Are you helpful beer to heart health?

Beer has overtaken red wine as the best daily habit to help avoid having a heart attack, according to research. The secret is thought to lie in the high levels of vitamin B6 found in beer which prevent the build-up of a harmful chemical in the body, homocysteine, known to cause heart disease. Experts have previously hailed red wine as a good heart-protector because

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it is known to help prevent blood clots and is rich in antioxidants which 'mop up' harmful chemicals thought to cause heart disease. But research suggests that beer may have the edge over wine and other spirits where health is concerned. Drinking up to three quarters of a pint of beer a day ? the equivalent of 40ml of alcohol ? was found to increase B6 in blood plasma by 30 per cent. Researchers from the TNO Nutrition and Food Research Institute in Utrechtseweg, Holland, found that the vitamin prevented the build up of homocysteine, an amino acid metabolite known to cause cardiovascular disease. They studied 11 healthy men aged between 44 and 59 over a period of 12 weeks. Each drank beer, red wine, Dutch gin and water for three weeks with their evening meal in random order. Homocysteine levels did not increase after beer consumption, but rose by eight per cent after three weeks' consumption of red wine and by nine per cent after spirits. Such an increase coincides with a 10 to 20 per cent increase in heart disease risk. Although increased vitamin B6 levels were also observed in the wine and spirit groups, this was by only 17 per cent and 15 per cent respectively, compared to the 30 per cent for beer. The researchers believe beer is the best protective drink for the heart not only because it a rich source of vitamin B6, but also due to the fact it does not cause any increase in homocysteine. Beer may also contain other constituents that increas Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-832/Beer-good-heart.html#ixzz3uabgd4Bz Follow us: @MailOnline on Twitter | DailyMail on Facebook