Beer vs. Wine

via Catch.
Researchers at The University of Western Ontario have found one drink of beer or wine provides equivalent increases in plasma antioxidant activity, which helps prevent the oxidization of blood plasma by toxic free radicals that trigger many aging diseases, such as cancer, diabetes, heart disease and cataracts.
The study will be published in the journal Nonlinearity in Biology, Toxicology and Medicine this December.
This study warms my heart. Apparently the researchers were surprised by the results, but speculate that even though wine contains far higher levels of polyphenols than beer, the human body is only able to effectively absorb a small amount of polyphenols.
Here's the link.