One of the most common ways to unwind at the end of the day is by cracking open a cold beer. We've already covered the health impact of daily wine and alcohol consumption, but what about beer? Humans have been drinking beer some form of it since the Stone Age. It can't be all bad for us, right?
Some research suggests that moderate beer drinking may support heart health, specifically by increasing good cholesterol in the blood, explains Destini Moody, R.D., the founder of The Athlete’s Dietitian and an expert on the panel of Garage Gym Reviews. Moderate drinking, by the way, is defined by the CDC as one drink per day or less for women and two drinks per day or less for men.
But the tricky part is that drinking more than moderately can quickly wipe out any potential benefits and expose you to alcohol’s more serious downsides, Moody says, including an increased risk of cancer, fat gain, and liver disease. In fact, an Advisory published by the U.S. Surgeon General last year stated that alcohol is one of the leading preventable causes of cancer in the United States, contributing to nearly 100,000 cancer cases and about 20,000 cancer-related deaths each year.
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