![]() ![]() ![]() They also support findings from the United States, Denmark, and France showing that wine drinkers tend to eat fruit, vegetables, and fish and use cooking oil more often and saturated fat less often than those who prefer other alcoholic drinks. These results indicate that people who buy (and presumably drink) wine purchase a greater number of healthy food items than those who buy beer, say the authors. Beer buyers bought more ready cooked dishes, sugar, cold cuts, chips, pork, butter or margarine, sausages, lamb, and soft drinks than wine buyers. They found that wine buyers bought more olives, fruit and vegetables, poultry, cooking oil, and low fat cheese, milk, and meat than beer buyers. Details of items bought, the number and price of the items, and the total charge for each customer's transaction were recorded. They analysed 3.5 million transactions chosen at random from 98 outlets of two large Danish supermarket chains over a six month period (September 2002 to February 2003).Ĭustomers were categorised as "wine only," "beer only," "mixed," or "non-alcohol" buyers. ![]() To study this theory, researchers in Denmark investigated the link between the purchase of beer and wine and various food items from supermarkets. Some studies have also suggested that wine drinkers have healthier diets than beer or spirits drinkers, and this may explain wine's beneficial effect on health. Studies have shown that drinking wine is associated with lower mortality than drinking beer or spirits. ![]()
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