| Here is what is true: Beer, especially home brewed | | | | found that home brewed beer contains the vitamin |
| beer (due to it having no artificial colors or flavors, | | | | B6, which prevents the build-up of the amino acid |
| and no preservatives), can help when it comes to | | | | homocysteine (these have been linked to causing |
| your health. Like apples, you could say, "A beer a day | | | | heart and vascular disease). |
| keeps the doctor away!" | | | | 5. Home brewed beer contains no fat and no bad |
| Following are the eight ways that home brewed beer | | | | cholesterol. Drink it guilt free! |
| is healthy for you: | | | | 6. Drinking beer (brewed at home) helps promote |
| 1. Studies have shown beer to increase HDL ("good" | | | | blood vessel dilation, sleep, and eases urination in |
| cholesterol) and decrease the occurrence of blood | | | | elderly people. |
| clots. | | | | 7. Beer is a proven stress reliever and sleep inducer. |
| 2. In May of '99, the University of Texas | | | | Nothing like relaxing with a glass of delicious beer you |
| Southwestern Medical Center found that moderate | | | | brewed yourself. In fact, the very act of making |
| beer drinking would lower the drinker's chances of | | | | beer is relaxing. |
| getting coronary heart disease by 30% - even | | | | 8. Beer increases vitamin B6 absorption into the blood |
| upwards of 40%. | | | | plasma by 30% - no other beverage can do this! |
| 3. "The New England Journal of Medicine" reported in | | | | Now you have another reason to finally begin |
| their November '99 issue that moderate beer drinkers | | | | brewing your own beer at home. It's not only tastier |
| would decrease the chances of their suffering a | | | | and cheaper than any commercial beer, it's also |
| stroke by a full 20%. | | | | healthy for you. Salute! |
| 4. The TNO Nutrition and Food Research Institute | | | | |
