Why are there health benefits to some alcohol daily?Ok, so we know that binge drinking and taking shots and stuff is bad for your liver and what not, but i've read everywhere that 1 or 2 beers or glasses of wine daily has health benefits. what's in the alcohol that makes it good for you?
Answer by Lul
Beer belly.
Answer by nat
drinking a glass of red wine daily has the following benefits:
Promotes Longevity
Reduces Heart-Attack Risk
Lowers Risk of Heart Disease
Reduces Risk of Type 2 Diabetes
Lowers Risk of StrokeCuts Risk of Cataracts
Cuts Risk of Colon Cancer
Slows Brain Decline
for details, check out this site:
http://www.foodandwine.com/articles/8-health-benefits-of-drinking-wine
...and believe it or not, beer also has its benefits!!! check it out:
http://healthmad.com/health/10-health-benefits-of-drinking-beer/
Answer by Katie
It is both the alcohol and some other stuff in it that make it good for you. Moderate alcohol has been shown to help cholesterol levels, and wine has some phytochemicals that have health benefits.
Answer by Big J v 3
Red Wine has some chemicals that have been shown to be good for your heart,
Real beer is full of nutrients, it is drinking liquid bread. By real beer, I mean something heavy, not just bud light.
Answer by TorxBit
This gets asked about twice a day.
It lowers your cholesterol. It lowers LDL(bad) and raises HDL(good). It is for this reason it has been directly associated to lowing the risk of diabetes.
Studies have also shown it lowers the risk of strokes by as much as 80%. And if you had a stoke reduces its severity by nearly 90%. It also shows it reduces your chance of type 2 diabetes. A French study showed that people to drank a bottle of wine a day have a 75% less chance of dementia and alzheimer.
In fact there man good health effects to drinking 2-4 drinks a day.
Orignal From: Why are there health benefits to some alcohol daily?
No comments:
Post a Comment