Do you usually drink a beer once in a while?
No need to feel guilty though!
Contrary to what one might think, drink moderately beer is good for your health.
Yes, it's not just wine that has health benefits!
Indeed, scientific studies have shown that beer can also have some interesting benefits.
Beer protects the heart, boosts your immune system, protects your bones, and much more.
Obviously, here we are talking about drinking beer moderately , namely a maximum of one beer for a woman and up to two for a man.
Discover now the 10 health benefits of beer:
In general, it is said that wine is good for the heart. But beer also helps reduce the risk of cardiovascular disease.
Indeed, Italian researchers have found that moderate beer drinkers have a 42% lower risk of heart disease compared to non-drinkers.
For maximum protection, do not exceed one pint per day at approximately 5 degrees of alcohol.
According to a study published in the journal Consciousness and Cognition , drinking a beer or two won't make you smarter, but it does boost your creativity.
Here is an experiment conducted to arrive at this conclusion. 40 men watched a movie with blanks in the dialogue.
Those who drank a beer (containing 0.75 degrees of alcohol) managed to find the missing words a few seconds faster than their sober counterparts.
Dutch researchers analyzed the health of 38,000 men.
They found that light drinkers who started drinking moderately within the past 4 years were less likely to be diagnosed with type 2 diabetes.
Moderation is still in order! Indeed, increased alcohol consumption does not reduce this risk in men. 2 beers a day are sufficient.
So, know how to stay serious :-)
If you've never had kidney stones, then consider yourself lucky! It's something you wouldn't wish on anyone.
Finnish researchers have found that drinking beer daily lowers the risk of developing kidney stones by 40%.
Researchers can not yet exactly explain the why and how. But they think that a high fluid intake makes it possible to urinate more often, thus keeping the kidneys active.
Also, they claim that the hops in beer could be responsible for this, as they help slow down the release of calcium from the bone.
It is this calcium that is then reabsorbed by the kidneys and produces those famous kidney stones.
According to a Spanish study, beer can also speed up physical recovery after a workout.
To reach this conclusion, the researchers asked their subjects to train until their body temperature reached around 40 degrees. Then they rehydrated them with beer or water.
The results are clear:those who drank a post-workout pint of beer are slightly more hydrated than those who drank water.
Beer is like a distorting mirror.
British researchers have proven that the more beer you drink, the more beautiful you feel!
In a second study, researchers asked participants who had consumed an alcoholic beverage to give a speech.
When asked to rate the beauty, intelligence, and humor of their speeches, those who drank gave themselves more positive self-assessments.
A Guinness a day could save you from making an appointment with the ophthalmologist.
Indeed, Canadian researchers have discovered that a daily beer, particularly a Lager or Stout, increases antioxidant activity, which reduces the risk of having cataracts.
Warning: scientists also found the opposite effect in participants who drank 3 or more glasses a day. So as usual, what is important is moderation.
High blood pressure can be responsible for a range of health problems.
But beer can reduce this risk of hypertension, as scientific studies suggest.
Indeed, in an American study, Harvard researchers found that moderate beer drinkers are less likely to develop high blood pressure than those who sip wine or cocktails.
Drinking one or two glasses of beer a day can boost your immune system and fight infections, according to a study from the University of Health &Science in Oregon in the United States.
Here is how this study was done. Scientists vaccinated monkeys against smallpox.
They then gave some of the primates beer, while others got sugar water instead.
Well, monkeys that drank beer moderately responded better to vaccines than those that drank the sugary substance.
At the same time, animals that drank a lot of beer had poorer responses to vaccines than those that kept the drink under control.
Forget the bad breaks, because a few beers a day could actually strengthen your bones, according to a study by Tufts University in the United States.
In fact, people who drink one or two beers a day have up to 4.5% greater bone density than non-drinkers.
But be careful, because by drinking more than two beers a day, bone density is 5.2% worse, according to the study.
Anyway, never abuse alcohol!
Did you know that you can make your draft beers just like at the bar?
It couldn't be simpler, all you need is a beer machine like this:
And don't forget that:"Alcohol abuse is dangerous for your health, consume in moderation".
