BEER AND YOUR HEALTH

Beer is commonly known to have negative effects on persons who consume it in large portions on a regular basis. Conditions like Intoxication/ Impairment, High Blood Pressure, Heart burn and Dehydration are common in excessive beer drinkers. Excessive consumption of beer can impair how a person performs as a parent or partner. It can lead a person to be violent, to spend more time away from home, to leave other family members destitute, or to cause them anxiety, fear and depression. Beer does not have as high an alcohol content as vodka and other alcoholic beverages so the mentioned diseases are lower in beer drinkers verses drinkers of other alcoholic beverages.   However, there are facts that consuming beer in sparing amounts has astonishing benefits. 

 

Beer is rich in many vitamins of the B6 group and in such minerals as magnesium. Barley and hops used in the production of beer are rich in flavonoids, which have powerful antioxidant effects. The National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA) has completed an extensive review of current scientific knowledge about the health effects of moderate alcohol consumption. It found that the lowest death rate from all causes occurs at the level of one to two drinks per day. That is, moderate drinkers have the greatest longevity. 

There is strong evidence that light-to-moderate alcohol consumption has cardio-protective properties. Many research studies demonstrate a lower coronary heart disease incidence among moderate beer drinkers. These moderate drinkers are at lower risk of CHD-related mortality than both heavy drinkers and abstainers. The vitamin B6 in beer also seems to prevent the alcohol-induced rise in blood homocysteine, a probable heart disease risk factor. Consuming beer in moderate amounts may also aid in cholesterol issues and the prevention of kidney stones.