Re: Beer is good for you (fwd) and smoking

[Hong Lam Vu <vuh000@goofy.zdv.Uni-Mainz.de>]

Ba'c Tua^'n o+i,

Ba'c que^n kho^ng no'i mo^~i nga`y ne^n uo^'ng ma^'y li't ruo+.u vang thi`
to^'t.

 Nhu+ng ma` ddau bao tu+? va` ddau gan thi` cha('c va^~n kho^ng ne^n
uo^'ng ruo+.u vang ba'c nhi?

Cheers,
La^m.


On Wed, 26 Feb 1997, Tuan V Nguyen wrote:

> Hello folks, 
> 
> 	I am not sure (if not to say doubtful) whether 
> beer is good for you, but I do hear and read that red 
> wine is good for your health in general. My own research 
> and my colleagues' works here and a body of credible 
> medical literature indicate that MODERATE intake of red 
> wine seems to (a) prolong your life; (b) make your bone 
> stronger and (c) reduce the risk of cardiovascular 
> diseases. 
> 
> 	The problem is that drinking almost always goes 
> with smoking. Smoking IS, on the other hand, bad for 
> your health. Despite some ludicrous claims, smoking 
> definitely has deleterious effects on almost every organ 
> in your body. It is no wonder that we have medical 
> societies which are friendly to the wine industry, but 
> not to the tobacco industry.
> 
> 	The sad fact is that multinational tobacco 
> companies, while have been "chased" by Western 
> governments, are increasingly setting their market base 
> in countries like Vietnam and China. I feel even sicker 
> after seeing our national tobacco company join in 
> welcoming them to our soil. These multinational 
> companies are trying exploit our social habits and 
> introduce a very deadly agent to our population. 
> 
> 	Sometimes, I am wondering whether our ancestors 
> knew something which we don't when they said "Nam vo^ 
> tu+?u nhu+ ky` vo^ phong". However, by now we do know 
> that "ddie^'u thuo^'c la` dda^`u ca^u chuye^.n" is no 
> longer appropriate.
> 
> 
> 	T V Nguyen
> 
> 
>