What to drink with a Swiss cheese fondue

There are conflicting claims about the pros and cons of drinking alcoholic beverages with food, especially high fat and high energy meals such as cheese fondue. A team from the University Hospital of Zurich studied 20 people who drank either wine or black tea with this famous Swiss dish, followed by kirsch schnapps or water as a digestive. Find out more about their randomised controlled crossover trial in this nine minute video, which is also available in German.

Read about the science behind the video in the paper, Effect on gastric function and symptoms of drinking wine, black tea, or schnapps with a Swiss cheese fondue

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