A slew of recent studies have been published indicating that all that intestinal flora and fauna is good for not only our physical well-being, but our mental well-being as well, and that got me wondering if my daily drink or two (who's counting) of beer might be bad for my intestinal microbiome, . So I did what I assumed any intelligent person does (not that I'd know), and searched for info online. I hit on this fascinating paper from the National Center for Biotechnology Information, and I thought "The folks on Homebrewtalk.com will be fascinated, if they aren't too snockered to read! So here's the link. I hope that one of you with a biology/chemistry background will explain the finer details to me.
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6918268/
One of the most interesting statements in the paper was this: "However, beer is the most widely consumed fermented beverage in the world and has received less attention than wine. In 2006, nearly 1,700,000,000 hL of beer were drunk in the world." I wonder if that includes home brew? Heck, each of us homebrewers probably counts for a couple hL, and I doubt most of us are reporting that to anyone (although my wife has a suspicion, I'm sure...)
Enjoy!
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6918268/
One of the most interesting statements in the paper was this: "However, beer is the most widely consumed fermented beverage in the world and has received less attention than wine. In 2006, nearly 1,700,000,000 hL of beer were drunk in the world." I wonder if that includes home brew? Heck, each of us homebrewers probably counts for a couple hL, and I doubt most of us are reporting that to anyone (although my wife has a suspicion, I'm sure...)
Enjoy!