Scientists from the Mediterranean Neurological Institute in Italy released a report in the journal Nutrition, Metabolism & Cardiovascular Disease, spreading good news for hopheads, whereby they found that the key to good heart health could be drinking a glass of beer a day.
They claimed that drinking moderate amounts of beer daily could reduce the risk of heart disease by up to 25 per cent.
The team of researchers conducted a comprehensive review of more than 150 studies and concluded that drinking up to two 1.4 pints of beer a day for men, and half of that for women, could have a beneficial effect on heart health.
They also found that drinking these amounts daily made no difference to people's chances of getting dementia, cancer, or other diseases.
In their report, the scientists wrote that “unless they are at high risk for alcohol-related cancers of alcohol dependency, there is no reason to discourage healthy adults who are already light or moderate beer consumers from continuing.”
"Data reported in this document show evidence for no harm of moderate beer consumption for major chronic conditions and some benefit against cardiovascular disease,” they added.
The research comes just months after chief medical officer Dame Sally Davies issued new guidelines recommending the public to limit their alcohol consumption to just 14 units a week.