Beer may protect your heart. Henk Hendriks and colleagues at the TNO
Nutrition and Food Research Institute in Zeist, the Netherlands, measured
vitamin B6 in the blood of 11 men who spent successive three-week
periods drinking water, red wine, Dutch gin (genever) or lager with meals. Beer
contains B6, and boosted the men’s B6 levels by 30 per cent.
But surprisingly, wine and gin, which contain none, boosted B6 by 15
per cent. Moderate alcohol consumption helps prevent heart disease, and Hendriks
suggests it might be through raising levels of B6 (The Lancet, vol 355,…
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