Healthier heart.A glass of beer a day could increase heart health, as it improves the condition of the blood vessels and blood flow, as well as making the arteries more flexible, according to recent research from the Harokopio University in Athens, Greece ). In addition, Lina Badimón and her colleagues from the Cardiovascular Research Center (CSIC-ICCC) recently demonstrated that moderate alcohol consumption (10 to 30 grams per day) is associated withlower risk of heart attack and deathin studies in populations with serious cardiovascular risk. And it improves the formation of reparative tissue after suffering a heart attack. The effect is mainly due to the fact that thehopof beer contains an antioxidant called xanthohumol with protective effects on cardiovascular health.
Improves the immune system.According to a study carried out by the Cold Institute of the CSIC, in both adult and healthy women and men, moderate consumption of beer for a month produces a beneficial effect, as an improvement in the response of the immune system against external pathogens is observed. In addition, this drink causes an increase in leukocytes (white blood cells) and lymphocytes, as well as a general tendency to increase the values of subpopulations of T lymphocytes, the immune cells that help destroy invading microorganisms.
Fight Alzheimer’s.Consuming beer moderately could reduce one of the risk factors for Alzheimer’s disease, since this fermented drink containssilicon, a mineral that appears to interact with aluminum, a neurotoxic metal that is associated with dementia and other neurodegenerative disorders. The drink contains approximately 36 mg / l of bioavailable silicon, which would imply that a moderate consumption of beer (two 200 ml beers a day) would provide approximately 50% of the recommended daily intake of silicon; Although the daily requirements of this element are not fully established at present.
