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8/30/09

TimesOnline: What's the healthiest way to drink alcohol?

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What's the healthiest way to drink alcohol?

The exact reason why a small daily tipple of beer protects bones is not known, but it may be down to the silicon that it contains, a trace mineral that is particularly easy for our bodies to absorb in the form in which it comes in liquids. Bone is a living tissue made of a protein-based scaffold on to which hard minerals such as calcium and silicon are deposited, like bricks being cemented on to a framework of steel. Having a regular daily supply of easily absorbed silicon could be crucial in maintaining the strength of this “brickwork”. Silicon is also in good supply in Fiji mineral water, and to a lesser extent San Pellegrino, and is also found in foods such as green beans, oats, muesli and melon.

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