2013-11-12
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BEER
& HEALTH
BEER
&
HEALTH
By
Finn B. Knudsen
Knudsen Beverage Consulting Co.
Evergreen, Colorado, U.S.A.
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 This presentation covers some information
about Beer and its Health benefits often not
known about this beverage, despite
 It has nourished and comforted Homo sapiens
for millenniums in a safe manner and has been
part of the daily food intake.
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This beverage - Beer - is best know to all
for being a most enjoyable and fascinating
drink of moderation, and
Many people are not aware that while
imbibing beer actually they benefit their
health through some of the components
present in beer.
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 What is Beer??
 Water, malted barley, hops, yeast, corn, etc…
 The ingredients used to brew beer:
Beer is about 90-92% water.
Malted barley is the soul of beer
Hops add spicy aroma and bitter flavors
Yeast changes sugars into alcohol
Corn and other adjuncts give beer a milder and
lighter-bodied flavor
Beer – How is it made??
BEER
- Does it really make you fat??
 You will not get fat from imbibing beer!!!
 Fast comparison 12 oz regular beer, skim milk,
soft drink or 2 glasses of red wine:
 Beer:
137 cal
 Skim Milk:
128 cal
 2% milk:
172 cal
 Soft drink:
142 cal
 Red wine:
404 cal
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Product Type
Carbohydrates:
Beers
Gram/355 mL Servings
American Lager
10.6 - 11.3
Premium American Lager
13.3
Light American Lager
2.6 - 6.6
Non-Alcohol Beer
13.3 - 14.2
Amber Lager
13.8 - 22.8
American Pale Ale
12.3 - 17.7
Stout
10.0 - 19.4
Barley Wine
24.6
Other products
Grams
Cup of Cornflakes (28 G)
24
Slice of Bread (25 G)
13
Medium size Apple (138 G)
19
teaspoon of sugar (4.2 G)
4.2
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• Is it time for a Beer - now??
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 Why is Beer HEALTHY??
 Let’s look at some of the research results documented pertaining to
Beer & Health:
 Fiber:
3 beers a day contains 20% of your daily requirement
 Kidneys:
1 beer a day can reduce the risk of kidney stone
formation by 40%
 Protein:
3 beers a day covers 10% of your daily needs
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B Vitamins in Beer and Wine
(in % of daily recommended intake/drink)
Beverage
 Niacin (B3)
 Riboflavin
(B2)
 Pyrodoxine (B6)
 Folate (B9)
 Panthothen acid (B5)
 Biotin (B7 )
Beer
16%
17%
17%
10-45%
8%
17%
Red Wine
1%
2%
2%
0.5%
1%
1%
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Osteoporosis or low bone mineral density:
 Beer is best source of Silicon in diet
 Link between beer consumption and healthy bones?
SILICON
 New research suggest Silicon is important for the
formation of strong bone mineral density
 Aids in the prevention of Osteoporosis
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 Major food sources of Silicon in the diet for men in the
Farmington USA Offspring Cohort
 Rank
1
2
3
4
5
6
Food Source
Contribution% ±%
Beer
Bananas
White Bread
Cold Cereal
Coffee
Beans & Lentils
17,7
9.1
4.6
4.5
3.5
3.3
23.7
10.2
6.0
6.3
3.7
4.0
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 Did you know that Beer contains
 FOLIC ACID (Vitamin B9) Equivalent Comparison
 Food Source
 Beer
 Tomatoes
 Potatoes
 Milk
 Broccoli
Amount
1L
300 G
150 G
1L
50G
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 Underlying factor against coronary heart-diseases by
folic acid is homocysteine
 High contents of homocysteine is associated with an
increased risk for coronary heart-diseases
 Beer contributes about 10% to the daily folic acid
assimilation
 Moderate beer consumption is therefore promoted
according to medical studies
 1 L (3 beers) a day had a very positive effect on the
homocysteine contents in the blood
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Antioxidative Properties of HOPS
 Flavanoids
 Chalcones
 Polyphenols
 Cathechines
Assist against Oxidative processes
 Cancer
 Arteriosclerosis
 Alzheimer’s
 Parkinsons’s Disease
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Antioxidative Properties of Beer
 What do they do?
 Reactive oxides constantly originates new
 Change cell structure
 Denature proteins
 Provoke carcinogenic changes of the Nucleic Acids
 Function as a Buffer
 In Beers the Phenolic compounds are
 Phenol Carbon Acids
 Flavonoids
 Tannoids
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 HOPEIN:
 Beer is equivalent to wine as regards to wine in antioxidative
capacity
 Bioactive substance in beer is prelynated flavonoids
 Xanthohumol is the one of 20 compounds most active
component known up to now
 Hopein - 8-prenylnaringenin is interesting candidate also
 Chemopreventive effect of prenylated flavonoids is most
distinct against hormone caused cancers such as
Mammary cancers
Uterine cancer
Prostate cancer
 Contents in Beer: Between 0-21µ/L depending on Hopping
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• Xanthohumol
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 Xanthohumol
 Prevent development of metastases
 Preventive effect during all stages of cancer
development from the state of emergence to proliferate
increase
 Suppressed development of cancer in mammary glands
 Compared to resveratrol, known from red wine, with
the Xanthohumol the effect could be multiplied about
200 times
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• When totality of evidence is considered, today’s results
are well in accordance with the idea that moderate
alcohol consumption protects heart and increases
longitivity
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 Alcohol consumption is related to total mortality in a U-shaped
manner, where moderate consumers have reduced mortality with
total non-consumers and heavy consumers
 Positive results are seen by moderate and regular consumption of
alcohol, that is 1-3 drinks per day
 People with moderate alcohol consumption are healthier and live
longer than people who are abstinent or people drinking excessively
 Reduced risk of stroke, heart disease, high blood pressure,
Alzheimer’s disease, and a reduction in the risk of kidney stone
formation
 Abstainers are in the same risk group as people drinking 5-6 drinks
a day
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 A health promoting dose of beer is regarded as being 1 L/day for
men and ½ L/day for women (resp. 40 and 20 G of alcohol)
 Increases longevity (reduction in mortality 10-20%)
 Improves quality of life by reducing cardiovascular risk factors:
 Lowering harmful LDL-Cholesterol levels
 Raising the protective HDL-cholesterol
 Lowering raised blood pressure
 Neutral in terms of weight (beer is low in calories)
 Reducing hyperhomocysteinemia risk factor
 Favorable effect on blood sugar levels
 Regulating oestrogen deficiency in women
 Stress reduction (no spasms of coronary vessels)
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 The above factors lead to a reduction in
 Coronary diseases of 30-60%
 Myocardial infractions of 20-40%
 Strokes on average 20%
 Apart from alcohol, Beer contains a whole series of
components, valuable from a medical standpoint,
which contributes to health
 Beer is the only alcoholic beverage containing HOPS
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 Apart from an equilibrating effect on the psyche, hops also
contributes many polyphenols (e.g. Xanthohumol), which
 Vasculoprotective
 Anti-inflammatory
 Anti-allergic
 Promote resistance to infections
 Protect against cancer and free radicals (anti-oxidative effect)
 Augmented by important mineral substances (Magnesium,
Potassium), trace elements, and vitamins (A,D,E,K) and B
vitamims (“nerve food”) contained in Beer
 Beer is isoosmotic to blood, these components pass directly into
blood streams
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 Wine contains twice the amount of alcohol compared to
Beer so that the toxic dose is reached faster
 In addition to the moderate alcohol content Beer can be
tolerated much better due to its favorable pH value
 Bioavailability of compounds present in Beer in a
balanced quantity in terms of nutritional physiology,
makes it more effective than other beverages (fruit
juices, wines)
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 Beer consumed with meals increases enjoyment and
promotes digestion:
 Stimulates appetite
 Activates digestive glands
 Stimulate acid production
 Reducing colonisation of the stomach with Helicobacter Pylori
(“the Ulcer Bug”, which causes reflux, gastritis, peptic and
duodenal ulcers and stomach cancer)
 Regulate gastro-intestinal movements, improving resorption,
increase blood circulation, raisin bile secretion thus protecting
from gall stones
 Beer is low in Purine thus act as a prophylactic against kidney
stones due to its diuretic effect
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 Beer strengthen the immune system (bactericidal and
virucidal characteristics) helps prevent infections and
slows the ageing process
 Increase in bone density protects against Osteoporosis
 Beers effect on Psyche are many, such as
 Preservation of mental freshness
 Increase in mental capabilities
 Enhanced creativity and fantasy
 Euphorising and anxiolytic
 Improvement of responsiveness and reaction to external
stimulation through reduction of stress as well as
 Anti-depressive
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• Did you know that:
– Athletes drink on average more beer than nonathletes.
– That 92% of top athletes who drink beer will drink
beer the evening before an event and 52% after an
event.
– Marathon runners claim that beer is the only drink
they can tolerate after running
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• The reasons:
After sportive strain the blood sugar level decreases,
the lactic acid content increases, the blood pH drops.
Water:
• If drinking water after exercise the blood sugar
levels stays low even after 25 min’s of recovery,
lactic acid levels drops and pH increases.
• Blood can link a lot of Oxygen, but can only
release a little.
• The bases buffer system goes up
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• The reasons:
• After sportive strain the blood sugar level decreases, the lactic
acid content increases, the blood pH drops.
BEER:
• Beer (alcohol free or regular) in low amount ~25 cL
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Blood sugar level is elevated significantly
Lactic acid level has dropped
pH is less elevated
The bases buffer system is less increased
Oxygen transfer between blood and tissue is facilitated
Accelerate muscle regeneration after exercise recognizably
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Research Confirming Beneficial Effect of Beer
• Professor Hoffmeister has calculated, that if European
beer drinkers stopped drinking there would be:
1. an increase in cardiovascular disease
2. a decrease in life expectancy of about 2 years
3. a decrease in general happiness
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Some of the Key Points
• Beer is the oldest beverage in the world
• Beer has culture and tradition
• Beer has positive effects on
– Physical wellbeing
– Psychological wellbeing
– Social wellbeing
• It is thus recommended for adults (18+) to enjoy Beer
on a regularly (daily) basis.
• Due to its alcohol content it is not recommended for
people addicted to alcohol, with intake of certain
medicine, driving and operating machinery, etc.
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• In Summary
Beer is healthy
Beer is good for you
Beer adds value to your health
Beer is actually cheap
Beer with deeper brown color and higher hop
contents are healthier
• Beer is fun and with so many flavors (more
than wine)
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• My wife Margrethe and I depicted how to enjoy a
healthy beer in the rain!!
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