Australians have know this for ages (Score 1)

Beer here is counted as "poor food"... which is approxiamatley the same catagory a McDonald's Cheeseburger is in if you scrape off the pickles. Fosters even has section of their web page devoted to the nutritional/health aspects of beer within a healthy diet: http://www.fosters.com.au/beer/about/nutritional/b eer_health.asp