skyzo

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I was just thinking the other day, now that I've been homebrewing, I usually have a beer a day now that I have so much bottled all the time. I was telling this to a friend and he acted surprised and said "...wow, you drink beer everyday, that cant be good". And that got me thinking...is it? I always thought that as long as I'm not binging and just having a beer with dinner or lunch, thats OK. I looked it up and it said its actually good for you heart, and the B vitamins in brewer's yeast is good for your skin. but what about your liver?

Edcculus

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Drinking moderately every day is better for you than binge drinking. Do you wake up feeling like **** after 1-3 beers every night? No. You you wake up feeling like **** after that 12 beer 3 shot weekend bender? Absolutely yes.

elmetal

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americans have way too much trouble with accepting alcohol in daily life.

I visited Madrid for 14 days, and everyone there drinks beer (even women) for lunch and dinner. and if not beer, wine.

Beer doesn't kill when you drink it everyday.

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DrDirt

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Also, apparently hops help prevent prostate cancer!
http://wellness.blogs.time.com/2009/12/08/hops-compound-may-help-prevent-prostate-cancer/

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I couldn't agree more. In Europe, people drink all the time, and they're living just as long as we are. I can drink 2-3 Ipa's and not even get a buzz. I drink them because I enjoy them, not because if I don't have them I'll go into withdraws. A lot of doctors agree with the fact that drinking alcohol in the appropriate amounts (I think 1 shot, 1 beer, or one glass of wine), can be beneficial to your body. I would say one of the only negative health effects is that I drink beer most of the time with dinner and then one after dinner, which can lead to weight gain considering each beer is around ~200 kcal.

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sp1365

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When I was studying abroad in Germany my host family would give me at least 2 beers with dinner every night and then try to convince me to take one up to drink while I worked on my homework.

Personally I think that responsible drinking daily is much healthier than binging on the weekends.

elmetal

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Agreed. That is why here binge drinking is so prevalent.

because "we" never drink so when we do we go out of control and binge

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carp

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How about daily moderate drinking AND binge drinking on the weekend? It works for me!

Richabt

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I think a couple of beers a day is fine. If it got to the point that I "had" to have those drinks every day, then maybe I should have concern.

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Trevor57

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It depends if you are also fat, and lazy.

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