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