We all have heard the health benefits a glass of red wine a day can provide, but guess what?!
Those benefits extend to beer as well!
The findings, which were published in the American Chemical Society's Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry, found that men who drank one lager each day had a more "diverse colony of healthy gut microbes, compared to measurements taken before their daily beer regimen."
Apparently, the viruses and fungi that live in healthy gut microbes lead to a lowered risk of developing certain chronic issues like heart disease and diabetes.
The study's lead author, Ana Faria, professor at Nova University in Lisbon, Portugal, said according to the New York Post, "results from this study show that drinking beer increases gut bacterial diversity without significantly changing body weight."
Faria concluded, "Beer is the main and probably only source of hop polyphenols in the human diet. Hops also contain xanthohumol, which studies suggest lowers the risk of chronic diseases including obesity and diabetes."
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