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Health Ad Forbidden in Beer Case
Posted by Dr. Gifford Jones on Aug 9, 2010 at 09:38 PM
Beer, Good Health
What’s in a bottle of beer? 99.9 per cent of my beer-drinking friends didn’t realize that beer contains health benefits. A Canadian brewer agreed that distributing information about the contents of this popular drink in beer cases would be beneficial. He also agreed that it must be stressed that excessive alcohol consumption causes serious health problems. But he soon learned the government forbids beer companies to claim any health benefits of any kind.
It’s an asinine law. The government allows food companies to promote all sorts of junk foods that trigger a variety of degenerative diseases. It does nothing to stop pharmaceutical companies from advertising medications that are often not needed and that can kill.
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