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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

September 16, 2004

Guten Tag, Gruess Gott and Hallo,

Bring the family to Bavaria for OKTOBERFEST!

And always in the sidebar:

• 5. Live Musik Schedule

• 6. Your Seasonal Bier Picture: Spaten Oktoberfest

 And you can choose from 13 different side dishes every day!

We have an air- conditioned Bier Garten, or join us outside for a nice balmy Texas evening! And Stein Hour starts at 4 pm every day we are open!

Teddy Bear Mountain at Bavarian Gifts and Souvenirs

"Kleine Blasmusik"

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

Enjoy the Bavarian Oktoberfest "All you can eat Buffet" in the Bier Garten for only $ 15.75 per person.

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 new Bavarian Grill Gift Shop -

 Bavarian Gifts and Souvenirs

will open Friday, September 17 at 4 pm.

Bring a copy of this Neueste Nachrichten and you will receive a $ 2.00 Discount on any purchase over $ 10.

 Bavarian Bier Seminar

German Wein

Please call 972 881 0705 for reservations.

Bier Lovers Corner:  Bier and your health

Bier and the Liver

Alcohol consumption, of course, affects not only the cardiovascular system, but other organs of the body as well. Obviously, the liver, which is the organ that reduces blood alcohol, is the one that needs to be considered carefully in any discussion of the physiological effects of alcohol. There is no doubt that the liver can become damaged permanently if an individual abuses alcohol. The damage that excessive alcohol consumption can do to the liver is called cirrhosis of the liver. But how does the liver deal with moderate amounts of alcohol?

Medical science has determined that an effective way to answer this question is to measure the amount of gamma-glutamyl transpeptidase (GGT) in a person’s body. GGT is an enzyme that plays an important role in regulating oxidative processes in the body. Because GGT levels can go up or down with the demands a person’s alcohol intake puts on the liver, we can rephrase the question about healthy versus unhealthy alcohol consumption by asking how much alcohol can a person consume without triggering a significant increase in GGT-values. To come to grips with this question, medical science has developed an intricate mathematical model based on clinical studies. The model takes several factors into account. Importantly, it shows that GGT-values are affected not just by the absolute amount of alcohol in our drinks but also by its relative concentration. The differences are particularly noticeable when the effects on the body of standard hard liquors, such as brandy, gin, scotch, rum, or vodka, are compared with those of light beers.

For the average male, the consumption threshold before a significant rise in GGT-levels is 26.3 grams (0.93 ounces avoirdupois) of pure alcohol per day from hard liquor. To put this into perspective, 0.93 U.S. ounces by weight of pure alcohol amount to 1.2 U.S. fluid ounces, or about 35 milliliters. Assuming a standard 40% alcohol content by volume in hard liquor, the GGT-threshold is exceeded once a person drinks more than about 3 fluid ounces (roughly 90 milliliters) of hard liquor per day.

These same studies also showed, however, that the average male has a much higher GGT-threshold if he consumes all of his alcohol in the form of light beer instead of 40% hard liquor. The light beer drinker can absorb 41 grams (almost 1.5 ounces avoirdupois or approximately 1.8 U.S. fluid ounces) of alcohol per day without triggering an increase in GGT-values. Thus, the average male can replace 3 ounces of vodka, for instance, with 56.25 fluid ounces (almost 1.7 liters) of light beer at an alcohol content by volume of 3.2%. Translated into commercial-size containers, he can drink 4.7 standard U.S. 12-ounce (0.355-liter) bottles of beer per day without causing his liver any harm ... a quantity that happily also falls into the range (40 grams or about 1.7 U.S. fluid ounces of beer-derived alcohol per day) at which alcohol consumption has beneficial effects on cardiovascular health.

In the next issue:  Other Health Effects of Moderate Beer Consumption