subject: Men Should Pay Attention To Six Kinds Of "beer" Diseases [print this page] Beer contains various kinds of nutrients, such as carbohydrates, vitamins, amino acids, inorganic salts, trace elements, and so on. Drinking beer appropriately has some effects of increasing the appetite, promoting digestion, and eliminating fatigue. However, in recent years, medical researches have found that, if people drink large quantities of beer for a long time, it would cause a lot of damage on human body, which are called as "beer disease" by the experts.
The first disease: heart failure
If people drink too much beer, a large number of alcohol will accumulate in the body, which will then destroy the function of the liver and increase the burden on the kidney. What's more, the excess amount of liquid will promote blood circulation and increase the burden on the heart, causing cardiac hypertrophy and weakening the function of myocardium. Over time, it will cause heart failure, and disturb the rhythm of heart, and so on.
The second disease: beer belly
As beer contains a lot of nutrients and calories, so long-term drinking large quantities of beer can cause the accumulation of fat in the body, which will result in obesity, and form a "beer belly." Thus it will easily increase the blood lipids and blood pressure.
The third disease: gastroenteritis
Drinking a lot of beer will bring great damage on the gastric mucosa, which will result in gastritis and peptic ulcer, cause epigastric discomfort, loss of appetite, abdominal bloating, and other symptoms.
The fourth disease: cancer
Drinking too much beer will also reduce the responsiveness of human body. American cancer specialists have found out that people who drink too much beer are likely to suffer from oral cancer and esophageal cancer than any other people.
The fifth disease: lead poisoning
The brewing raw materials of contain a large number of lead. When people drink a lot of beer, it will increase the content of lead in the blood, decease human intelligence, make people unresponsive, and cause severe damage to the reproductive system. What's more, it will also make the elderly susceptible to Alzheimer's disease.
The sixth disease: stones and gout
Research also showed that, if the patients with atrophic gastritis and urinary tract stones drink a lot of beer, it will aggravate the condition of these diseases. This is because the brewing materials of beer contain calcium, oxalic acid, purine, nucleotide, etc. These substances will interact with each other, and increase the amount of uric acid in human body. This not only will promote the formation of gall stones, but can also lead to gout.
