| The Health Benefits of Beer | | | | vegetables, fruits, black and green teas, and wine, |
| | | | | are present in beer as well. |
| Each year more and more studies are being done on | | | | |
| the health benefits of beer. While red wine drinkers | | | | In another study that lasted for twelve years, both |
| have been bragging for some time about the | | | | light and moderate use of beer lowered the risk of |
| benefits of their choice of alcohol, it now seems that | | | | diabetes by thirty-six percent. Consuming beer at |
| beer drinkers will finally get their turn in the spotlight. | | | | moderate levels is connected to a reduction in insulin |
| It is now proven that moderate alcohol consumption | | | | resistance. |
| is good for heart health, no matter whether you | | | | |
| drink beer or wine. | | | | In addition, moderate beer consumption is connected |
| | | | | to an improvement in memory and thinking abilities. It |
| The good news is that moderately consuming alcohol | | | | is hoped that this improvement can help protect |
| is beneficial for your heart. Moderate drinkers lessen | | | | people from ischemic stroke, which is responsible for |
| their risk of heart attacks and heart disease, | | | | eighty-percent of all stoke cases. It is also possible |
| compared to people who don’t drink at all or | | | | that the same levels of moderate drinking can help |
| those who are heavy drinkers. For equal amounts of | | | | protect us from Alzheimer’s disease and other |
| alcohol, beer has double the antioxidants of white | | | | causes of dementia. |
| wine, and the antioxidants may be able to be | | | | |
| absorbed by the body quicker than those of red | | | | One study conducted at the University of Wisconsin |
| wine. Beer contains neither fat nor cholesterol. | | | | found that these benefits associated with moderate |
| | | | | beer consumption, were more present in dark beers |
| Moderate consumption of alcohol is defined as two | | | | than light beers. Guinness stout, for example, has |
| drinks a day for men and one drink each day for | | | | very high levels of flavonoids. These flavonoids were |
| women. Moderate drinkers lowered their risk of heart | | | | also present in a number of fruits and vegetables but |
| disease by from between thirty and sixty percent | | | | not as much in lighter beers. Guinness stout lowered |
| even those who were considered high risk because | | | | bad cholesterol levels, and was twice as effective as |
| of a previous heart attack, heart disease, or diabetes. | | | | Heineken, a lighter beer in lowering substances |
| In other studies, beer helped people build bone mass. | | | | connected to clogged arteries. |
| This is thought to be because of beer’s silicon | | | | |
| content. | | | | While many people have believed for years that beer |
| | | | | was as effective as wine in its many health benefits, |
| Beer contains large amounts of antioxidants which | | | | now these theories are being proven by scientific |
| prevent cell damage that leads to certain cancers and | | | | fact. But while these benefits are tied to moderate |
| heart disease. The antioxidants come from the hops | | | | consumption of alcohol, they are not tired to over |
| and malt used in beer brewing. Other antioxidants, | | | | consumption. That means that drinking twice as much |
| known as polyphenols, which are also found in | | | | is not twice as good for you. |
