Why Beer May Be Good For You

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