Food & Nutrition
Beer drives people to eat fatty, junk food
By IANS
Jan 20, 2006, 13:27

Beer drives people to eat fatty, junk food while wine drinkers go for more healthy stuff, says a study.

Several previous studies have reported that drinking wine is linked to lower mortality rates than drinking beers and spirits.

Now researchers at the National Institute of Public Research in Copenhagen have found that beer drinkers buy unhealthy food such as chips and ready meals compared to people who prefer wine, reported the online edition of BBC News.

Studying 3.5 million supermarket transactions, the researchers found beer drinkers chose fattier, meatier options, whereas wine buyers bought more olives, fruit and vegetables.

Wine buyers also bought more poultry, cooking oil and low-fat cheese than beer buyers, it said.

The study, which appeared in the British Medical Journal, said beer lovers were attracted to cold cuts, chips, pork, butter, margarine, sausages, lamb and soft drinks.

However, a spokesman for the British Beer and Pub Association said it was not the case that all beer drinkers were not interested in good food.

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