Globally, beer is the most consumed alcoholic beverage and is traditionally prepared from barley malt, yeast, hops, and water (Pires & Brányik, 2015). Since ancient times, beer is well known for its nutritional and medicinal value and contains a good amount of minerals (such as phosphorus, calcium, magnesium, and potassium) and B complex vitamins (Zhao & Zhao, 2012). Various studies reported that the consumption of beer (up to 400 ml per day for men and 200 ml per day for women) reduces the occurrence of cardiovascular diseases and maintains cholesterol and glucose metabolism in the body (Giacosa et al., 2016).
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