The Beer World

The Good and Bad of Alcohol Consumption. (international beers)

By Kevin Phillips

 Although an alcoholic beer is a drink that involves alcohol, this alone does not make it in anyway hazardous to your own wellbeing. Drinking beer excessively is what will give you a hangover, headache, and additional dangerous health issues like toxic poisoning. If you just drink beer in moderation and manage to avert getting drunk, you will not experience any future issues with your wellbeing.

One of the regular things folk say in relation to beer, is that it may make you fat, hence the well-known phrase “beer belly”. As a whole though, beer includes tiny to zero fat content, and a lot of beer diets are obtainable out there that you can employ to help keep you lightweight. The infamous beer belly is caused by drinking extreme amounts of alcohol, that in turn affects the body�s knack to burn up fat. Even though beer can lead to a “beer belly” if you consume way too much of it, if you just drink in moderation you ought to be just fine.

Even though beer is extremely low in sugar, it may affect your sugar levels inside the blood. Beer includes alcohol, which may be liable for reducing the natural level of sugar in your blood flow, leading to lower energy levels. If you consume a lot of beer, you will get drained and pass out. Alcohol in beer also lowers your insulin levels as well, which makes it good for non-diabetics, as it reduces the danger of arteriosclerosis.

Past investigation has also linked beer with dropping the risk for heart disease. Beer includes zero cholesterol, although it can have slight antioxidant qualities that may decrease LDL oxidation, which may additionally aid in reducing your possibility of heart disease. Beer is surprisingly additionally an exceptional source of fiber (honest!), stemming from the malted barley in it (although this is additionally what may make a hangover worse). Beer can also aid to lower stress levels, if you consume it in moderation, but just puts it on hold if you drink to overindulgence.

To acquire all the health benefits which beer may well provide, you ought to just consume one beer a day. You ought to not consume any more than this, as it may very easily lead to future health problems. Alcohol does thin the blood, and this is what may possibly protect your heart and lower the danger of strokes, although it is not a treatment of any kind. Past investigation has even publicized moderate consumption of alcohol may possibly just aid with improving your memory, although too much beer destroys brain cells.

Beer is also nutritious in a mysterious way, although it will wipe out your levels of vitamin C, hence the reason you take vitamin C with a hangover. Beer is a beneficial source of other minerals, such as magnesium, potassium, and several B vitamins such as B1, B2, B3, B5, B6, B9, and B12. Beer includes relatively high levels of these vitamins, along with numerous other minerals that are usually good for your body.

When it all comes down to it, beer generally includes over 95% water, yet it still acts as a diuretic (makes you pee a lot), and the hangover is part dehydration, that is why you ought to consume a lot of water, especially when you get home from your evening out.

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Is Beer Healthy?

By Dr. Beer Dr. Beer

 Many of us love to relax with a tall beer glass after a long hard day, but there are constant warnings in the media about poor health effects. Recently though, studies have shown that beer can produce nearly all the same benefits as drinking wine. Whether you prefer ales, lagers, stout, bitter or wheat beers, studies show that one drink a day for women or up to two drinks a day for men will reduce your chances of strokes, heart disease, and some forms of cancer; three of the most pervasive and deadly conditions in the United States.

The study revealed that those who had one beer per week compared with those who drank one beer per day experienced no variance in reducing stroke risks. However, those who were, in general, light to moderate drinkers decreased their chances of suffering a stroke by 20%. Even further, research at Southwestern Medical Center demonstrated that those who drink one to two beers a day (at the most) have a 30-40% lower rate of coronary heart disease compared to those who dont drink at all.

The reasons: Beer contains a similar amount of polyphenols (antioxidants) as red wine and 4-5 times as many polyphenols as white wine. Furthermore, it does not contain cholesterol. In fact, some say it helps in reducing the LDL or “bad cholesterol” level thereby reducing the chances of heart attack and stroke. It can also acts as a stress buster if consumed in proper dosages.

Beer also has some ingredients that assist in prevention of certain forms of Cancer. For example, Xanthohumol, a prenylflavonoid derived from hops, is known to prevent cancer. Its use is considered to be a preventative treatment against prostate and colon cancer and even may be a form of hormone therapy for women. In a recent study conducted by researchers at the Linus Pauling Institute at Oregon State University in Corvallis, drinking beer was shown to have potential promise in preventing prostate cancer and prostate enlargement.

Beer is also said to have vitamin content. Though this may come as a surprise, there is indeed merit to it. Beer is rich in fiber. It contains substantial amounts of phosphorus, potassium, magnesium, B12 inotisol, B9 (folate), B6 (pyridoxin), B5 (pantothenic acid), B3 (niacin), B2 (riboflavin), B1 (thiamine). Unfortunately though, it can damage Vitamin C.

Ultimately, beer is not harmful if consumed in moderation. And we mean real moderation like 1-2 beer glasses a day, not rationalized, “excuse moderation”. It can have a relaxing effect on the body thereby reducing stress and helping you sleep better. It can help to prevent heart disease, improve blood circulation, promote blood vessel dilation, yep, you guessed it, assist in urination.

Let’s get real though. The term moderation is the centerpiece of all of the above research, and not meant to be tossed aside under the pretense of “Beer is Healthy!…Let’s Go Drinking!”. Beer consumption has very real and dire health consequences for those who abuse it. Frequent overconsumption of any alcohol, including beer, is horrible for your body. This, combined with the unfortunate number of alcohol related accidents, shows that beer is not something to abuse!

But on a lighter note…we have learned that beer does have some interesting qualities that can actually provide measurable health benefits when consumed in moderation. As such…we should feel proud in celebrating beer for all that it is. To do this, we go to BEEROCITY.com. They have all the beer glasses, bar furniture, and bar games you need to celebrate beer in your own personal way. I built my entire home bar at BEEROCITY.com, equipped with my Dallas Cowboys beer glasses, Led Zeppelin bar stools, my Blue Moon pub table, my dearest Keg-O-Rator, and of course the Redwing bar mirrors. What better place to perform my own beer health research. Cheers!

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