Nutrition and Diet Tips

Drinking beer or wine in moderation is beneficial to health. According to Dr. Lluis Serra president of the Mediterranean Diet Foundation in Spain, have proven the beneficial effects of drinking wine and beer in moderation. Moderate is defined as 2 to 3 cups per day for men and 1 to 2 in women.

The main health benefits are:

1. Moderate consumption is heart-healthy properties.
2. Moderate consumption is beneficial for bone health.
3. Moderate consumption has health benefits neurons.
4. The beer polyphenols have demonstrated anti-carcinogenic capacity.
5. The polyphenols enhances the immune response against certain infectious disease agents.
6. The polyphenols have anti-inflammatory properties
7. The polyphenols have shown anti-aging properties.
8. The consumption of polyphenols prevent gastric problems.
9. Moderate consumption of polyphenols in beer or wine may be beneficial for constipation.
10. wine and beer does not have an excessive caloric intake so in moderation are suitable for low-calorie diets

The research group at the University of Extremadura (UEX) in Spain “Metabolic Bone Diseases” published a study on the beneficial effects it has moderate beer intake on bone quality in women in the journal ‘Nutrition’.

Researchers Juan Diego Pedrera Zamorano, Jesús María Lavado García, Raúl Martín Roncero, Julian Garcia Calderon Fernando, Trinidad Rodriguez Dominguez and Maria Luz Canal Macías have published a study on 1697 healthy women of the province of Cáceres, in particular, 710 premenopausal, 176 in perimenopause (the time period leading to menopause) and 811 postmenopausal.

The values on the quality of the bone marrow were analyzed by densitometry of the phalanges, which measures bone mass. The results showed that beer drinkers had higher bone mass at the phalanx than non-drinkers, UEx reported in press release.

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