The Beer & Health Database is part of the European Beer & Health platform.
Abstracts and overview
The database contains the original abstracts from scientific publications mostly published since 2000. A comprehensive overview of the current state of knowledge on moderate beer consumption and health is given in the booklet "Beer and health: Moderate consumption in a healthy lifestyle", which is available on the website www.beerandhealth.eu and in the "media" section of this database.
Find information
Specific information can be found through the search tool on the left side. You can perform a general search or an advanced search by completing the relevant boxes. You can also search by topic, e.g. cardiovascular disease or diabetes, by using the menu bar on top of this website.
Full-text articles
Abstracts are freely accessible. Full-text access depends on your subscription to the associated scientific journal. In case you are interested in an article, please contact The Brewers of Europe at mas@brewersofeurope.org.
Criteria
The following main inclusion and exclusion criteria are used regarding the selection of scientific literature:
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Kennisinstituut Bier
Kennisinstituut Bier (The Dutch Beer Institute), the scientific institute on beer and health based in the Netherlands, developed and maintains the Beer & Health Database.
Kennisinstituut Bier gathers scientific information on the health effects of responsible beer consumption and facilitates further research, in order to fill any gaps in what is known on that topic. It also develops materials for Dutch health professionals (educational) on the biomedical, psychosocial and nutritional aspects of responsible beer consumption.
More information on Kennisinstituut Bier is presented here.
Scientific Committee
The Scientific Committee is composed of seven outstanding experts with expertise in the different branches of alcohol research. Regarding this database the Scientific Committee checked (by sample) whether it covers all existing relevant papers since 2000.
Prof. Arne Astrup
Department of Nutrition Sports and Exercise, University of Copenhagen, Denmark
Expertise: Obesity, energy metabolism, metabolic syndrome, diabetes, dietary fats, appetite
Dr. Ramon Estruch
Hospital Clinic, University of Barcelona, Spain
Expertise: Mediterranean Diet, wine, beer, cardiovascular disease, atherosclerosis, inflammation
Dr. Henk Hendriks
Consultant, the Netherlands
Expertise: Nutrition intervention studies, functional food evaluation.
Prof. Frans Kok
Emeritus professor of Nutrition and Health, Wageningen University, the Netherlands
Expertise: Diet in disease prevention, energy balance and body composition
Dr. Vincenzo Solfrizzi
Geriatric Medicine and Memory Unit, University of Bari, "A. Moro", Italy
Expertise: Mediterranean Diet, Cognitive decline, Predementias, Alzheimer's disease and other dementias
Dr. Corina-Aurelia Zugravu
University of Medicine and Pharmacy Carol Davila, Romania
Expertise: Public health nutrition, health promotion and dietary intake evaluation
The Brewers of Europe
The costs to set up and maintain the database are covered by The Brewers of Europe.