“There is everything healthy about beer,” said Alexis Nasard, chief commercial officer for the Dutch brewing giant.
Nasard argued that beer has fewer calories than milk and contains no additives.
“Beer has much less calories than many things you can think about… Beer has fewer calories than a glass of milk,” he said.
“The other thing is beer is one of the few drinks that is purely natural; it is water, hops, barley and yeast, which is quite healthy.”
Nasard’s comments were reminiscent of Guinness’s famed advertising slogan, “Guinness is good for you,” dating from the 1920s. Pregnant women and nursing mothers were encouraged to drink Guinness for its reputedly high iron content.
So drink up.
