Moderate Consumption of Beer and Its Effects on Cardiovascular and Metabolic Health: An Updated Review of Recent Scientific Evidence

descriptionPublicationkeyboard_double_arrow_right Article , Conference object , Review 09 Mar 2021 Spain English Publisher:MDPI AGJournal:Nutrients, volume 13, page 879 (eissn: 2072-6643,

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Authors: Ascensión Marcos; Lluís Serra-Majem; Francisco Pérez-Jiménez; Vicente Pascual; Francisco José Tinahones; Ramón Estruch;

doi: 10.3390/nu13030879

pmid: 33803089

pmc: PMC8001413

handle: 10261/236206 , 20.500.12105/18283 , 10553/112680 , 10668/4484

Moderate Consumption of Beer and Its Effects on Cardiovascular and Metabolic Health: An Updated Review of Recent Scientific Evidence

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There is growing interest in the potential health-related effects of moderate alcohol consumption and, specifically, of beer. This review provides an assessment of beer-associated effects on cardiovascular and metabolic risk factors to identify a consumption level that can be considered “moderate”. We identified all prospective clinical studies and systematic reviews that evaluated the health effects of beer published between January 2007 and April 2020. Five of six selected studies found a protective effect of moderate alcohol drinking on cardiovascular disease (beer up to 385 g/week) vs. abstainers or occasional drinkers. Four out of five papers showed an association between moderate alcohol consumption (beer intake of 84 g alcohol/week) and decreased mortality risk. We concluded that moderate beer consumption of up to 16 g alcohol/day (1 drink/day) for women and 28 g/day (1–2 drinks/day) for men is associated with decreased incidence of cardiovascular disease and overall mortality, among other metabolic health benefits.

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