Lard Butt

Some exciting news for those of us who enjoy a nice cold beer: MSNBC today reports that beer just might be good for us, after all!  Nothing better for a Lard Butt than waking up the day after the Super Bowl to read this encouraging news.   There are all sorts of caveats, of course, but here's to beer and to everyone having healthy bones! 

"If you downed one too many while watching the Super Bowl, here's at least one reason to hold your head high: Drinking beer can be good for your health.

But seriously, a new analysis of 100 commercial beers shows the hoppy beverage is a significant source of dietary silicon, a key ingredient for bone health.

Though past research has suggested beer is chockfull of silicon, little was known about how silicon levels varied with the type of beer and malting process used. So a pair of researchers took one for the team and ran chemical analyses on beer's raw ingredients. They also picked up 100 commercial beers from the grocery store and measured the silicon content...":

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/35296759/ns/health-diet_and_nutrition/