March 25, 2013 — Beer may not seem like a healthy drink, but drinking it in moderation can protect your bones, reduce your heart disease risk and more.
Brew Master Eric says his mixtures might become the toast of the town for their health benefits.
Dr. Sara Jo Nixon, Addiction Expert said, “Well alcohol’s been used as medication for forever and ever.”
Nixon says, like red wine, drinking beer can be good for your heart. An Italian study of more than 200,000 people found those who drank a pint a day, had a 31 percent decrease in heart disease risk. Beer can also raise HDL, the good cholesterol in your body.
A 2009 study found the high levels of silicon in beer can be good for bones, as well.
“We also know that there’s a line between too much alcohol being bad for bones,” Nixon said.
I – Word Understanding
Pint – a unit of measure for liquids that is equal to .473 liters
Toast of the town – become popular
Line between (expression) – difference
II – Have your say
1.Why drink beer?
In the 19th century, nursing mothers in Munich, Germany would drink up to 7 pints of beer a day under the belief that this was required in order to breastfeed their children
2.Beer Commercial
The oldest beer ad on a clay tablet (4000 BC), adorned with a large-breasted woman holding two goblets and is inscribed with the caption “Drink Ebla Beer – the beer with the heart of a lion!”
3.Drunk Driving
In ancient Egypt, a drunk charioteer was arrested after running down a woman priest. He was crucified on the door of the tavern that sold him beer.
