| For quite some time now we've known that drinking | | | | more vitamin B in their system but those drinking red |
| red wine can have certain health benefits and having | | | | wine had only 15%. |
| a glass with supper every so often isn't such a bad | | | | At Tufts University study on beer consumption |
| thing. But what If you're the type of person that | | | | suggests that beer can help preserve bone mineral |
| prefers a cold glass of beer with your dinner? Lucky | | | | density. And Harvard University published a study In |
| for you recent studies suggest that beer may be | | | | the New England Journal of Medicine citing that |
| good for you to! | | | | moderate consumption of beer helped preserve |
| Just like wine, beer may have certain health benefits | | | | mental abilities in older women. |
| when consumed in moderation. Of course they both | | | | The European Journal of clinical nutrition reported In |
| contain alcohol and there is plenty of evidence to | | | | 2001 that beer drinking had good effects on folate |
| suggest that moderate alcohol consumption can be | | | | levels which are thought to help fight cardiovascular |
| beneficial to your health. iIn fact, it has been | | | | disease. |
| associated with higher HDL cholesterol which is a | | | | But beer drinking is not without its downside. Women |
| good type of cholesterol you want to have more of | | | | who are pregnant or nursing should not drink alcohol |
| in your body. moderate alcohol consumers also have | | | | as this can be harmful to the fetus or newborn. Beer |
| less fibrinogen which can cause clotting that can lead | | | | has about 150 to 450 calories per glass depending on |
| to thrombosis and stroke. | | | | which kind you drink so drinking a lot of may cause |
| In some recent studies including one at the Institute | | | | weight gain. Then again, these studies prove health |
| of Epidemiology at the University of Muenster,it has | | | | benefits with moderate consumption so drinking a |
| been suggested that moderate beer drinking can help | | | | light beer every now and then probably won't add |
| reduce coronary disease. This is because alcohol | | | | pounds to your size. |
| tends to lower your Income levels which then | | | | If you are beer drinker anyone experience of these |
| reduces the risk of hardening of the arteries | | | | health benefits it's probably best to limit yourself to |
| (atherosclerosis). | | | | one or two classes per day. Just like wine, there are |
| The benefits of drinking beer accent beyond the | | | | many interesting varieties that you can try out and |
| benefits that you get from alcohol. In a study by the | | | | you're sure to find something that will please your |
| Dutch TNO Nutrition and Food Research Institute it | | | | palate as well as improve your health. |
| was noted that people who drank beer gained 30% | | | | |
