May 12
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You Don’t Have to Go Home, but You Can’t Stay Here
Major cities around the country are throwing their bar closing times into flux in response to budget gaps and public safety concerns.
In Washington D.C., where bars are currently permitted to serve until 2 a.m. on the weekdays and 3 a.m. on the weekends, Mayor Vincent Gray has proposed extending the cutoffs of an hour each in...
May 12
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Does Whiskey Help Cure A Cold?
Gaelic for “water of life,” whiskey has been touted as a cure for everything from toothaches to swine flu. Even the common cold is said to be stymied by whiskey’s magical properties.
So does whiskey help with a cold? Or is it just another excuse for grandpa to take his “medicine?”
Due to a particular production...
May 12
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Understanding How Alcohol Addiction Works
We’ve all heard the addictive properties of cigarettes. We’re told not to have a single one – they’re as addictive as heroine! Well, what about alcohol? What causes us to become addicted, and will simply drinking more lead us toward addiction?
Let’s start with alcohol tolerance. It’s true that the more we drink, the more we...
Apr 12
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Resveratrol Resurrection: A Realistic Review of the Health Benefits of Resveratrol
Whatever happened to Resveratrol, the supposedly magical compound found in grape skins and red wine?
For a while it was big news and even linked to the “French Paradox”, a way to describe how wine-loving Parisians can enjoy a rich and boozy diet with a relatively low incidence of coronary disease. Now, it seems to have fallen...
Apr 12
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Kombucha Comeback
..and Reports of it Containing Too High of an Alcohol Content.
Fans of kombucha, a popular fermented tea laden with stomach-friendly probiotics and other nutrients, will soon have one more choice to make before popping open the fizzy tea: kombucha regular or kombucha ID-required.
GT’s, America’s most popular kombucha brewer, will soon be offering their original kombucha...
