COPENHAGEN, Denmark, Jan. 21 (UPI) -- Researchers in Denmark find that people who buy wine also buy healthier food and therefore have healthier diets than those who buy beer.
Studies have shown that drinking wine is associated with lower mortality than drinking beer or spirits, but some studies have also suggested that wine drinkers might have have healthier diets.
The Danish researchers analyzed 3.5 million transactions chosen at random from 98 outlets of two large Danish supermarket chains over a six-month period. Customers were categorized as "wine only," "beer only," "mixed," or "non-alcohol" buyers and the number of items bought, the number and price of the items and the total charge for each customer's transaction were recorded.
Wine buyers bought more olives, fruit and vegetables, poultry, cooking oil and low-fat cheese, milk, and meat than beer buyers. Beer buyers bought more ready cooked dishes, sugar, cold cuts, chips, pork, butter or margarine, sausages, lamb and soft drinks than wine buyers.
People who buy wine purchase a greater number of healthy food items than those who buy beer, say the authors in the British Medical Journal.
