A Beer a Day Keeps the Doctor Away …
Top 10 Reasons Beer is Good for Your Health (as if we need another reason to drink up):
1. Beer Reduces Stress – Alcohol in general reduces stress (beyond the first round). And we all know what stress does to us.
2. Beer is Good for your Heart – Studies show that those who drank at least 1.5 drinks per day had a 20-50 percent less chance of having heart failure.
3. Beer Improves Blood Circulation – Beer increases your “good” cholesterol (code for reduces blood’s tendency to clot).
4. Beer = Fiber – The fiber comes from the cell walls of the malted barley. A liter of beer can have as much as 60% of your daily recommended fiber. So does that mean having a triple cheese pizza and a beer (or two) will counteract each other?
5. Beer Meets Vitamin – Beer is a super source of magnesium, selenium, potassium, phosphorus, biotin, folate, vitamin B6 and vitamin B12.
6. Beer can Prevent Strokes – A study published in Stroke magazine in 2001 showed that alcohol drinkers have fewer strokes. Because it thins the blood, it increases the circulation in the brain, thereby protecting from silent strokes which are cause by tiny blood clots.
7. Beer keeps your Brain Young – Moderate drinkers have a 40% lower risk of mental impairment.
8. Beer is Good for your Liver (yes, we said it) – Alcohol expands the small blood vessels in the liver. This speeds up metabolism so it can help clean toxins out of the liver. This is from Beer Net Publication, April 2001 Biological Institute.
9. Beer Cures Insomnia – Lactoflavin and nicotinic acid, both present in beer, can promote sleep.
10. Beer Fends off Gallstones – According to Professor Oliver James at the University of Newcastle, beer protects against gallstones and kidney stones.
Okay … one more! Beer makes you smile … and smiling is good, darn it!
Just as we thought, drinking beer is always a good idea (safely and in moderation, of course).
Sources: Michael Hall, 2007-02-06
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Fat Tire
Fat tire? No, not the beer. That spare around your middle. We’re not saying you have to drink less to weigh less. Just know how many calories are in that beer you’re holding.
Samuel Adams Triple Bock: 340 calories (equivalent to one McDonald’s Hot Caramel Sundae)
Sierra Nevada Bigfoot: 330 calories
Flying Dog Horn Dog: 314 calories
Sierra Nevada India Pale Ale: 231 calories
Sierra Nevada Stout: 225 calories
Guinness Draught: 210 calories
Anchor Porter: 209 calories
Killarney’s Red Lager: 197 calories
Samuel Adams Boston Lager: 180 calories
Guinness Extra Stout: 176 calories
Pete’s Wicked Ale: 174 calories
Blue Moon: 171 calories
Harpoon IPA: 170 calories
Heineken: 166 calories
Killian’s Irish Red: 163 calories
New Belgium Fat Tire: 160 calories
Red Stripe: 153 calories
The next time your wife or girlfriend pokes at your over-inflated spare tire, tell her you’re on a diet and reach for one of these:
Beck’s Premier Light: 64 calories
Amstel Light: 95 calories
Michelob Ultra: 95 calories
Miller Light: 96 calories
Heineken Light: 99 calories
Budweiser Select: 99 calories
Coors Light: 102 calories
Corona Light: 105 calories
Sam Adams Light: 119 calories
For the record, we’d choose Sam Adams over Ronald McDonald any day of the week … and twice on Sundays.
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Cheesy Beer?
When you just can’t get enough of a good thing … mix it together and drink it. This is no joke. Mama Mia Pizza Beer is made by a mashed margarita pizza that is steeped in beer then strained, cooled, fermented and bottled. Cheers or Bon Appetite?
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Beer Talk
“The hard part about being a bartender is figuring out who is drunk and who is just stupid.” Unknown
“When I read about the evils of drinking, I gave up . . . reading.” Henny Youngman
“An intelligent man is sometimes forced to be drunk to spend time with fools.” Ernest Hemmingway
“If your doctor warns that you have to watch your drinking, find a bar with a mirror.” John Mooney
“I can’t die until the government finds a safe place to bury my liver.” Phil Harris
“Everybody should believe in something — I believe I’ll have another drink.” Unknown
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