US wants you to know the kick in your beer
I’ve become an obsessive label-reader.
You know the type – you might be one, too. When grocery-shopping, I scour bread labels for the loaf with an extra gram of fiber. I read ingredient lists on almost everything, trying to avoid added preservatives, artificial junk or copious amounts of calories and fat.
Unfortunately for me and legions of others who care about what they eat and drink, beer companies are required to provide pitifully little information about what’s inside their bottles.
The federal government and alcohol-industry lobbyists have been quibbling for more than a decade over what to include on beer, wine and hard-liquor labels.
Weve all heard that musical training gives students an edge in the classroom, and just yesterday I wrote about the positive emotional effects of experiencing art, but researchers have yet another reason to become a true renaissance woman. A new study published in the online journal PLoS One states that those who know how to play musical instruments stay younger and healthier for longer. Arent you wishing you paid closer attention during tuba practice in high school now? Or, even better, joined that dorky marching band?
