I beg to differ. And if mead was good for my ancestors for the last umphteen centuries (actually, there's strong evidence it was the first alcoholic beverage known to mankind), why would it be bad for me? Yeah, I know. I'm a conservative: I was born in the Middle Ages, and I wanna die in Middle Ages!
...of syphillis, gangrene, dysentery, whooping cough, measles...just changing it for you. :P Did you learn nothing in the medical schools of Al'Medinat???