Health Benefits of Beer

[Ava]

Any contemporary reader of Hemingway’s A Farewell To Arms will possibly be surprised to read that Catherine’s doctor recommends she drink beer while pregnant. Believe it or not, doctors did that in 1929, when the novel was published. Beer was known to be a source of B vitamins like niacin, riboflavin, pantothenic acid, vitamins B6 and B12, and folate, which scientists now understand can help guard against birth defects of the brain and spine. In fact, a single bottle of beer (12 oz.) provides up to 12.5 percent of the recommended requirement of vitamin B6, which is known to be generally helpful on a cellular level and also heart-healthy.

www.medicaldaily.com/4-health-benefits-beer-drinking-antioxidants-b-vitamin-and-protein-are-there-dont-overdo-it-258658

Benefits listed in article:

1. B Vitamins
2. Silicon (improves bone strength)
3. Prevents kidney Stones
4. Cardiovascular Disease 

Lately I've been drinking alcohol every night, a glass of wine or microbrewery beer. 

Maybe I'm just imagining things or doing something else differently, but my skin seems better than it was. 

www.skinstore.com/blog/skincare/b-vitamins/

My husband was friends with two men who were both robust into their 90s. They both had a daily drink in the afternoon. Makes me wonder. 

*Another one died in his late 80s I believe. He made his own wine.

[Ava]

beersmith.com/blog/2014/08/05/top-10-surprising-benefits-of-drinking-beer/

And:

Heart-healthy changes observed in the blood of the test participants following beer-drinking include decreased cholesterol levels, increased antioxidants and reduced levels of fibrinogen, a clot-producing protein, according to the researchers.

The study also showed, for the first time, that drinking alcoholic beverages causes structural changes in fibrinogen that make the clotting protein less active, says lead investigator Shela Gorinstein, Ph.D., a researcher with The Hebrew University of Jerusalem in Israel. Characterizing these structural changes of fibrinogen may one day serve as a new diagnostic indicator of heart attack risk, along with known risk indicators such as blood cholesterol and antioxidant levels, she says. Further studies are needed.

www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2003/01/030101223233.htm

My blood clots excessively and the individual cells tend to stack together (saw this on a microscope), so hopefully this can help?

Maybe I'm being too optimistic but I know delicious food has helped me out before. 

[Ava]

"Good news for women! Certain vitamins in beer can regenerate the skin and have a positive impact on pigmentation. Your skin becomes smoother and suppler."

"Beer can increase your vitamin B levels Beer contains several B vitamins (B1, B2, B6 and B12). A Dutch study found that beer drinkers had 30 percent higher levels of vitamin B6 than their non-drinking counterparts, and levels that were twice as high as those of wine drinkers. Beer is also a generous source of vitamin B12, an anti-anaemic factor not found in many foods."

anthonymartin.be/en/news-events/news/79-the-health-benefits-of-beer-12-reasons-why-you-should-drink-it/

Wow, so that had me looking up B6:

A well-working immune system is key to preventing infections, inflammation and various cancers. Nutrient deficiencies, including B6, can disrupt the immune system.

More specifically, a deficiency in B6 can result in the decreased production of antibodies needed to fight infections (22).

A B6 deficiency may also reduce your body’s production of white blood cells, including T cells. These cells regulate immune function, helping it respond appropriately.

Additionally, B6 helps your body make a protein called interleukin-2, which helps direct the actions of white blood cells (23).

People with autoimmune disorders (in which the immune system turns against itself), can have increased destruction of B6, which increases the need for the vitamin (2).

www.healthline.com/nutrition/vitamin-b6-deficiency-symptoms#section5

[12YearsABlob]

Lol, this is a surefire hit.
I am not sure about consumption (haven't read your material yet) - but I have heard of it being good for hair as an external treatment (beer shampoo, anyone?).
Vitamin B6 also makes sense, considering beer is made from barley..

[FruityLlama]

Based on this, I lead an excessively healthy lifestyle. Add wine into the mix and I'm superwoman haha

I have heard of beer shampoo too 12YearsABlob but I was appalled that people would waste such godliness like that, haha!!

I say this, I actually much prefer wine which has its own health benefits. I actually read that beer contains all the base ingredients for life or something too.