Drinking beer improved arterial function within hours, researchers say.
July 7/Athens, Greece/UPI -- Drinking beer improved arterial function -- blood vessels become more flexible and blood flowed better to the heart -- within hours, Greek researchers say.
Kalliopi Karatzi, Victoria G. Rontoyanni, Dr. Athanase D. Protogerou and colleagues at Harokopio University in Athens recruited 17 healthy, nonsmoking, men with a median age of 28 and a normal body mass index.