If you have always fancied settling down at night with a beer but worry about the risks to your health, you need not worry – beer can be enjoyed as part of a healthy lifestyle.

Obviously the operative word when it comes to any alcohol is ‘moderate’. In moderation, beer can actually be good for you and even good for your liver!

That sounds ridiculous on the face of it, but it is true. Beer can get rid of poisonous heavy metals like lead and copper and alcohol causes the small blood vessels in the liver to expand which speeds up metabolism.

Drinking beer also reduces the risk of having a heart attack. Medical studies have found those drinking beer on a daily basis, between one to three beers per day, have a low rate of heart attacks.

Now I have touched on a couple of the reasons why beer can be consumed as part of a healthy lifestyle, let’s take a look at the best and tastiest beers out there.

Fruit beer has become increasingly popular over the past few years. There are all kinds of different flavours and fruit beer offers a sweeter alternative to traditional beer. The underlying fruity taste supplements the attributes of traditional beer nicely.

Premium beer has been the mainstay of the beer industry. Brands such as Stella Artois, Carling and Fosters continue to lead the way in the UK. Fosters has recently launched a new premium bottled lager, Fosters Gold Beer. That is well worth a try.

There is so much choice out there – from real ale to beers of the world – it can be really enjoyable sampling different beers. Just remember, beer is a well-balanced, relatively low-alcohol drink and can be used to supplement a healthy lifestyle. Next time you fancy a beer, don’t hesitate.