Brings the beer is harmful to health or not? Maybe it is a healthy drink? Rich history
From ancient times it was believed that beer improves appetite, increases growth and physical development and improves health. So once they watered even small children.
Doctors of medieval Europe have widely used this drink for the treatment of various diseases. Prescribed it for exhaustion, diseases of the kidneys and bladder, bronchial asthma and insomnia, skin problems.
During the epidemic of cholera beer was the main preventative measure. And, oddly enough, it antimalaria properties were later confirmed by science. In the experiments of Robert Koch, a German microbiologist who discovered the causative agent of tuberculosis, cholera vibrios were actually killed in the processing of beer.
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Modern scholars also recognize the strengths of this drink. Although explain that today's beer and composition, and taste, and colour, and effect on our body differs from that of the product being cooked and drank the people of the Ancient world and middle Ages.
So, what about today's drink can say the food industry and physicians?
- Beer is high in potassium and low in sodium, so in moderation you can drink for those who suffer from hypertension and is forced to limit consumption of salt.
- The content of potassium, magnesium, phosphorus, iron, copper, zinc beer is no different from orange juice to the glass, which is drunk at Breakfast, is a symbol of a healthy lifestyle.
- The beer has a lot of vitamins B1 and B2, and they are present in a form that is well absorbed. One liter of the drink will provide 40-60% of daily requirement of thiamine (B1) and Riboflavin (B2).
Beer is rich in ascorbic acid, add it in this drink to prevent oxidation. All the same liter will give you 70% of the daily dose of vitamin C. But to meet the daily requirement of Niacin, folic acid enough to drink only half a Cup.
- Citric acid included in the composition of beer, stimulates the formation of urine in the body and this prevents the formation of kidney stones.
- Phenolic compounds of beer - the most valuable components of this drink. They prevent the formation of blood clots, normalize lipid metabolism and, hence, protect us from heart attacks and strokes.
- Carbon dioxide contained in beer, stimulates gastric secretion and blood flow in the muscles, liver, lungs and kidneys. In addition, it does not allow us to drink the drink in one gulp and this keeps you from rapid intoxication.
Extractives hops have a sedative and hypnotic actions and have antibacterial properties.
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And at the same time, the beer gives the load on the venous bed, at heart, a passionate lover of beer is forced to work harder, with overvoltage. As a result, it increases in size - develops the so-called "beer heart".
Radiologists call this phenomenon syndrome "nylon stocking". Heart SAG, sagging, hardly copes with its functions. And because the body is all interconnected, not only developing heart disorders, but begin to suffer and other organs.
After a couple of Beers in the male body releases a substance that suppresses the production of the primary male sex hormone - testosterone. The result is more responsible for the generation of female sex hormones. Plus of hops in the body fall plant analogs of female hormones phytoestrogens. If it lasts for many years, pelvis male becomes wider, increase breast cancer.
In women several years after the beginning of the abuse of beer increases the risk of developing breast cancer.
- There is a myth that beer increases lactation. It originated in the days when we drank homemade low-alcohol beer, not much different from that of kvass. But if the mother feeding the child breast, modern drinking beer factory, it can cause irreparable harm to the health of your baby.
We, inexperienced consumers believe beer drink high calorie content. This is not the case. It is less caloric than milk, sweet fizzy drink or fruit juice. Another thing is that beer stimulates the appetite and makes us eat more than you need. Probably owing to this property in ancient times, beer was considered "winter" drink, and thanks to him as beer lovers are usually overweight.
- Soothing effect of the beer has a downside: people accustomed to such soothing and after some time without bottles already unable to relax or entertain.
How much can you?
"So it is possible to drink it or not? ""I'll be completely fooled us the reader. "And if so, what dose is considered safe? "
"You! "we rejoice. But all the matter in the least. And this measure -
the maximum - one liter per day. A liter of normal strength beer (ethanol content 3-5%) will enroll in the blood of about 40 g of ethanol. This is the limit of alcohol that is consumed per day. So, if you do not talk about the maximum permissible dose, and about the average rate, better organicity 0, 5 liters of beer per day. But all these calculations do not touch the beer with high alcohol content up to 12%. Its use in these quantities may result in toxic effects.
Ukraine is heavily drinking country. And despite the fact that we have one of the highest levels of alcohol consumption per capita beer we drink. Per capita consumption of this drink we fluctuates between 17-26 l per year. Compare: in Finland, Hungary, the UK drink 80-120 liters per year on average soul; in the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Denmark, Germany - more than 120 HP With countries with "Northern" type of alcohol consumption, where they drink mostly spirits, gradually moving to a more weak, including beer. May be it our way? Still, the beer is less dangerous alcoholic drink than vodka, and rarely causes addiction.
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