A couple of beers has the same cholesterol-reducing property as wine. Such the conclusion reached by researchers from the University of Western Ontario (Canada).

Thirty minutes after the test subjects drank a glass of beer they showed a reduced LDL level, the ‘bad cholesterol’. The researchers suspect that the barley necessary for the brewing of beer has a favorable effect on the LDL values in the blood because of the polyphenols that it contains, and these act as anti-oxidants.

 

Be careful, however, because the favorable effect of beer on the cholesterol is lost after three drinks and the oxidation of the LDL cholesterol may even be accelerated.