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The Bavarian Grill is located at

221 West Parker Rd  Plano, Texas 75023

In the Northwest Corner of US 75, Central Expressway, and West Parker - in the Ruisseau Village Shopping Center

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Neueste Nachrichten - Your newsletter

July 7, 2004

Guten Tag, Gruess Gott and Hallo,

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• 5. Live Musik Schedule

• 6. Your Seasonal Bier Picture: Erdinger Dunkel Weiss

During summer Bavarians enjoy a variety of lighter foods with our signature fresh summer vegetable medley – here are some of your favorites:

      Hühner Salat „Winzer Art”    8.75                           Oven roasted Chicken tossed with fresh grapes, juicy mandarin oranges, poached pear, crisp Romaine lettuce and our low fat yoghurt ranch dressing

Hühnerbrust nach „Gärtnerin Art”   15.25     Breaded Chicken breast stuffed with young summer leeks, diced tomatoes and creamy spinach, on a creamy herb-sauce served with fresh, crisp summer vegetables and potato noodles

Lammkeule nach „Allgäuer Art”    16.75              Herb stuffed, slow roasted sliced leg of Lamb, braised with Dornfelder Rotwein, accompanied by potato noodles and stir-fried summer veggies

 Knuspriger Entenbraten      18.25                                 One half of a Roasted Duck with a crisp, crunchy skin, flavored with our special rotisserie herbs, on its own juices, served with noodles stuffed with garlic-mashed potatoes and the signature fresh summer vegetable medley

 Schweins Haxe nach Bierbrauer Art    18.75         Slow roasted Ham hock, braised with Paulaner Salvator Doppelbock, with a crispy skin, served with our signature summer veggies and potato noodles

Ein frisch gezapftes Weissbier - a freshly poured wheat bier, should go very well with all our Sommer Specials -

You can select from seven different ones on draught and SEVENTEEN different ones in the bottle. And we even teach you how to do the perfect pour.

Gegrillter Lachs   16.25                                       Grilled filet of Salmon on a velvety, fresh Herb-Hollandaise sauce with Potato noodles and a medley of summer vegetables

Und zum Abschluß gibt’s Kirschenmichel  5.75 Back by popular demand: Joseph’s oven-warm Bavarian Breadpudding with a lot of bing cherries and a touch of Kirschwasser on Vanilla sauce

"Kleine Blasmusik"

This talented 10 piece Brass Band will entertain on Saturday in the Bavarian Grill Biergarten -  join us before 7 pm as this show usually sells out, or even better, call us for reservations at  972 881 0705.

Stammtisch for the "Texanische Schuhplattler"

• Over 50 different German Biers 
• Over 20 different German Weins Full International bar
• German and Austrian Shots
• Biergarten Schmanker'l, snacks
• Hitzplotz and
• the Full Restaurant Menu

Your updated Bavarian Grill Seminar Schedule

Bavarian Bier

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Bier Lovers Corner:  Beer and the Cardiovascular System

Beer promotes longevity
According to alcohol researcher Professor Hans Hoffmeister, “There is no longer any scientific doubt about the beneficial effects of moderate alcohol consumption on an individual’s risk factors, diseases, and longevity.”

The effects of moderate beer consumption are particularly positive on the cardiovascular system. This is significant because cardiovascular diseases rank among the leading causes of death in industrialized societies in both Europe and North America. In fact, moderate beer consumption can lower the statistical risks of heart disease and circulatory ailments for each individual and thus reduce the mortality rate for the society at large.

Simply put: The person who drinks beer in moderation lives longer!

Why is this so?
To answer this question, we need to distinguish two effects of the consumption of alcohol:

First, regular moderate beer consumption has a particularly beneficial effect on the heart and overall cardiovascular system. If taken in modest doses, alcohol is a blood thinner — much like aspirin. It breaks up deposits of blood platelets along the arterial walls and stimulates the so-called fibrinolytic system. As a result, miniscule blood clots tend to be dissolved more quickly and may not become major problems.

Second, alcohol increases the amount of HDL-cholesterol (high-density lipoprotein) in the blood stream. HDL is the “good” cholesterol that helps to protect arterial and venous walls.

About "good" and "bad" cholesterol
Many studies in several countries have shown that the level of HDL-cholesterol increases with increased alcohol consumption. The positive linkage, therefore, between high HDL-cholesterol values and a significantly reduced risk of myocardial infarction, coronary atherosclerosis, and other coronary and cardiovascular events, is well established and has been known for some time.

Heart attacks and strokes are often the result of arteriosclerosis, a disease that occurs when cholesterol deposits have been accumulating on arterial walls for years. These deposits narrow the passage for blood flow and stiffen the arteries. A heart attack occurs when arteries lose their elasticity and become so clogged (thrombosis) that the heart muscle is no longer supplied with the needed blood flow. When an artery that supplies the brain is blocked, the result is an ischemic stroke, which accounts for 85 percent of all strokes.

A cholesterol test generates two values: a LDL-value (low-density lipoprotein) and an HDL-value (high-density lipoprotein). Lipoproteins are carrier substances that transport cholesterol and fats through the blood stream. They ensure that the body’s cells are supplied with an adequate amount of cholesterol and that any excess cholesterol is excreted.

In this arrangement, LDL is responsible for the transportation of cholesterol to the cells, while HDL is responsible for the removal of surplus cholesterol away from the cells. An excessively large proportion of LDL, therefore, accelerates cholesterol deposits in the arteries, while a relatively high amount of HDL cleanses the arteries and reduces such deposits. A high cholesterol value, therefore, is “bad” only if it is an LDL-value. A high HDL-value, on the other hand, is a “good” sign. In other words, LDL (the “bad cholesterol”) promotes arteriosclerosis and the attendant risk of heart attack or stroke, while HDL (the “good cholesterol”) promotes cardiovascular health.

Homocysteine
Homocysteine is another material in the blood stream that is gaining increasing attention by medical scientists, because it, too, has been shown to be a substantial risk indicator for the early development of arteriosclerosis and its well-known complications of heart attacks, strokes, peripheral circulatory blockages, thromboses and embolisms. To reduce these risks, doctors now recommend vitamins B6 and B12 as well a folic acid, all of which are found in beer. This means that regular and moderate beer consumption can reduce this risk factor.

As an aside, wine does not contain these vitamins and, therefore, cannot affect the risk factors associated with homocysteine! On the contrary, studies have shown that wine consumption can lead to an increase in the level of homocysteine.

Beer is the only alcoholic beverage that can actively lower risks associated with homocysteine!

In the next issue:  HDL – the good cholesterol in the Augsburg test

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Learn more about Pilsner style Bier on August 5 in Bavarian Bier 103!