I found this this morning & thought it was rather interesting..........
I don't drink.......
hate the taste of beer and booze
I want more mix than booze taste when having a drink........
but maybe I should start drinking 1 brusky a day like they say for women........
for men it is 2 beers............ check out the articil..........
now there is a mdical reason for you beer drinkers to indulge in that 1--2
beers a day
below is the articali got off yahoo news things.......
**************************Beer drinkers rejoice:
Your favorite brew may be healthier than you think.
For years, wine drinkers have indulged without guilt, reveling in the news that
red wine can help protect against heart disease. Recent research shows that
beer can also be good for what ails you, from reducing risk for broken bones to
helping warding off diabetes and mental decline. It can even increase
longevity, a large study suggests.
However, the key to tapping into beer’s benefits is moderation, meaning just
one 12-ounce beer per day for women and two for men. Heavy drinking ups the
threat of liver damage, some cancers, and heart problems. Bingeing on brewskis
can also make you fat, since a 12-ounce regular beer has about 150 calories,
while light beer has about 100.
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Here are 10 surprising—and healthy—reasons to cheer about your next beer.
1. Stronger Bones
Beer contains high levels of silicon, which is linked to bone health. In a 2009
studyat Tufts University and other centers, older men and women who swigged one
or two drinks daily had higher bone density, with the greatest benefits found
in those who favored beer or wine. However, downing more than two drinks was
linked to increased risk for fractures.
For the best bone-building benefits, reach for pale ale, since a 2010 study of
100 types of beer from around the word identified these brews as richest in
silicon, while light lagers and non-alcoholic beers contained the least.
2. A Stronger Heart
A 2011 analysisof 16 earlier studies involving more than 200,000 people,
conducted by researchers at Italy’s Fondazion di Ricerca e Cura, found a 31
percent reduced risk of heart disease in those who quaffed about a pint of beer
daily, while risk surged in those who guzzled higher amounts of alcohol,
whether beer, wine, or spirits.
More than 100 studies also show that moderate drinking trims risk of heart
attacks and dying from cardiovascular disease by 25 to 40 percent, Harvard
reports. A beer or two a day can help raise levels of HDL, the “good”
cholesterol that helps keep arteries from getting clogged.
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. Healthier Kidneys
A study in Finland singled out beer among other alcoholic drinks, finding that
each bottle of beer men drank daily lowered their risk of developing kidney
stones by 40 percent. One theory is that beer’s high water content helped keep
kidneys working,since dehydration increases kidney stone risk.
It’s also possible that the hops in beer help curb leeching of calcium from
bones; that “lost” calcium also could end up in the kidneys as stones.
4. Boosting Brain Health
A beer a day may help keep Alzheimer’s disease and other dementia at bay,
researchers say.
A 2005 studytracking the health of 11,000 older women showed that moderate
drinkers (those who consumed about one drink a day) lowered their risk of
mental decline by as much as 20 percent, compared to non-drinkers. In addition,
older women who downed a drink a day scored as about 18 months “younger,” on
average, on tests of mental skills than the non-drinkers.
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5. Reduced Cancer Risk
A Portuguese study found that marinating steak in beer eliminates almost 70
percent of the carcinogens, called heterocyclic amines (HCAs) produced when the
meat is pan-fried. Researchers theorize that beer’s sugars help block HCAs from
forming.
Scientists also have found that beer and wine contain about the same levels of
antioxidants, but the antioxidants are different because the flavonoids found
in hops and grapes are different.
6. Boosting Vitamin Levels
A Dutch study, performed at the TNO Nutrition and Food Research Institute,
found that beer-drinking participants had 30 percent higher levels of vitamin
B6 levels in their blood than their non-drinking counterparts, and twice as
much as wine drinkers. Beer also contains vitamin B12 and folic acid.
7. Guarding Against Stroke
Researchers at the Harvard School of Public Health found that moderate amounts
of alcohol, including beer, help prevent blood clots that block blood flow to
the heart, neck and brain—the clots that cause ischemic stroke, the most common
type.
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8. Reduced Risk for Diabetes
Drink up: A 2011 Harvard studyof about 38,000 middle-aged men found that when
those who only drank occasionally raised their alcohol intake to one to two
beers or other drinks daily, their risk of developing type 2 diabetes dropped
by 25 percent. The researchers found no benefit to quaffing more than two
drinks. The researchers found that alcohol increases insulin sensitivity, thus
helping protect against diabetes.
9. Lower Blood Pressure
Wine is fine for your heart, but beer may be even better: A Harvard study of
70,000 women ages 25 to 40 found that moderate beer drinkers were less likely
to develop high blood pressure—a major risk factor for heart attack—than women
who sipped wine or spirits.
10. Longer Life
In a 2005 reviewof 50 studies, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA)
reported that moderate drinkers live longer. The USDA also estimatesthat
moderate drinking prevents about 26,000 deaths a year, due to lower rates of
heart disease, stroke, and diabetes.
These benefits appear to apply in other countries as well, with an earlier
studyreporting that, “if European beer drinkers stopped imbibing, there would
be a decrease in life expectancy of two years—and much unhappiness.”
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