Thanks to SciScoop.com, I found out that beer contains compounds that fight certain cancers. I will herewith drink more beer.

My ancestors who came to New England on the Mayflower stopped at Plymouth Rock, not because it was a good anchorage, but because they were forced to come ashore when they ran out of beer. The Native American they found there, who translated with the local Indians, Squanto, came to John Alden, my 18th or so great grandfather. His first words to the white man were “Do you have beer?”

So you see, beer is my heritage.