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Porter's Medicinal Value?
I've heard of people drinking porter to stimulate their appetite. That also reminds me of hearing that women in the UK who'd just given birth were given Guinness to help build their strength back up.
I wonder why the dark type of brew is especially useful for these purposes?
Sounds like a wives tale to me, but anything to drink more beer, medicinal it is!
If you do a little searching about Guindess, there is a whole tradition about how Guinness is full of vitamins (which is probably is to some extent) and good for you. THey even used to give watered down Cuinness to children. If you think about what goes into beer in general, the ingredients are pretty good for you. I suspect that since the darker beers tended to be a bit more hardy, that people felt they were a bit better for you than the lighter beers.
I've always wanted to drink an Oatmeal stout with my breakfast, but I can never get myself to drink that early in the morning!
They used to give Sweet Stout to nursing mothers & invalids, with claims that the grain bill + the lactose (Milk sugar) would get them back on their feet faster. I wonder if next time I "get sick" I can test this theory "in the name of science!"
There is a book published entitled, "Sacred and Herbal Healing Beers", by Stephen Buhner, but it is actually one I don't own. It has a very good user rating on Amazon.com, though.
http://www.amazon.com/Sacred-Herbal-Hea … 0937381667 for those who are interested 
I read an article in "Men's Health" Magazine a while back that talked about how Guinness settles an upset stomach and how it has a lot of vitamins as most beer does. I believe Beer has vitamins that help aid in lactic acid that in turn helps prevent heart disease. Another round please.
It always helps my upset stomach and seems to help hydrate my intestines when needed. Not using in excess though. Just speaking in medicinal terms. As in taking one serving as a "dose".
My kids' mother had a small problem (no pun intended) with producing boob milk for the little guys and the advice she got from a friend of the family, doctor's wife was after breastfeeding to have a beer because the maltic acid in beer or malt liquor was easily converted into lactic acid and helped with boob milk production.
I have heard and have seen the data that Port wine is good for what ales you.
Forgive me I cant stomach the smell of beer anymore. Hubby drinks it to keep a few problems at bay and to help him sleep. But teh smell justgets to me after a while.
Anyway back to port wine. POrt wine is a fortified wine.
The phytpphenols are antioxidents that help curb free radials and help to keep the blood thinned and make platelets slick.
Its heart healthy.
Actually any deep red wine is an appetite stimulent or apartife. It does make you hungy. I know when hubby drinks justa bit of beer hes ravenous.. he can eat a fridge full of food.
Its good to maintin BP, its godo to keep toxins out of the kidneys, as does belgian Ale and Bach beer.
I know that Watkins uses beer and wine in their tonics to promote iron storage and stimulate hunger.
Its a calmative, a sleep aid etc.
So the medicinal value of Porters, Port wone, Ale, beer is all very very important. And the Egyptins made beer of sorts as liwuid bread.. as they said in Serenity firefly it helped keep the slaves calm, full and too drunk to cause an uprising.
Now if they could just do something about the odor of beer.
I remember a report about 10 or 15 years ago which said that dark beers have the same heart attack reducing properties as red wine. I don't know if any more research has been done in that area.
I am looking it up........
"It's about color. You can see the flavonoids in products on the shelf," he says. The rich flavonoid content makes red wine more heart friendly than white wine and purple grape juice a better choice for toddlers than white grape juice, he says.
Folts presented his dark beer-light beer study at the American Heart Association's Scientific Sessions 2003
For those who are dark beer drinkers -- or drinkers of red wine or purple grape juice -- Folts says they can gain the maximum heart benefit by "drinking these beverages with meals" so that they can fight the increase in free radicals that occurs when the body begins to metabolize food. Free radicals trigger oxidative stress, which has been linked to heart disease and inflammation, says Folts.
I think this pretty much is the definitive and set idea on the subject matter. But they caution that the extra calories will also cause weight gain which is bad......... so I think totally dark is better or as good as deep wines.. in moderation. the study was conslusivley added to medical practice information in 2003...
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