Take that, Budweiser! Turns out a beer belly may not be the worst result of a taste for brewsky. According to a new study issued last week in the Archives of Dermatology, women who regularly drink beer are more likely to develop psoriasis, a skin disease that causes scaly lesions, redness and inflamation of the skin. Women who drink at least five regular beers a week increase the risk of psoriasis 2.3 times compared to non-drinkers. No link has been found, according to researchers, between psoraisis and other types of alcohol including wine, spirits or light beer. The culprit may be barley, which contains gluten. Barley is used to ferment beer and those with psoriasis are more sensitive to gluten than those without the disease.
And you thought that beer belly was a problem? How about dry scaly skin as a reward for downing brewskys? Women who drink beer regularly are more likely to develop psoriasis, an auto-immune disease that causes scaly lesions, redness, and inflammation of the skin, a new study suggests. Drinking at least five regular brews a week increases a woman's risk of psoriasis 2.3 times compared to non-drinkers, according to a study published Monday in the Archives of Dermatology.
Researchers found no link, however, between psoriasis and other types of alcohol including light beer, wine, or spirits. The gluten-containing ingredient barley, used to ferment beer, could be to blame for the increased psoriasis risk, researchers say, since those with psoriasis are more sensitive to gluten than those without the disease.
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