ArticleFrontiers in physiology2020
Dose of Alcohol From Beer Required for Acute Reduction in Arterial Stiffness.
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- Association between Alcohol Intake and Arterial Stiffness in Healthy Adults: A Systematic Review.Nutrients · 2022Pooled it
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- Acute alcohol consumption modulates corneal biomechanical properties as revealed by optical coherence elastography.Journal of biomechanics · 2024Article
- Acute effects of low-intensity one-legged electrical muscle stimulation on arterial stiffness in experimental and control limbs.Scientific reports · 2024Article
- Alcohol consumption and microvascular dysfunction: a J-shaped association: The Maastricht Study.Cardiovascular diabetology · 2023Article
- Beer-gut microbiome alliance: a discussion of beer-mediated immunomodulation via the gut microbiome.Frontiers in nutrition · 2023Review
- Regular exercise ball training reduces arterial stiffness in sedentary middle-aged males.Journal of physical therapy science · 2022Article
- Acute Effects of Low-Intensity Electrical Stimulation on Segmental Arterial Stiffness.Frontiers in physiology · 2022Article
- Acute mental stress-caused arterial stiffening can be counteracted by brief aerobic exercise.European journal of applied physiology · 2021Article
- Poor Walking Speed Is Associated With Higher Segment-Specific Arterial Stiffness in Older Adult Japanese Community Dwellers: A Cross-Sectional Study.Frontiers in physiology · 2020Article
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Abstract
Acute beer or alcohol ingestion reduces arterial stiffness, but the dose required to reduce arterial stiffness is unclear. Therefore, this study aimed to determine the acute effects of ingesting various amounts of beer on arterial stiffness in healthy men. Nine men (20-22 years) participated, in eight trials in random order on different days. The participants each consumed 25, 50, 100, or 200 mL of alcohol-free beer (AFB25, AFB50, AFB100, and AFB200) or regular beer (B25, B50, B100, and B200), and were monitored for 60 min thereafter. Arterial stiffness did not significantly change among all AFB and B25. However, B50, B100, and B200 caused a significant decrease in arterial stiffness for approximately 30-60 min: heart-brachial pulse wave velocity (B50: -4.5 ± 2.4%; B100: -3.4 ± 1.3%; B200: -8.1 ± 2.6%); brachial-ankle pulse wave velocity (B50: -0.6 ± 2.0%; B100: -3.3 ± 1.1%; B200: -9.3 ± 3.0%); heart-ankle pulse wave velocity (B50: -3.7 ± 0.3%; B100: -3.3 ± 0.9%; B200: -8.1 ± 2.7%); and cardio-ankle vascular index (B50: -4.6 ± 1.3%; B100: -5.6 ± 0.8%; B200: -10.3 ± 3.1%). Positive control alcoholic beverages reduced arterial stiffness, and these reductions did not significantly differ regardless of the type of beverage. Our data show that consuming about 50 mL of beer can start to reduce arterial stiffness, and that the reduced arterial stiffness is mainly attributable to the alcohol in beer.
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