Is Guinness good for you? What are the benefits?

Question

The iron content is myth I do believe.

Answer 1

Giunness gives you strength...I don't know about that. All I know is that I like to drink it! Even better is when you find someone who knows how to properly pour the "perfect pint"
Thanks for making me thirsty!

Answer 2

Paul Roberts (17), from Ard Scoil Ris, Donnycarney, yesterday won the Young Scientist of the Year Award at the RDS. His project, entitled "Guinness NOT good for you", showed the glaring inaccuracy of the advertising slogan, and now discredited popular myth, that Guinness is good for you.

Paul researched his project by feeding himself nothing but 12 pints of Guinness a day for two months. His brother, the 'control' for the project, was fed three square meals a day and lots of Sunny Delight.

The shock findings were as follows: Paul suffered confused thoughts, dry mouth, nausea, dizziness, the inability to walk or talk, and what he describes as "funniness" in the toilet each morning.

His brother, however, experienced no such side effects, and even managed a B in maths during his mock Leaving Cert - a first for Jimmy.

Paul's findings have throuwn the brewing industry into disarray. From the alcohol-poisoning treatment center where he accepted the award, he told reporters "I'm made up. I now know that Guinness is NOT Good For You. I can't wait for next year's competition, where I hope to prove that a Finger of Fudge is NOT 'just enough'.

Answer 3

I dont know how true this is but mny years ago I heard that an english university department of nutrition had studied Guinness and found that on a purelly nutritional level, an average human could survive indefinately on a daily diet of 14 pints of guinness and an orange...... the alcohol was not taken into account, so i imagine it wouldnt be the best long term diet but i suggest if you try it for a few days it might help you decide how good guinness is for you!

Answer 4

Under the old National Health Service, new mothers were of given a prescription for Guinness for iron. In Ireland, many years ago, you could get a bottle of Guinness instead of a cuppa tea in the afternoon.

Answer 5

There is plenty of Iron in Guiness, it also has an incredible amount of the probiotics in it which helps as well, it is booze but its as good as booze gets for the strength from it. People give a bottle of stout to calves when they are poorly cause of the medicinal properties it has. Ten pints however will turn your stomach into a black log manufacturing area.

Answer 6

No better for you than most other beers - it's just that Guinness have always had an extremely good PR and marketing department!

Answer 7

guiness is the only approved alcohol used in some convents. They are allowed to keep it for "medicinal" purposes.

I know this, my dad and i used to cut the grass at our local convent and we'd get a guiness at half time.

There are lots of myths around guiness, including the one that it contains all you need for life.

Not veggie though, so i haven't touched it since i was 14 so now i have to make my own veggie version.

(above) 12 pints a day for 2 months ? and he got confused thoughts.....

Answer 8

Well it has iron in it witch is good for your blood but apart from that it is still alcohol so yes and no

Answer 9

Yeah apparently it is full of iron and iron is very good for you for strength. My uncle had cancer and his doctor advised him to drink guiness each night to build his strength. Its good for your hair and skin apparently

Answer 10

I suppose if you can keep it down (yuck) There are lots of elements found in beer that are beneficial when ingesting 'moderate' amounts.