Is there a beer for Health Benefits?

U.S. President Barack Obama several times caught by camera drinking beer while watching a basketball or entertain guests at the White House. Obama's favorite beer is now beginning to study nutrition expert to see there any benefits to health.

Just so you know, beer is identical to the unhealthy behavior because the consumption of large amounts of alcohol can damage organs in the body and can be addictive.

Nutrition experts are nutrition, fitness and health Julie Upton is a frequent media guest speaker and writer on the American Dietetic Association and some media that the secret behind mengulik beer as reported by the Health, Tuesday (11/8/2009).

"I'm more interested in beer there could be something good," said Upton.

When the wine is said to help heart health problems, the beer is rarely discussed because of the side that claimed the alcohol content is more dangerous. As a result, the wine often declared as a healthier beverage than beer.

But in recent years conducted research shows that all alcoholic drinks good beer, wine, and other types of distilled beverages tenyata also provide health benefits.

Here are some reasons a person, including Obama, or even the doctors drank beer:

1. Beer low calorie drinks
Some beers have a low amount of calories by 64 calories per 12 ounce per bottle. Even for regular type has only 100 calories per 12 ounce per bottle. In a country that likes low calorie, beer became an excuse to drink, including by Obama of course.

As a ratio of one ounce of all types of distilled beverages or 4 ounces of wine contains just 100 calories. While mixed drinks are packaged to have a higher calorie of 250-500 calories. Many people's favorite beer when the summer is to mix half of extra light beer such as 64 mgd, Beck's Premier Light, Michelob Ultra Lime or occasionally mixed with half minumuman Diet &-up.

2. Beer contains antioxidants
Few people know there is the fact that beer contains antioxidants. Studies at the University of Scranton counting acid antioxidants in beer and beer most types of hardware such as lagers, light beer, and non-alcoholic beer also has antioxidants.

Based on these findings, some researchers put the beer has a lot of antioxidants to the diet patterns in the U.S. than wine. The researchers who conducted the study with giving beer to the animals that have high cholesterol found that dark beer or lagers types helps protect arteries from plaque deposits. The beer also contains antioxidants which help reduce inflammation of blood vessels associated with heart disease.

3. Beer is also good for the brain
Ethanol than is known to protect the cardiovascular and help reduce the risk of heart attacks and strokes, in a recent study shows that there is content related to the nervous system. The researchers found alcohol could protect the protein needed to protect the brain or the threat of Alzheimer's.

But Upton underlines, beer can be a good long drink consumed safely and correctly. One glass for women or two drinks for men per day is still a limit of tolerance. Your hobby beer should also have no record of alcohol abuse or family risk of breast cancer.