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[[Image:Duvel beer.jpg|thumb|right|300px|Belgian bottled beer]]'''Beer''' is an [[alcoholic drink]] produced through [[fermentation]] of [[sugar]]s derived primarily from [[malt|malted grains]].  The primary [[grain]] used is usually malted [[barley]], although some styles of beer use malted [[wheat]] or [[oats]] as the primary grain.  '''''Beer [[addiction]] is a primary cause of [[obesity]]''''', as the average [[American]] adult consumes the caloric equivalent of more than 10 pounds in beer per year (one six-pack per week). In 2022, beer sales in the [[U.S.]] declined by 3.1%.<ref>https://www.aol.com/finance/anchor-brewing-halting-operations-127-153215944.html</ref>  '''''Beer makes a drinker crave eating more, which puts on weight'''''.  Beer and other alcohol is even more harmful to women, who have less body water (which dissolves alcohol) than men.<ref>https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2021/06/09/1003980966/women-now-drink-as-much-as-men-and-suffer-health-effects-more-quickly</ref>

[[Image:Duvel beer.jpg|thumb|right|300px|Belgian bottled beer]]'''Beer''' is an [[alcoholic drink]] produced through [[fermentation]] of [[sugar]]s derived primarily from [[malt|malted grains]].  The primary [[grain]] used is usually malted [[barley]], although some styles of beer use malted [[wheat]] or [[oats]] as the primary grain.  '''''Beer [[addiction]] is a primary cause of [[obesity]]''''', as the average [[American]] adult consumes the caloric equivalent of more than 10 pounds in beer per year (one six-pack per week). In 2022, beer sales in the [[U.S.]] declined by 3.1%.<ref>https://www.aol.com/finance/anchor-brewing-halting-operations-127-153215944.html</ref>  '''''Beer makes a drinker crave eating more, which puts on weight'''''.  Beer and other alcohol are even more harmful to women, who have less body water (which dissolves alcohol) than men.<ref>https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2021/06/09/1003980966/women-now-drink-as-much-as-men-and-suffer-health-effects-more-quickly</ref>

Experts recommend against having more than 2 beers '''''per week'''''.  For nearly a century beginning with the end of [[Prohibition]], the beer industry has been all-powerful in [[American]] politics and the [[liberal media]].  But the foreign takeover of Anheuser-Busch to become [[AB InBev]], the surpassing of [[Bud Light]] by a Mexican beer as #1 in sales, the takeover of pro sports by the [[gambling]] industry, and the rise of women voters who do not drink beer all add up to the demise of beer [[lobbying]] strength and political influence.

Experts recommend against having more than 2 beers '''''per week'''''.  For nearly a century beginning with the end of [[Prohibition]], the beer industry has been all-powerful in [[American]] politics and the [[liberal media]].  But the foreign takeover of Anheuser-Busch to become [[AB InBev]], the surpassing of [[Bud Light]] by a Mexican beer as #1 in sales, the takeover of pro sports by the [[gambling]] industry, and the rise of women voters who do not drink beer all add up to the demise of beer [[lobbying]] strength and political influence.