Spirits: Real Men Don't Drink Bourbon?

The startling study was enough to drive men to drink. According to a report released last week by the Alcohol, Drug Abuse and Mental Health Administration, bourbon, America's beloved corn squeezings, contains female-type sex hormones that may be responsible for the "feminized" appearanceĀ—enlarged breasts and beardless facesĀ—of some alcoholic men. The culprit, wrote Judith Gavaler, a Medical Researcher at the University of Pittsburgh, may be phytoes- trogen, a female-type hormone found in corn.

"I grabbed my head to see if my hair was still there," said Art Hancock, Executive Vice President of Jack Daniel Distillery, theTennessee...

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