| Is beer a health drink? Binge drinking aside, in | | | | coronary heart disease by over 30%. Very |
| moderation beer actually has healthful results. Studies | | | | impressive! |
| reported below point out many benefits from drinking | | | | -"The New England Journal of Medicine" reported (in |
| beer. Home brewed beer is even better than | | | | November, 1999) that moderate beer drinking |
| commercial beer because it has no artificial colors, | | | | decreases the probability of suffering a stroke by |
| additives, preservatives or flavors. | | | | 20%. |
| Benefits | | | | -The TNO Nutrition and Food Research Institute |
| Here are only a few of the ways that home brewed | | | | discovered that homebrewed beer contains vitamin |
| beer is good for you: | | | | B6, which prevents the accumulation of the amino |
| -The University of Texas Southwestern Medical | | | | acid homocysteine (linked to causing vascular and |
| Center reported (in May, 1999) that moderate beer | | | | heart disease). Beer aids vitamin B6 absorption into |
| drinking lessenslowers the chances of getting | | | | the blood plasma by 30%. |
