Guinness IS Good For You

Research at the University of Wisconsin (which, I suspect, was intended to reveal health benefits in American beers) shows that 24 ounces of Guinness a day is as good as an aspirin for preventing heart attacks.

In England, post-operative patients used to be given Guinness, as were blood donors, because of its high iron content.

Pregnant women and nursing mothers were at one stage advised to drink Guinness - the present advice is against this.