Healthy Booze: Your Guide to Probiotic Beer 🍻

If you’ve been looking for an alternative type of beer, you’re in luck. National University of Singapore researchers have come up with a probiotic beer.

Probiotics are the live bacteria or microorganisms living in your gut. The researchers noticed that beers in the market didn’t have these helpful bacteria. Since hop acids prevent the growth of probiotics, they decided to fix this issue.

With their breakthrough, this new beer will add to the health benefits of the existing beers. They include:

promoting cardiovascular health
boosting the immune system
decreasing kidney stones
enhancing post-workout recovery
preventing the formation of eye cataracts
increasing creativity

Read on to learn more about this new beer.

Process of Creating Probiotic Beer

The introduction of probiotic beer is great for the health conscious. Digestive diseases affect about 70 million people in the United States. Getting probiotics in your system helps to thwart these and other diseases.

Probiotics are in two groups: Lactobacillus and Bifidobacterium. Each of these has different species and strains with complicated names. For instance, Lactobacillus has strains such as Casei, Acidophilus, Bulgaricus, and Rhamnosus. Bifidobacterium has Longum, Infantis, Bifidum, and Subtilis.

Lactobacillus is the most common type of probiotic. It’s in fermented foods, kefir, yogurt, and sauerkraut. Bifidobacterium is also in fermented dairy products such as yogurt and cheese.

Researchers for probiotic beer used the Lactobacillus Paracasei L26 strain. They were able to increase and maintain this microorganism in the new beer.

It will have an acidic fruity flavor and takes a month to brew. They use the broader terms sour or tart to describe this taste. The beer will have about 3.5 percent alcohol content.

As such, beer lovers will get the recommended 1 billion probiotics per serving. This recommendation is from the International Scientific Association for Probiotics and Prebiotics.

Possible Health Benefits of Probiotics in Beer

Now that we know the process of making the beer, let’s look at how it could benefit your health.

Here are the benefits of Lactobacillus Paracasei:

Enhances the Immune System

Research shows this probiotic bacterium enhances systemic immunity. It stimulates the activity of white blood cells in the body. It also activates Toll-Like Receptors (TLR), which identify pathogenic molecules entering the body. Then, they trigger the immune cells to mount a defense.

TLRs induce cytokine secretion. These substances inhibit virus replication and regulate immune responses.

Provides Therapy for Inflammations and Allergies

Lactobacillus Paracasei has therapeutic effects on allergies and inflammations. It inhibits inflammations caused by E.coli and Salmonella. It aids in the release of pro-inflammatory cytokines.

It helps in reducing imbalances in the intestines as well as relaxing the gut. These steps reduce pain, spasms, and inflammation.

This bacterium alleviates allergic rhinitis, food allergies, and skin conditions. It reduces allergic reactions such as itching, respiratory congestions, and inflammations.

Boosts Helpful Bacteria in GI Tract

Its ability to survive in the Gastro-Intestinal Tract is good for the microflora. Probiotics in the gut fight irritable bowel syndrome, inflammatory bowel disease, and diarrhea.