Most people always think that beer can cause obesity, heart disease and other hazards, but in fact these are misunderstandings about beer. To understand the real function of beer, we should first look at the brewing raw materials including malt, hops, yeast and water, and then look at whether beer is really harmful to health.
Myth 1: Beer leads to "beer belly"
When it comes to beer, people naturally associate it with "beer belly", so many people don't touch a drop of beer in order to lose weight and keep fit. In fact, the appearance of "beer belly" may be a signal of malnutrition, not obesity caused by beer. In fact, beer raw materials do not contain ingredients that make people fat. A glass of beer has only 150 calories, and a glass of beer has only 0.3 grams of fat. The investigation found that.
The misunderstanding that drinking beer leads to a big belly actually comes from appetizers with high calories and fat (such as peanuts, fried chicken wings and potato chips). If you like drinking beer, but don't want a big belly, then you have to reduce the use of appetizers with high calories and fat when drinking, and do regular exercise, so that there will be no "beer belly"
Myth 2: Beer causes heart disease.
Medical scientists have found that drinking beer in moderation every day can not only cause heart disease, but also reduce blood pressure, cholesterol and the risk of heart attack.
Professor Martin Boba of University of London, England, conducted a survey on male drinking in the Czech Republic, a big beer country. The results show that drinking no more than 2 pints (1 pint, about 0.586 liters) of beer per day can effectively reduce the risk of heart attack. American scientists claim that the raspberry used for brewing beer contains substances that can resist low-density lipoprotein (LDL), so drinking a proper amount of beer will reduce the possibility of heart disease. In addition, beer is rich in vitamin b6, which can effectively prevent the human body from causing heart disease, thus reducing the incidence of heart disease.
Myth 3: Beer causes diabetes.
Many diabetics don't touch beer because they are afraid of high blood sugar, but drinking beer in moderation can also prevent diabetic complications.
A survey of 47,000 men in the United States found that people who drink moderate amounts of beer are 40% to 45% less likely to develop diabetes than those who don't touch beer at all. A beer research institute in Akita Prefecture, Japan, also found that the ingredient that makes hops bitter is alpha acid, which has the function of preventing diabetic complications. If you drink too much beer, the patient may have a hypoglycemia reaction.
Beer is rich in vitamins B 1, B2 and B6, and a small amount of protein, calcium, magnesium, phosphorus, potassium and folic acid. Therefore, many medical studies show that drinking beer in moderation is not only harmful to health, but also has certain health care functions. So, how much is appropriate to drink? Scientists advise not to drink more than 500 ml a day.