I never used to drink, but, things change. I'm 58, had cancer 3 times,
bypass heart surgery.. 5 bypasses in my heart, had surgery to put
stints & balloons in my heart. Got the diabetes to the point of
critical. I read this before, and now, I drink!!
Probably a beer a day, I drink that wheat beer, with a full lemon added
to it. It's tasty good stuff
specially when it's cold. My son and brother both say, I can't believe
you drink beer!
Pam
On 10/22/2012 6:28 AM, Charlene wrote:
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.......
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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.
/Read about common diet myths that are dangerous to your health/
<http://www.healthline.com/health-slideshow/myths-of-dieting?utm_medium=yahhp>
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 study
<http://www.ajcn.org/content/89/4/1188?cited-by=yes&legid=ajcn;89/4/1188>at
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 analysis
<http://www.boston.com/lifestyle/health/articles/2011/11/21/a_pint_of_beer_a_day_may_boost_your_heart_health/>of
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
<http://www.hsph.harvard.edu/nutritionsource/what-should-you-eat/alcohol-full-story/index.html#possible_health_benefits>.
A beer or two a day can help raise levels of HDL, the “good”
cholesterol that helps keep arteries from getting clogged.
/How alcohol affects your sex life
<http://shine.yahoo.com/healthy-living/alcohol-effects-sex-life-055900643.html>/
. Healthier Kidneys
A study <http://aje.oxfordjournals.org/content/150/2/187.short> 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 study
<http://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa041152#t=articleResults>tracking
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.
/Learn which foods can help your body heal
<http://www.healthline.com/health-slideshow/foods-that-help-you-heal?utm_medium=yahhp>/
5. Reduced Cancer Risk
A Portuguese study found that marinating steak in beer eliminates
almost 70 percent of the carcinogens
<http://www.everydayhealth.com/healthy-living/0315/tap-into-beers-health-benefits.aspx>,
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 <http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11093684>,
but the antioxidants are different because the flavonoids found in
hops and grapes are different.
6. Boosting Vitamin Levels
A Dutch study
<http://www.aim-digest.com/gateway/pages/pdfs/beerb6.pdf>, 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
<http://www.nejm.org/doi/pdf/10.1056/NEJM198808043190503> 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.
/Alcohol's Pros and Cons: An Upd
<http://health.yahoo.net/experts/managinghealthcare/alcohols-pros-and-cons-update>/
8. Reduced Risk for Diabetes
Drink up: A 2011 Harvard study
<http://diabetes.diabetesjournals.org/gca?allch=&submit=Go&gca=diabetes%3B60%2F1%2F74>of
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 <http://archinte.ama-assn.org/cgi/reprint/162/5/569.pdf> 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 review
<http://www.forbes.com/2008/03/14/beer-drink-health-forbeslife-cx_avd_0317health.html>of
50 studies, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) reported that
moderate drinkers live longer. The USDA also estimates
<http://www.cnpp.usda.gov/Publications/DietaryGuidelines/2010/DGAC/Report/D-7-Alcohol.pdf>that
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 study
<http://www2.udec.cl/%7Eerhetz/Beer_-_Health_and_Nutrition.pdf>reporting
that, “if European beer drinkers stopped imbibing, there would be a
decrease in life expectancy of two years—and much unhappiness.”
/Follow this plan to be happy and live longer
<http://www.healthymagination.com/blog/be-happy-and-live-longer/>/
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