Beer Is Better Than Water

Aside from its known benefits such as reducing the risk of heart disease, dementia and diabetes, scientists have recently found out that drinking a glass of beer - more like the ingredients found in it such as sugars, salts and bubbles - after sweating it out in the gym or any in kind of work out would help you absorb more fluid faster. Of course, this should be taken in moderation - too much of it will shrivel you up. :P

He [Professor Garzon] believes the carbon dioxide in beer helps quench the thirst more quickly, while beer's carbohydrates replace calories lost during physical exertion.

Based on the studies, the researchers have recommended moderate consumption of beer - 500ml a day for men or 250ml for women - as part of an athlete's diet.

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Athlete's diet, you say? So that means that people who just love sitting on their asses the whole day drinking beer won't help them get fit and the calories would just build up on their fat bellies. ;) Hmm, remind me that again.