Ch 11: Beer and Health

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• Beer was more beneficial for health than drinking local water supply

• Small amounts of alcohol can be beneficial to increase good cholesterol and decrease risk of heart disease

• Alcohol is also a drug and toxin

  • Alcohol abuse can lead to liver and brain damage

• Drinking beer in moderation can be considered healthy

• Antioxidants, minerals, fiber, proteins and amino acids, carbohydrates, and fatty acids

• Antioxidants protect cells from free radicals

  • Free radicals lead to stress in cells and damage DNA

  • Cancer and other major diseases

  • Phenolic compounds like phenolic acids and polyphenols

    • phenolic acids and polyphenols from grains are ferulic acid, acetic acid, gallic acid, quercetin, catechin, and epicatechin

  • Medical industry does extract xanthohumol from hops for cancer treatments

    

• Melatonin regulates sleep patterns and depends on how much hop is in a beer

• Drying grains to produce darker malts will result in melanoidins

• Proteins are present in beer foam

• Beer contains trace amounts of gluten peptides

• Proteins and amino acids come from the malted grains, hops, and yeast

  • IPAs have more protein with additional hops added in the boiling process and in fermentation with dry-hopped beers

• Beers contain carbohydrates and starch

• Transient starch are found in endosperm

• Beta-glucan and arabinoxylan are solubilized into the wort

• Beer adds to daily B group vitamin supplements

• Vitamin A helps with eyesight

• Vitamin E

• Silica helps bones and calcium