Beer Health and Nutrition [Hardcover]

This important and extremely interesting book is a serious scientific and authoritative overview of the implications of drinking beer as part of the human diet. Coverage includes a history of beer in the diet, an overview of beer production and beer compositional analysis, the impact of raw materials, the desirable and undesirable components in beer and the contribution of beer to health, and social issues.

Written by Professor Charlie Bamforth, well known for a lifetime's work in the brewing world, Beer: Health and Nutrition should find a place on the shelves of all those involved in providing dietary advice.

Preface.

Acknowledgements.

1 Beer as Part of the Diet.

Beer: a vice or a staple part of the diet?

Getting beer into perspective.

What is moderation?

But what about addiction?

Impacts on behaviour.

2 Beer Through History.

Brewing travels west.

Restraining excess.

Religious origins.

Maintaining standards.

Beer: a nutritious dish for the whole family.

Temperance pressures.

Towards prohibition.

3 The Basics of Malting and Brewing in Relation to Product Safety and Wholesomeness.

Chemical beer?

Basic outlines of malting and brewing.

Styles of beer.

The chemistry of beer.

4 The Basics of Human Nutrition.

Energy.

Phytonutrients.

Carbohydrate, fat and protein.

Vitamins.

Minerals.

Fibre.

Water.

Balance.