breaking news: cider 'good for you'

[haarewin]

from Yahoo News

A glass of cider might be more effective than an apple a day at keeping the doctor away, scientists believe.

Researchers believe chemicals in English cider apples can protect against stroke, heart disease and cancer.

They now plan to test the theory on 12 more than willing volunteers, who will each be asked to down a pint of cider.

The scientists will check samples of their blood and urine to see if drinking scrumpy passes the disease-fighting antioxidants into the body.

The compounds, called phenolics, play an important role in giving cider its taste and colour.

But the researchers from the University of Glasgow suspect they also have major health benefits.

Study leader Dr Serena Marks said: "Previous research suggests there may be an association between phenolics and protection against some serious diseases, so we are trying to find out how we get phenolics from our diet.

"We know that apples are high in phenolics and our research shows that cider apples have a higher phenolic content than dessert apples."

Dr Marks and her colleagues have measured phenolic levels in 19 varieties of English cider apple and 35 types of cider.

They found that some kinds of apple and certain sorts of cider have more of the compounds than others. Factors affecting phenolic concentration are thought to include the age of the fruit, light exposure, growing region and storage conditions.

no wonder the Wurzels are still going. ooo arr ooo arr!

 

[tris-]

tis a shame cider tastes like my ass crack

 

[haarewin]

tis a shame cider tastes like my ass crack

well if thats the case tris-... can i see you later?



have you ever tasted decent cider or scrumpy!?

 

[Lamp]

Magners in ice is quite nice
I always hated cider until someone bought me a pint of iced magners
Lovely on a hot day

 

[liloe]

Good for the fins =)) While I was there we drank lots of Cider, so I guess they must be high on the health-o-meter =)

 

[Aile]

Only time i've ever been sick from drinking was on some cider, not the cheap kind either, can't remember the brand name quite a while back, but its still put me off for life ;D

 

[Lamp]

I used to drink 19% Exhibition cider when I was a student in Bristol. Nasty sweet stuff they were only allowed to sell in half-pints. There was so much vomit, bile, and stomach contents outside the pub - most of it was splashed outside the pub wall or pebbledashed over the poor tree nearby. In the summer the whole place reeked on a saturday night. You came back home with a hard crust of diced carrots on your shoes. Don't wear flip flops there lol

 

[haarewin]

I used to drink 19% Exhibition cider when I was a student in Bristol. Nasty sweet stuff they were only allowed to sell in half-pints. There was so much vomit, bile, and stomach contents outside the pub - most of it was splashed outside the pub wall or pebbledashed over the poor tree nearby. In the summer the whole place reeked on a saturday night. You came back home with a hard crust of diced carrots on your shoes. Don't wear flip flops there lol

at the coronation tap?

 

[Lamp]

at the coronation tap?

Aye !!

 

[haarewin]

Aye !!

my friend was wrecked after a half, bless her.

 

[Infanity]

Magners in ice is quite nice
I always hated cider until someone bought me a pint of iced magners
Lovely on a hot day

We sell a shit load of that at the pub ;] Its a nice refreshing drink!

 

[Litmus]

im gonna live to atleast 180 years old then at the current rate of drinking cider

 

[Amildin]

Only time i've ever been sick from drinking was on some cider, not the cheap kind either, can't remember the brand name quite a while back, but its still put me off for life ;D

White Lightning r your friend!

 

[Outlander]

good stuff

always drunk cider much more than smelly beer eugh

apples ftw!

 

[Twinky]

well if thats the case tris-... can i see you later?



have you ever tasted decent cider or scrumpy!?

rofl rep!

 

[Gamah]

at the coronation tap?

I drunk 10 of those at corrie tap then went to a club and had an absinth, dont remember the rest of the night :> exhibition the flat slightly off tasting cider than will fuck you up proper xD

 

[Morchaoron]

tis a shame cider tastes like my ass crack

you actually 'tasted' your own ass crack?????

 

[pikeh]

from Yahoo News



no wonder the Wurzels are still going. ooo arr ooo arr!

west country cider addict tbh!
im heading that way

 

[haarewin]

west country cider addict tbh!
im heading that way

haha

 

[adoNix]

Cider tastes so bad i can't even describe it.. beer ftw!

 

[Mey]

I love cider.. the other night i drank 4l of scrumpy from those cool looking glass bottles you get at asda sufice to say i was pretty damn fucked, and all for less than 10 quid!

 

[Coldbeard]

Cider is terrible, terrible.

 

[Twinky]

Beer 4thewin!
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