The Benevolent Federal Bureaucracy in its unending quest to protect the Citizens from themselves rather than concentrating on its Constitutionally mandated mission of protecting citizens from each other has decided that a knowledge of the nutritional value of beer would be detrimental to the well being of the public.

Brewers are the only food processors that are not only not required to provide nutritional information on their product but are forbidden to to do so by the government.

I agree with Jefferson that the principal, if not the only, purpose of government is to prevent or at least dissuade my neighbor from knocking me on the head. Jefferson did have a little trouble with his own philosophy when he became president, but that is another story.

Beer is a valuable food and not only contains many valuable vitamins and minerals but is a principal source of trivalent chromium picolinate. Trivalent chromium picolinate, also known as Glucose Tolerance Factor, is the most efficient form of nutritional chromium.

Chromium works with insulin to regulate the uptake of glucose into cells and the release of energy. A chromium deficiency can not only turn you into a world class couch potato but can also lead to adult onset diabetes.

The nutritional ingredients of Beer as compared to a Mango are:

An RDA for chromium has not been established but it is generally agreed that the average person, whoever that might be, needs 50 mcg of chromium per day. Marathon runners need at least 200 mcg per day to replace loss by uninary excretion.

The only food richer in biologically active chromium than beer is Brewers Yeast. That's the stuff left over when you brew beer.

When Grandpa reached for his Brewers Yeast, that's what he was reaching for. Chromium Picolinate! Grandpa knew what he was doing. Why do you think Grandma was so happy?

A 12 oz beer and a cheeseburger provide 120 mcg of chromium. A little beer also lowers cholesterol and increases HDL but those 150 oz pitchers could be counter productive.