date:Jul 09, 2013
Sipping a pint of beer may improve heart health by increasing flexibility and blood flow in major arteries around the heart, according to a new study published in the journal Nutrition.
Researchers from Harokopio University in Athens studied the cardiovascular health of 17 non-smoking men in their late twenties and early thirties two hours after subjects drank 200mL of beer. Endothelial function, a measure of how easily blood passes through arteries, significantly improved after beer consumptio