10 health benefits of drinking beer

[brostholder]

No wonder I'm so healthy!

http://health.yahoo.net/experts/dayinhealth/10-surprising-health-benefits-beer

[Villages PL]

No wonder I'm so healthy!

http://health.yahoo.net/experts/dayinhealth/10-surprising-health-benefits-beer

Everyone is different so it may work for one person and not for another. I had an Uncle who drank exactly one beer every day with his evening meal and he lived to age 95. But he worked as a laborer in a building & lumber supply store. He was finely tuned like a body builder; he was all muscle. So he had no problem burning the extra calories.

Many others, with the best of intentions, develope a big beer belly and this is a sign of metabolic syndrome or insulin resistance. Personally, I believe if you can do it without developing a beer belly, you will be okay, healthwise. Otherwise, you might do well to stay away from it.

:)

[PennBF]

What they don't tell you is how many who start on "one beer a day" end up drunks. How many have the problem of stimulating the endorphins in the brain which, when released demand more alcohol which initiates the alcoholic disease. As an illustration..How many have had a piece of cake and even though on a diet "just had to have another piece". Welcome to the world of endorphins. They record the "pleasure" from the drink and demand more and that is the simple basis for becoming an alcoholic. Of course there are other chemical reactions but this is the basic one that everyone should know about. How many children or unsuspecting adults read some stupid article like this and say wow I can drink. Pull out the six pac and bingo they have a hard time stopping and want more and more. Not all will have this happen but enough to cause 80,000 deaths a year from alcohol abuse. I am a lucky one that can have a single drink and walk away but have no desire to put something in my body that truly does not have real benefits. There are so many other options which are better. :popcorn:

[rubicon]

Yhanks villages PL and PennBF for the buzzkill...well back to a glass a milk a day

[eweissenbach]

No wonder I'm so healthy!

http://health.yahoo.net/experts/dayinhealth/10-surprising-health-benefits-beer

I may never die! :beer3::beer3::beer3:

[Hancle704]

Recently watched ducumentary streamed from Netflix titled "How Beer Saved The World". So in addition to the health benefits from "moderate" beer consumption,cited in this post, it was an eye opener in terms of how beer has helped progress and been responsible for the start of many things we take for granted.

http://http://movies.netflix.com/WiMovie/How_Beer_Saved_the_World/70222666?trkid=2361637

[Villages PL]

What they don't tell you is how many who start on "one beer a day" end up drunks. How many have the problem of stimulating the endorphins in the brain which, when released demand more alcohol which initiates the alcoholic disease.

Excellent post.

When I was about 20 my next door neighbor got sirosis of the liver from drinking beer. He was a mail carrier who delivered mail door to door. I never saw him drunk....he was a controled drinker and he died at around age 58.

[Carney125]

Thanks for sharing the benefits of drinking beer.
Your this post increase my knowledge about the beer.
I always thought that beer is harmful for the health.

[rubicon]

I just want to know where all these experts were when the government was sstuffing Prohibition down americans throats? Hmmmmmmmmmm

[Bogie Shooter]

I was feeling good after OP and then read #2 . I got this far so will keep on going.:beer3::popcorn:

[Doctor Who]

I think the politicians were inside the "speakeasies" sampling the various varieties of medicinal liquids in hopes of looking out for their constituents.
It was a matter of research.

[2 Oldcrabs]

There is one they missed, Vision. After about 6 beers the opposite sex looks better.:beer3:

[George Bieniaszek]

Reminds me of an old country western song by Mickey Gilley "The Girls All Get Prettier at Closing Time!" :)

[Dr Winston O Boogie jr]

What they don't tell you is how many who start on "one beer a day" end up drunks. How many have the problem of stimulating the endorphins in the brain which, when released demand more alcohol which initiates the alcoholic disease. As an illustration..How many have had a piece of cake and even though on a diet "just had to have another piece". Welcome to the world of endorphins. They record the "pleasure" from the drink and demand more and that is the simple basis for becoming an alcoholic. Of course there are other chemical reactions but this is the basic one that everyone should know about. How many children or unsuspecting adults read some stupid article like this and say wow I can drink. Pull out the six pac and bingo they have a hard time stopping and want more and more. Not all will have this happen but enough to cause 80,000 deaths a year from alcohol abuse. I am a lucky one that can have a single drink and walk away but have no desire to put something in my body that truly does not have real benefits. There are so many other options which are better. :popcorn:

Those of us who have lived with alcoholism are certainly well aware of the devastating affects that this disease has on not only the alcoholic, but also his or her loved ones. However, we also tend to be a bit paranoid about alcohol as well and make posts like this one.
The fact is that a very small percentage of those who have one or two beers or glasses of wine or even hard liquor drinks a day become alcoholics. Just look around you. How many people do you know that have an occasional drink or even drink moderately every day are alcoholics? How many alcoholics do you know? The answer often given to that question is that everyone knows at least one person who has been affected by alcoholism. That may be true, but how many people do you know and how many are alcoholics? Many, many people are able to control their alcohol consumption. A few unfortunates are alcoholics. That shouldn't mean that the rest of society should give up moderate, responsible drinking.
Alcoholism is, by the way, far more then simply an endorphin response. It is a physical, mental, emotional and spiritual disease. Every alcoholic is different and responds to different treatments differently. Some actually, after years of sobriety have been able to return drinking normally.
I don't think that anyone fully understand alcoholism and addiction. It has been studied for hundreds of years and a lot of progress has been made, but I don't know that "the answer" will ever be found.
But I don't think that everyone should be afraid to drink a few beers every once in a while or even have a glass of wine every night after dinner. Tens of millions of people around the world have been doing this for centuries and very few become alcoholics.

[REDCART]

I posted an earlier beer study on TOTV and it evoked the same serious responses. We're adults and fully recognize the potential abuse of alcohol. Why can't we read something like this, chuckle, and take it all with a grain of salt. It's meant to be light-hearted and humorous. IMHO, there's no need to get a soap box and extol the evils of alcohol.

[In awe of TV]

Walking and Beer

A recent study found the average American walks about 900 miles per year. Another study found that Americans drink, on average, 22 gallons of beer a year. That means, on average, Americans get about 41 miles to the gallon. Makes you kind of proud to be an American doesn't it?

All in fun. chilout

[Villages PL]

If a 12 oz. regular beer has about 150 calories, I see no great harm in drinking one beer per day, assuming you don't graduate to Alcoholism. However, with 2 beers we're talking 300 calories and that could be the beginning of building a beer-belly. A beer-belly means the person can't take the extra calories. Too many calories from beer displace healthier whole foods.

Note: Beer is a processed food so it's off my list. :)