Beer: It does a body good!

[3113]

Or so certain scientists say:

The health benefits of beer:
*It prevents cardiovascular disease in men over the age of 35 and women over the age of 45.
*Moderate alcohol consumption lowers the risk of diabetes...
*Beer can lower the risk of osteoporosis, especially in women who have passed menopause.
*Hops contain a number of nutrients that appear to prevent a variety of diseases, including Alzheimer’s disease, obesity and depression.

One warning however: "beer for the sake of good health is only advisable at a later age."

Sorry young folk. It looks like only those in their later years can benefit from all this foamy, hoppy goodness. Speaking of which, I need to prevent osteoporosis. Any one care to join me?

http://www.beer100.com/images/beermug.jpg

 

[sr71plt]

Oh . . . from the headline, I thought maybe it had been discovered to be a good embalming fluid.

 

[Handley_Page]

Or so certain scientists say:

One warning however: "beer for the sake of good health is only advisable at a later age."

Sorry young folk. It looks like only those in their later years can benefit from all this foamy, hoppy goodness. Speaking of which, I need to prevent osteoporosis. Any one care to join me?

http://www.beer100.com/images/beermug.jpg

Oh yes please.
English Bitter perhaps?.
I don't go on this alchemical frozen mixture stuff laughingly called Lager. Real lager is rather nice.

 

[R. Richard]

I can believe it of Pilsner Urquell, Heineken, Hefeweizen, even Miller Genuine Draft (much superior to Miller Fake Draft).
Olde English 800, no way!

 

[RjThoughts]

Or so certain scientists say:

One warning however: "beer for the sake of good health is only advisable at a later age."

Sorry young folk. It looks like only those in their later years can benefit from all this foamy, hoppy goodness. Speaking of which, I need to prevent osteoporosis. Any one care to join me?

http://www.beer100.com/images/beermug.jpg

Speaking as someone with osteoarthritis, sorry but there isn't anything out there that can prevent it. Injure a joint as a 16-year-old you're odds of developing OA at 40 are great.

 

[lovecraft68]

Key word is moderation.

Personally I have always avoided beer. I play in a lot of dart/pool leagues and have seen far to many "bodies by Budweiser"

Beer bloats like a bitch. The phrase Beer Belly didn't come out of nowhere.

 

[soflabbwlvr]

Thanks for the info. My new health spa is now The Yardhouse. I'll have to see about getting some circuit training done tonight.

 

[ottohauser1977]

Hooray, beer! As a German, I naturally agree with the OP.

 

[voluptuary_manque]

Sounds good to me!


http://i264.photobucket.com/albums/ii177/1volupturary_manque/bears/beer-shirt.png

 

[mynameisben]

Beer correlates well with beer drinkers. It's also good for your brane.

 

[topace]

I avoid beer like the plague cause it is way too bitter for me to handle! Now give me a bottle of Smirnoff Ice or a glass of wine, and I'll drink away!

 

[Handley_Page]

I can believe it of Pilsner Urquell, Heineken, Hefeweizen, even Miller Genuine Draft (much superior to Miller Fake Draft).
Olde English 800, no way!

Oh dear. I am unfamiliar with "Olde English 800" so cannot make a constructive comment. But a glass or two of real Pilsner is most welcome.

Speaking as someone with osteoarthritis, sorry but there isn't anything out there that can prevent it. Injure a joint as a 16-year-old you're odds of developing OA at 40 are great.

You might stand a chance of delaying it with a modest, regular, beer intake.

Key word is moderation.

Personally I have always avoided beer. I play in a lot of dart/pool leagues and have seen far to many "bodies by Budweiser"

Beer bloats like a bitch. The phrase Beer Belly didn't come out of nowhere.

The secret is "moderation"

Hooray, beer! As a German, I naturally agree with the OP.

Lowenbrau, Dortmunder (Ritter, Thier, Schtifts, Union and the rest [please forgive my spelling; it's been too long since I had access to them]). And all of them good !

I avoid beer like the plague cause it is way too bitter for me to handle! Now give me a bottle of Smirnoff Ice or a glass of wine, and I'll drink away!

You need educating about real beer, Topace. Some may regard it as an acquired taste, but good beer is excellent and beneficial.

My problem these days is it does my kidneys no favours. . . . .

 

[ottohauser1977]

Oh dear. I am unfamiliar with "Olde English 800" so cannot make a constructive comment. But a glass or two of real Pilsner is most welcome.



You might stand a chance of delaying it with a modest, regular, beer intake.



The secret is "moderation"



Lowenbrau, Dortmunder (Ritter, Thier, Schtifts, Union and the rest [please forgive my spelling; it's been too long since I had access to them]). And all of them good !




You need educating about real beer, Topace. Some may regard it as an acquired taste, but good beer is excellent and beneficial.

My problem these days is it does my kidneys no favours. . . . .

German beer is great, as is English ale and Irish stout (Guinness, Harp). For American beer, Sam Adams is by far the best lager.

 

[mynameisben]

I avoid beer like the plague cause it is way too bitter for me to handle! Now give me a bottle of Smirnoff Ice or a glass of wine, and I'll drink away!

I'd be willing to bet a month's pay that if you were given the choice between drinking a tall cold one or a pint of yersinia pestis (Black Death plague pathogen), you'd drink the beer every time.

 

[topace]

*heads off to find a good cooler or bottle of wine* Red wine reduces the risk of heart disease, and since that runs in my family and I have an irregular heart rate as it is, I'll drink that and help my health.

 

[voluptuary_manque]

*heads off to find a good cooler or bottle of wine* Red wine reduces the risk of heart disease, and since that runs in my family and I have an irregular heart rate as it is, I'll drink that and help my health.

Don't forget the dark chocolate.

 

[JackLuis]

Coffee buzz: Study finds java drinkers live longer

Of the 402,260 participants, about 42,000 drank no coffee. About 15,000 drank six cups or more a day. Most people had two or three.

By 2008, about 52,000 of them had died. Compared to those who drank no coffee, men who had two or three cups a day were 10 percent less likely to die at any age. For women, it was 13 percent.

Even a single cup a day seemed to lower risk a little: 6 percent in men and 5 percent in women. The strongest effect was in women who had four or five cups a day — a 16 percent lower risk of death.

If beer is good and coffee is good, what else have they been wrong about?

 

[sr71plt]

If beer is good and coffee is good, what else have they been wrong about?

I'm hoping for potato chips.

 

[pierrelarue161]

Being Francophone, I can appreciate wine, but Americanization has made me like beer, too. Funny how that works. Cognac is my favorite drink, though.

 

[Cruel2BKind]

If beer is good and coffee is good, what else have they been wrong about?

*crosses fingers*

the internet!

 

[topace]

*crosses fingers*

the internet!

You sure do have nice Matrix avatars, C2BK.

Too much caffeine, and I get a migraine that lasts most of the day, so I always mix up my coffee with chocolate milk, creamer, and sugar to reduce the total caffeine intake in a cup (I usually make way more than I need for one cup.).

 

[voluptuary_manque]

According to the article decaf is just as good for you as the leaded variety. Just sayin' . . .

 

[ottohauser1977]

According to the article decaf is just as good for you as the leaded variety. Just sayin' . . .

Decaf sucks ass. I want some fucking caffeine in my veins when I drink coffee.

 

[mynameisben]

Decaf sucks ass. I want some fucking caffeine in my veins when I drink coffee.

Exactly. What's the point of drinking coffee without caffeine in it? Same thing for alcohol free beer and womanless sex.

 

[topace]

Exactly. What's the point of drinking coffee without caffeine in it? Same thing for alcohol free beer and womanless sex.

I wish I didn't have to experience the last one on that list...

I need my caffeine when I drink my hazelnut chocolate coffee (hot or iced), as it's my power boost when I make it!