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  The Health Benefits Of Beer
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By *Simon McNeil* <http://cgi.askmen.com/emails/email_channels.php>
Nutrition Correspondent - *Every 2nd Thursday*



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 Take heed all you beer lovers. It is now a proven fact that beer -- yes,
BEER -- can provide the same health
benefits<http://www.askmen.com/sports/foodcourt/>as
wine <http://www.askmen.com/sports/foodcourt/25_eating_well.html>. No matter
what type of ale you prefer, studies show that drinking beer in moderation
(up to 2 drinks a day for us guys) can and will reduce your chances of
strokes, as well as heart and vascular disease.

It's called the *French Paradox* -- the link between the low rate of heart
disease <http://www.askmen.com/sports/foodcourt/> among the French and their
fat-laden diet was a daily dosage of red wine. Well, there's no denying the
results of that study. But what the public *doesn't* know is that the
health<http://www.askmen.com/sports/foodcourt/>value of beer has been
known, documented and applied for centuries. But
there are folks out there who don't want you to know about it (I wonder
why).

*wine vs. beer*


According to Mr. Jim Anderson, wine connoisseur, "When you compare the raw
ingredients that go into wine and beer, you'll find that wine, on one hand,
is made purely from grapes, water and yeast. Grapes are a fine source of
sugars, fiber and chromium <http://www.askmen.com/sports/foodcourt/>, but
few of those things survive the fermentation and filtering process. Yeast
has loads of complex B
vitamins<http://www.askmen.com/fashion/body_and_mind/4_better_living.html>,
but again, they do not appear in the final product due to filtering."

Beer, on the other hand, is made from *grains*, water and yeast. Grains
commonly used are barley and wheat (with cheaper, mass-produced beers
relying on corn and rice), both of which are loaded with a variety of
vitamins <http://www.askmen.com/sports/foodcourt/> that survive the
fermentation and filtering process. And the vitamin value of the yeast is
conserved in the hundreds of unfiltered beers that are on the market -- both
on tap and in bottles.

*interesting tidbits about beer*


*Tidbit #1*
In November of 1999, *The New England Journal of
Medicine<http://www.askmen.com/sports/foodcourt/>
* stated that light to moderate beer drinkers would decrease their chances
of suffering a stroke <http://www.askmen.com/sports/foodcourt/> by 20%. They
also stated that those who drink one beer a day compared to those who drink
one beer a week experience no difference in reducing stroke risks.




*Tidbit #2*
The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas (May 1999)
reported that consuming moderate amounts of beer would lower one's chances
of coronary heart disease <http://www.askmen.com/sports/foodcourt/> by
30-40%, compared to those who don't drink at all. (Beer contains a similar
amount of 'polyphenols' -- antioxidants -- as red wine and 4-5 times as many
polyphenols as white wine).

*Tidbit #3*
Alcohol has also been attributed to increasing the amount of good
cholesterol <http://www.askmen.com/sports/foodcourt/> (HDL) in the
bloodstream, as well as helping to decrease blood clots.

*Tidbit #4*
Beer contains vitamin B6, which prevents the build-up of the amino acid
homocysteine, that has been linked to heart
disease<http://www.askmen.com/sports/foodcourt/>.
Those of us who have high levels of homocysteine are usually more prone to
an early onset of heart and vascular disease.

*Tidbit #5*
A new study performed at the TNO Nutrition and Food Research Institute in
Utrecht indicates that those who drink beer had no increase in their
homocysteine <http://www.askmen.com/sports/foodcourt/> level, but those who
drank wine or liquor had an increase of up to 10%.

*Tidbit #6*
Beer provides a 30% increase in vitamin
B6<http://www.askmen.com/sports/foodcourt/>into the blood plasma --
something that neither wine nor any other liquor
can do.

*Tidbit #7*
Beer is both fat-free and cholesterol-free.

*Tidbit #8*
Beer has a relaxing <http://www.askmen.com/sports/foodcourt/> effect on the
body thereby reducing
stress<http://www.askmen.com/sports/health/25_mens_health.html>and
helping you
sleep <http://www.askmen.com/fashion/body_and_mind/6_better_living.html>better.

*Tidbit #9*
Beer has proven to have positive effects on elderly people. It helps promote
blood vessel dilation, sleep <http://www.askmen.com/sports/foodcourt/> and
urination.

*what exactly is beer?*


An average beer contains the following:


·  0 mg cholesterol <http://www.askmen.com/sports/foodcourt/>

·  0 g fat

·  13 g carbohydrate

·  25 mg sodium

·  protein, calcium, potassium, phosphorus, and vitamins B, B2, and B6

·  alcohol

Sounds too good to be true? Not really. Considering beer was first used as a
homeopathic <http://www.askmen.com/sports/foodcourt/> remedy back in the
good old days of the Egyptian Pharaohs thousands of years ago, things
haven't changed much.

The only problem nowadays is the sad fact that several irresponsible people
drink more than they should, and sobriety becomes a discarded word. Although
I have listed the many good things about beer, there are also several
negative aspects that I am obliged to caution you about: liver
disease<http://www.askmen.com/sports/foodcourt/>,
obesity and alcoholism.

Of course, these adverse reactions would not occur if beer were drunk in
moderation. Being responsible is always the key to having fun with friends
and enjoying a nice cold glass of beer. I, for one, am going to have a beer
and think that over.

*Reference:* http://nd.essortment.com/beerhealthbene_rryq.htm
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