January 27/Barcelona, Spain/Kentish Gazette -- A beer a day keeps the doctor away, according to new research. The Spanish boffins found that those who regularly drank moderate amounts of beer enjoyed various health benefits. These include a lowered risk of diabetes and high blood pressure and having a lower body fat content.
The joint study, carried out by Barcelona University, the Hospital Clinic in Barcelona, and the Carlos III Institute of Health in Madrid, found that people with a Mediterranean diet who drank up to a pint of beer a day "not only did not put on weight, but in some cases even lost weight."