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

[Tuan V Nguyen <t.nguyen@garvan.unsw.edu.au>]

Hello La^m and folks, 

>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.

        Chao o^i! gi` ma` "ma^'y li't". Nghe la` muo^'n 
"xi?n" ro^`i! theo to^i bie^'t thi` mo^~i nga`y chi? 1 ly 
ma` tho^i va` ne^'u cu+' dde^`u dde^`u nhu+ va^.y thi` OK.

>
> 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?

        To^i kho^ng da'm no'i the^m ve^` vu. na`y vi` chu+a 
co' dda^`y ddu? evidence. Nhu+ng theo tinh tha^`n "ngu+`a 
be^.nh ho+n tri. be^.nh" va` theo current literature thi` 
kho^ng ne^n.

	Ru+o+.u vang cu?a DDu+'c cu~ng ngon la('m, pha?i 
kho^ng La^m? 

	Tua^'n V Nguyen


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