نقل قول:Dr Hendriks' team suggests that beer may contain other ingredients that help protect against heart disease.
Dr Hendriks told BBC News Online: "Moderate alcohol consumption affects many processes in the body, one of which is the significant increase in HDL cholesterol - the good cholesterol."However, one should not drink alcohol to become healthy."Andrew Varley, of the Institute of Alcohol Studies, warned against people using the research as an excuse to drink more beer.He said: "Any research about the various health-giving properties of different types of alcohol is a bit of a red herring as the effect is usually marginal and restricted to a very small group of people under certain circumstances."There are damn sight better ways to protect against heart disease than by drinking beer, but people love this sort of thing because it gives them an excuse."Mr Varley said that drinking large quantities of beer would create far more health problems than it would solve.A spokesman for the British Heart Foundation said: "At the moment we should all stick to the known facts: one or two units of alcohol a day may have a protective affect on the heart but more than this could do more harm than good."Using this study as an excuse to go on a beer binge over the Bank Holiday weekend is not the answer.

نقل قول:Agreeably, the alcohol content of the beer is irrelevant, although lead boffin Professor Dietmar Fuchs inevitably cautioned that the potentially beneficial effects discovered "must of course be weighed against the negative effects and dangers of drinking alcohol".
Fuchs added: "The effects could indeed be observed on extracts of alcohol-free beers. Our findings must, therefore, not be understood as an encouragement to drink alcohol."

نقل قول:However, studies of the association between red wine consumption and cancer in humans are in their initial stages. Although consumption of large amounts of alcoholic beverages may increase the risk of some cancers, there is growing evidence that the health benefits of red wine are related to its nonalcoholic components.

نقل قول:Beverage type may also play a role in heart disease risk. In recent publications by Gorinstein and others, it was shown that red wine might offer more heart-protective effects than white wine and beer. This has been attributed to the red wine's high content of polyphenols compared with lower amounts in the other beverages, the researcher says.
An association between moderate drinking and lowered heart disease risk does not necessarily mean that alcoholic beverages are the only cause, however. Some studies suggest that lifestyle factors, such as diet and exercise, may help account for some of the association between lower heart disease risk and drinking.