10 Amazing Health Benefits Of Beer

2. Beer Can Help Reduce The Risk Of Heart Disease

Traditional beers such as ale and stout can cut the risk of heart disease, according to research.
They contain a high level of antioxidants –compounds which mop up harmful chemicals thought to cause heart attacks.
Scientists have already proved that wine can reduce the risk of heart disease by thinning the blood and preventing dangerous clots.
A research team based at the University of Scranton, in Pennsylvania, has found that dark ales and stouts can reduce the incidence of atherosclerosis – when artery walls become furred-up with cholesterol and other fatty substances.
The scientists, led by Professor Joe Vinson, believe the risk of atherosclerosis could be cut by as much as half through drinking ale.
Heart disease is Britain’s biggest killer, claiming around 250,000 lives each year. It accounts for one in four deaths in men and one in five in women.
Professor Vinson and his team, who are presenting their findings at the International Chemical Congress of Pacific Basin Societies in Honolulu, carried out their experiments on hamsters.
They gave the hamsters the equivalent of two beers a day and monitored the build-up of cholesterol in their arteries. The rate in some of the hamsters was cut by half.
A separate study presented at the same congress suggests beer can cut the risk of cataracts, especially in diabetics.

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