Health benefits of taking malt drinks

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Posted by Chidinma on Tuesday March 3, 2015 at 12:2:10:

A malt drink is a drink that is produced from fermented barley through a process known as malting; a malt drink can be an alcoholic or non alcoholic drink; the alcoholic malt drinks usually comes with about 15% alcohol content. What many people know about malt drinks is that it increase blood pressure and thus avoid it; in fact, malt drinks come with a lot of health benefits and should be consumed in small quantity daily.

Some of the health benefits of malt drinks include;

1. It contains some Vital Nutrients: Malt drinks has a high quantity of the following nutrients; potassium, calcium, vitamins B and iron; and all these nutrients are essential for the body to function properly.

2.It can help reduce Cholesterol: Some people may not believe this point, but studies have found out that malt drinks contains some nutrients that helps to reduce the cholesterol level. So if you are having issues with your cholesterol level, a cup of malt drink could help to normalize it temporarily.

3 Easy Digestion: barley, the main ingredient for the production of malt drinks has a very high content of fibre; in fact, it is said that the fibre content in barley is more than the one in wheat; so the fibre helps to aid digestion. The next time you have constipation, a cup of malt drink will help to ease off your digestive system.

4. Protein: Some malt drinks also come with a high protein content which help make it a nourishing drink.