BEER AND HEALTH

(Source: Center of Beer for Health Information)


The international scientific community recognizes that moderate beer consumption by healthy adults has positive health benefits. On the contrary, the abuse, excessive or irresponsible consumption is not healthy.


In Spain, the scientific body of reference that promotes the research on the relationship that exists between moderate beer consumption and its effects on the body is the Beer and Health Information Center (CICS).


Since its creation, the Beer and Health Information Center has focused its activities on the analysis of the effects of moderate beer consumption on human health. Its main goal is to promote research and spread of studies of beer and health, under the supervision of a scientific committee made up of specialists in medicine and nutrition.

Center of Beer for Health Information
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Members of the Scientific Committee of the CICS:

Prof. Dr. Manuel Díaz-Rubio.
President of the Royal Academy of Medicine. Professor of Medicine. Faculty of Medicine. University Complutense Manager of Digestive Service Clinical Hospital San Carlos. Madrid.

Prof. Dr. Lluís Serra.
Preventive Medicine and Public Health, Public University of Las Palmas President of the Spanish Society of the Nutrition Community (SENC).

Prof. Dra. Ascensión Marcos.
Institute of Nutrition and Bromatology of the CSIC-UCM Treasuryof the Spanish Society of Nutrition (SEN).

Prof. Dra. Ana Requejo.
School of Pharmacy, Complutense University of Madrid.

Prof. Dra. Rosa Ortega.
School of Pharmacy, Complutense University of Madrid.

Dr. Ramón Estruch.
Senior Consultant at the Internal Medicine Department of the Hospital Clinic (Barcelona), Associate Professor in the School of Medicine at the Barcelona University and member of the Steering Committee of the Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red (CIBER) of Instituto de Salud Carlos III.

Dña. Consuelo López Nomdedeu.
Specialist in Nutritional Medicine.

Prof. Dr. Manuel J-Castillo Garzón.
School of Medicine, University of Granada.

D. Carlos Rouco.
Spanish Association of Technician of Beer and Malt.

Dr. José Vicente Carbonell.
Institute of Agrochemistry and Food Technology. CSIC.

Dr. José Luis Navarro.
Institute of Agrochemistry and Food Technology.

Dra. Mercè Vidal.
Nutritionist and anthropologist. Researcher of Centro de Investigación de Nutrición Comunitaria (CREN) associated to University of Barcelona.

Prof. Jesús Román Martínez.
School of Medicine, Complutense University of Madrid.

What are the attributes of moderate beer consumption?

To know the properties of a moderate consumption of beer it can consult the web of Centro de Información Cerveza y Salud.

Beer ... is it fattening?

The beer belly is a common stereotype. Nevertheless, numerous scientific and medical studies have shown that said statement is not true.

A glass of beer (200 ml.) has only 90 calories. For this reason, moderate beer consumption does not affect the body mass index (BMI) or a person’s weight, as long as it is consumed along with a healthy and balanced diet, like the Mediterranean diet.

Curiously in Italy this type of stomach is called: "pancetta di vino" (wine belly).

Non-Alcoholic Beer

Non-alcoholic beer is healthy and hydrating, with a very low calorie content (17 Kcal/100 ml.) that retains the vitamins and minerals of beer with alcohol. Its moderate consumption may be included in the diet of those persons suffering from arterial hypertension, given that a small bottle of non-alcoholic beer per day provides 10 mg of calcium, potassium and very little sodium. Apart from its high water content (95%) and folic acid contribution, non-alcoholic beer contains variable amounts of phenyl compounds with antioxidant effects that contribute to the prevention of cardiovascular diseases.

Even though beer is one of the beverages with the lowest alcohol content (5%), its consumption is not recommended in situations like pregnancy, when driving or under any type of medical treatment. For this reason, all beer consumers that cannot or do not want to drink alcohol, have the option of having a non-alcoholic beer.

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