Daily consumption of beer may protect against the appearance of cardiovascular diseases, to such conclusion scientists of the Mediterranean Institute of neurology in Pozzilli. Previously, the researchers analyzed data from a large number of scientific works devoted to the problem of drinking alcoholic beverages.
The total mass of Italian experts studied the information received 150 trials. Thus they have established that consumption of beer in amount of not more than 0, 5 liters per day increases the level of “good” cholesterol in the blood.
“Good” cholesterol is high density lipoprotein (HDL). They carry total cholesterol from heart vessels, heart muscle, arteries of the brain and other peripheral organs to the liver where cholesterol is formed from bile. According to the latest data of HDL cholesterol have a preventive and even curative effect – all thanks to their ability to transport into the liver to remove excess cholesterol, thereby cleansing the blood vessels and preventing the formation of atherosclerotic plaques.
Scientists do not recommend to abandon the habit of drinking beer, though, and insist first and foremost on moderation in the consumption of beer. According to them, this habit is useful because “beer contains a lot of useful minerals, which can replace other products.”
Earlier Magicforum wrote that scientists have discovered a new extremely valuable for the human body as a cocoa and consequently the chocolate.