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Questions tagged [health]

Questions about how alcohol consumption can affect health. Health aspects of consuming various types of alcohol, as well as influence of alcohol or creation conditions on its properties in that aspect.

Questions about how alcohol consumption can affect health. Health aspects of consuming various types of alcohol, as well as influence of alcohol or creation conditions on its properties in that aspect.

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Does drinking hot beer prevent the common cold?

After graduating from school, I served my two years of mandatory alternative civilian service with a hospital gardener in Swabia. In Winter, every morning we used to come in one hour early to drink hot beer. Warming beer – "stauchen" in German –, by…
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Is beer healthy if drunk in moderation?

Beer is obviously not healthy if it is drunk to much, however, one of my friends argue a little beer in moderation can provide certain health benefits. Like it can lower risk of stroke and heart diseases. Is this true or is it just baloney people…
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Are there any medicinal uses for beer?

Are there any common medicinal uses for beer? I'm thinking along the lines of how liquor can be used as an antiseptic and less of how red wine can improve your heart health.
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Are we born to either like or hate beer?

I know some people like beer so much while some other resist do drink, is it determined by DNA? Can the situation be changed?
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Myths and truths about alcohol and antibiotics

In general, it is said that you should not mix antibiotics and alcoholic beverages and it seems prudent to do so, but the reasons behind it seems to be really fuzzy. Some people say that the worse that can happen is that the antibiotics will not…
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Beer, sexual desire and potency

I've heard that drinking beer lowers sexual desire and potency, and that's the physiological effect of hops. Is it true? Does drinking a lot of beer have negative long-term effects on sexual desire or potency? Or is it just an urban myth, based on…
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Will drinking too much of beer increase the size of belly?

Someone told me that drinking beer will increase the size of our belly. Is it true? Since I don’t drink beer, I don’t have any idea about that.
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Is there formaldehyde in beer?

Is there formaldehyde in beer? If there is, what purpose does it serve?
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Does beer really help to improve muscles?

I have heard from many people that beer helps to improve muscles. Generally one way to improve muscle is by exercise (maybe dance, gym, games). As far as I know, beer (alcohol) is a diuretic, which makes kidney produce more urine, so drinking beer…
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Beer as a conditioner?

So my grandmother told me before they had hair conditioner in the islands (grew up in Cuba) they used beer on their hair and laid out in the sun. She claims the 'froth' is packed with rich nutrients. I am not sure whether she made this up so I would…
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What is the best alcoholic drink for gout patients?

I know alcoholic drinks are "restricted items" for a gout patient diet list. So just wanted to check if we have any specialist here :) Which drink is less imapct ? Beer/Wine/Other Liquors ?
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Why can't antibiotics be taken with beer?

Myth or Fact: Antibiotics cannot be taken with beer because it damages the effect of the drug with the interaction in your body of the alcohol. I take antihistamines with beer and they work, so not sure if anyone knew about this one?
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In what amounts is beer beneficial to ones health?

As pointed out in Are there any medicinal uses for beer?, beer has some beneficial effects on ones health. Assuming a beer with average alcohol level and an average, healthy adult, how much would be a healthy amount to drink on regular bases? Also,…
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Will drinking alcohol kill corona virus inside our body?

In recent days there are so many messages spreading over the social media saying drinking alcohol kills corona virus in our body? Is this true? As far as I understand, using alcohol based hand rubes will kill the virus from the surface of our body…
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Using beer as hair care product

Can I use any brand of beer on my hair? what are the things I need to consider before applying beer on to my hair?
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