There's Good News :) ...and Bad News :(

Let's get this out of the way first: neither the good nor the bad news has anything to do with Brett Favre's imminent return/retirement. This is a serious blog, and I'm talking about life and death here...for women.
WE all know that chocolate has health benefits, especially dark chocolate. At least, most of us expound on the theory while munching that Godiva stuff. Now, there is a study which corroborates that information, at least for women.
A study done in Sweden recently released indicates that women between the ages of 48 and 83 who consumed 2 servings of chocolate sized between 19-30g every week had a 32% reduction in their risk for heart failure. The study was conducted over a nine-year period and involved 32,000 women. As of yet, there is no real evidence to prescribe the same regimen for younger women or men, but, hey, it makes sense!
Now for the bad news: really bad news for Wisconsin women. It seems that a recent study published in the Archives of Dermatology in Boston indicates that women who drink five glasses of beer a week run a 2.3 times greater risk of developing psoriasis than those who teetotal. The study was conducted from 1991-2005 and utilized 82,000 nurses. This is not good news since five beers a week is just warming up here in the dairy state.
However, for you wine drinkers, the good news just keeps on coming: it's only beer that has this effect: wine and other spirits do not seem to have the psoriasis effect. Whew!
You may now return to the merlot and the Old.Fashioneds
And for those of you who are dismayed? A gluten-free diet is recommended.
Check it out.