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Beer and Health
A toast to health
Beer has a high nourishing content and is easy and rapidly assimilated by the organism. Its components, according to Egon Tschope, head of the beer and soft-drink division of SENAI Food Technology Center, indicate salubriousness. They are vitamins, minerals, carbohydrates and proteins, in addition to the alcohol that, if consumed without excess, is also beneficial.
Electrolyte repositors, beers are beverages that have 400/kcal/liter, what corresponds to approximately 15% of the daily needs of an adult and is equivalent, in terms of protein, to 100g of meat, 700ml of whole-milk or six boiled eggs. The mineral salts included in its composition - 0.4g/l - correspond to 10% of a human being needs.
In addition to this, beers are rich in vitamins, above all those from the called complex B. The vitamin B1 helps the functioning of muscles, nerves and brains; the B2 is an aid for tissue maintenance; the B5 acts on carbohydrates and fat metabolism; the minerals, such as calcium and phosphorus are essential for bone composition; and potassium, together with calcium ensure, among other benefits, the good functioning of the heart. Because of its low pH - approximately 4.0 - associated with alcohol microstatic actions and of the hop bitter resins and having CO2, beer strengthen men immunity against the development of pathogenic organisms. Conversely to other alcoholic beverages, according to Tschope, beer propitiates diuresis increase, provoked by the hop soluble bitter resins. Nevertheless, its intake is not recommended for certain people, such as those who have hyperuricemia (excessive amount of uric acid in the blood).
The alcohol
Several studies show that beer, consumed with moderation, is a healthy beverage, that provide positive effects, among them physical capacity improvement, reduction of the anxiolytic and depressive status, reduction of the systolic and diastolic pressures and the reduction of infarct and cardiopathy in general, in addition to ensure a better resistance against infections.
It is understood as a moderate consumption of beer the average dally intake of up to 1 liter this corresponding to, at most 40 g of alcohol per day. According to Egon Tschope, surveys conducted by German universities show that a beer intake of 1.5 to 2 liters, divided during one day, can still be considered healthy.
Because of its composition, beer is not only a mere beverage that has alcohol. In its formula it is a group of pre-digested proteins, mineral salts and easily digested sugars, giving to the beverage an important characteristic, the tamponate which reduces substantially its alcoholic effect. This peculiarity is noticeable specially when comparing the intake of beers with the intake of the same amount of alcohol content in other beverages.
Recommendations
Some recommendations must be considered in order that beer consumption be only pleasurable:
- Avoid mixing different alcoholic beverages or, if there is mixture, it should be done in the inverse order of its alcoholic contents. As an example, beer after wine and never the opposite.
- Never drink when taking medication. The diuresis increase caused by the beer can, as an example, eliminate antibiotics from the blood stream.
- Eat well and drink other non alcoholic fluids before beer, such as water or soft-drinks, as an example, that reduce the alcoholic effect.
- Alcoholic beverages and driving do not combine. Alcohol relaxes, but it can reduce necessary reflexes for drivers.
Effects
Undernourishment symptoms, underweight and lack of appetite, that can give way to more serious diseases, such as alcoholic hepatitis and hepatic cirrhosis are the outcome of alcoholic beverages abusive intake.
Beer and Health
A toast to health
Beer has a high nourishing content and is easy and rapidly assimilated by the organism. Its components, according to Egon Tschope, head of the beer and soft-drink division of SENAI Food Technology Center, indicate salubriousness. They are vitamins, minerals, carbohydrates and proteins, in addition to the alcohol that, if consumed without excess, is also beneficial.
Electrolyte repositors, beers are beverages that have 400/kcal/liter, what corresponds to approximately 15% of the daily needs of an adult and is equivalent, in terms of protein, to 100g of meat, 700ml of whole-milk or six boiled eggs. The mineral salts included in its composition - 0.4g/l - correspond to 10% of a human being needs.
In addition to this, beers are rich in vitamins, above all those from the called complex B. The vitamin B1 helps the functioning of muscles, nerves and brains; the B2 is an aid for tissue maintenance; the B5 acts on carbohydrates and fat metabolism; the minerals, such as calcium and phosphorus are essential for bone composition; and potassium, together with calcium ensure, among other benefits, the good functioning of the heart. Because of its low pH - approximately 4.0 - associated with alcohol microstatic actions and of the hop bitter resins and having CO2, beer strengthen men immunity against the development of pathogenic organisms. Conversely to other alcoholic beverages, according to Tschope, beer propitiates diuresis increase, provoked by the hop soluble bitter resins. Nevertheless, its intake is not recommended for certain people, such as those who have hyperuricemia (excessive amount of uric acid in the blood).
The alcohol
Several studies show that beer, consumed with moderation, is a healthy beverage, that provide positive effects, among them physical capacity improvement, reduction of the anxiolytic and depressive status, reduction of the systolic and diastolic pressures and the reduction of infarct and cardiopathy in general, in addition to ensure a better resistance against infections.
It is understood as a moderate consumption of beer the average dally intake of up to 1 liter this corresponding to, at most 40 g of alcohol per day. According to Egon Tschope, surveys conducted by German universities show that a beer intake of 1.5 to 2 liters, divided during one day, can still be considered healthy.
Because of its composition, beer is not only a mere beverage that has alcohol. In its formula it is a group of pre-digested proteins, mineral salts and easily digested sugars, giving to the beverage an important characteristic, the tamponate which reduces substantially its alcoholic effect. This peculiarity is noticeable specially when comparing the intake of beers with the intake of the same amount of alcohol content in other beverages.
Recommendations
Some recommendations must be considered in order that beer consumption be only pleasurable:
- Avoid mixing different alcoholic beverages or, if there is mixture, it should be done in the inverse order of its alcoholic contents. As an example, beer after wine and never the opposite.
- Never drink when taking medication. The diuresis increase caused by the beer can, as an example, eliminate antibiotics from the blood stream.
- Eat well and drink other non alcoholic fluids before beer, such as water or soft-drinks, as an example, that reduce the alcoholic effect.
- Alcoholic beverages and driving do not combine. Alcohol relaxes, but it can reduce necessary reflexes for drivers.
Effects
Undernourishment symptoms, underweight and lack of appetite, that can give way to more serious diseases, such as alcoholic hepatitis and hepatic cirrhosis are the outcome of alcoholic beverages abusive intake.