I’m sure our Health and Nutrition Bites are. Now and then, however, I do come across an article title that is so interesting that I just have to read it. Today’s article is one such: “Effects of alcohol-free beer on lipid profile and parameters of oxidative stress and inflammation in elderly women” (Nutrition 2009:25; 182-187).
Leaving aside for the moment the medical terms, just look at what’s being researched and upon whom: alcohol-free beer and elderly women. You have to ask yourself: where did these researchers find a group of elderly women to drink alcohol-free beer?
