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Friday, January 14, 2011

Says cheers with beers: The drink contains folic acid, vitamins, iron and calcium . A good news for beer lovers....

Hey, I am not encouraging you to have a binge drinking because you only get the benefit when u only drink a pint of beer a day (but no more).


Drinking a pint of beer a day is GOOD for you, say researchers | Mail Online
Drinking up to a pint of beer a day is good for your health and can reduce the risk of diabetes and high blood pressure, doctors said yesterday.

Moderate consumption can even help people lose weight if combined with a healthy diet, they claimed.

The infamous British beer gut was blamed by the Spanish researchers on fatty foods, lack of exercise and consuming huge quantities of beer.

Doctors Ramon Estruch and Rosa Lamuela tested 1,249 men and women over 57 years old.

Those who accompanied a Mediterranean diet with up to a pint of beer ‘not only did not put on weight, but in some cases even lost weight’.

The doctors found beer provides the same health benefits attributed to moderate consumption of wine.

Dr Lamuela said: 'In this study we banish myths. We know that beer is not to blame for obesity.'

Dr Estruch said Spanish beer drinkers did not resemble their British counterparts who 'drink large quantities, almost without moving from one spot, while eating fried chips and sausages.'

That unhealthy combination was the cause of the British beer gut, they said.

British drinkers 'drink large quantities, almost without moving from one spot, while eating fried chips'

Beer contains folic acid, vitamins, iron and calcium, which the study claims provide a ‘protective’ effect on the cardiovascular system.

The subjects who regularly drank moderate amounts of beer were less likely to suffer from diabetes and high blood pressure, and had a lower body fat content.

The researchers from Barcelona and Madrid suggested women should drink two small glasses of beer a day while men should drink three, combined with a healthy diet and exercise.

There are around 200 calories in a pint of lager - the equivalent of a cafe latte with full fat milk.

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