THIS
SUMMER, BEER AND ICE CREAM... HOW ARE THEY RELATED TO COPPER?
With
the intense heat of the summer, who does not fancy a cold beer
or having an ice cream to cool down?
The
consumption of these products are increasing during this
season.
The
raw materials such as: wheat, barley, milk, lard, etc have a
content of copper. People should consume this products
becausethe
body does not produce it; This is obtained from the food
mentioned and is absorbed in the stomach and the duodenum.
Copper
is not only found in certain food,, it is also found in the
process of beer as a result of fermented alcohol using yeast
through the process of germination,drying and toasting of the barley grains, to which has
been added hops and cook in copper pans.
The
homemade elaboration of beer dates from 4,000 years BC.
Likewise, the use of copper is allied to the development
of a product accepted world wide.
Copper
is versatile, in force and found upon human feeding and
health.
In
relation to the ice creams , the ancient Romans are the
inventors of the sherbet. In the centuries XVI and XVII in
the Courts of Spain, France and England, ice cream was
prepared and served.
The
raw materials, principally milk and lard are mixed in the
beginning of the process and then are pasteurised, after a
thermical treatment is applied to kill bacteria, subsequently
the mixture is homogenized at different pressures depending n
the product to elaborate. The maturing process continues to
obtain the own characteristics of the ice cream (fragrance,
taste, colour, etc). Finally, the product is frozen.
To
pasteurise is the most important phase in the preparation
of the ice creams and the bactericidal property of the
copper are targeted to eliminate bacteria.
The
copper does not allow the growth micro-organisms.
Several
experiments have taken place to study the effect of virus and
bacteria such as polio, legion Ella, pseudomonas fluorescents,
bacillus subtilisss, etc. confirm the anti-bacteria action.
In
all cases the growth of new bacteria was inhibited and in some
cases, the bacteria ws reduced 100%.