With summer and warmer weather comes getting out more often for dinner and hosting backyard BBQs.

And, with that, it follows that people tend to imbibe in their favorite alcoholic beverages a bit more often. 

Wine seems to get the lion’s share of accolades when it comes to health benefits, particularly red wine due to the heart-healthy resveratrol it contains. Beer, on the other hand, often gets blamed for being laden with “empty calories” and causing the dreaded beer gut. 

Emerging research is putting that myth to bed.