This is a revelation that should undoubtedly delight many consumers, with the arrival of summer and the return of hot weather. According to the results of a study conducted by researchers from the New University of Lisbon, drinking beer, and more particularly lager, help improve intestinal health men.
As reported l’ACS Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistryin an article spotted by 20minutesthis bottom-fermented beer can participate in bacterial diversity within the intestines. For the 22 men who participated in this study, and who drank a lager daily for a month, the results show that this beer participated in “an increase in the bacterial diversity of the intestine”.
The researchers explain that these beneficial effects on their intestines would be linked to polyphenols, molecules with multiple virtues also present in many fruits and vegetables. Also, the results of this study were similar for non-alcoholic beer, meaning that the benefits of beer are independent of whether it is alcoholic or not.
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