1. It keeps your kidneys healthy.
2. It has fiber.
3. The White House brews its own beer.
Drinking beer is patriotic. Every time you finish a pint, you're basically Lee Greenwood.
Not like you need convincing.
Drinking beer is patriotic. Every time you finish a pint, you're basically Lee Greenwood.
A Dutch study found that beer-drinking participants had 30% higher levels of vitamin B6 levels in their blood than their non-drinking counterparts, and twice as much as wine drinkers.
Another bonus: Beer also contains vitamin B12 and folic acid.
The Ebla tablets, which date back to c. 2500 BCE in Mesopotamia, reveal that brewing beer was a popular occupation for women. Beer made from baked barley bread was part of the daily diet of Egyptian pharaohs.
Researchers in a recent study even recommended "moderate consumption" of beer as part of an athlete's diet.
A 2009 study found the high levels of silicon in beer can be good for your bone density. I'll drink to that.
And you should definitely try them all. Better get started.
Yes, that's beer and ice cream, and despite what you might think, it can be really, really delicious. Try a cherry lambic with vanilla ice cream, a pint of Guinness with vanilla bean ice cream, or a raspberry wheat ale with chocolate ice cream.
Researchers in Sapporo, Japan, found that the compound humulone provides an effective guard against a virus that can cause severe forms of pneumonia and bronchitis in children.
Someone would have to drink around 30, 12-ounce cans for humulone to have any virus-fighting effect, however. But it's the thought that counts. Bottoms up!
Madison even entertained the idea of creating a federal brewery. God bless America.
(Photo: George Washington's beer recipe)
The former prime minister of Australia once set a beer-chugging record. As a student at Oxford, Bob Hawke downed a yard of ale in 11 seconds; he claims the feat endeared him to the beer-drinking community and earned him new constituents.
Not kidding.The alcohol in them could make 400 trillion trillion pints of beer. Unfortunately, it's about 10,000 light years away. But this is proof that the universe is PRO-drinking.
At 125 calories a pint, it clocks in with fewer calories than Budweiser and Coors, and most ales and lagers. So drink up, Guinness fans: it's basically the same thing as eating a kale salad. BASICALLY.
Beer contains lactoflavin and nicotinic acid, both of which promote zzz's.
What other reason do you need?