Can a bottle of warm beer REALLY be better than psychotherapy? German health boss provokes outrage by claiming a brew can cure some mental disorders

By MIA DE GRAAF

PUBLISHED: 23:37 GMT, 8 November 2013 | UPDATED: 23:56 GMT, 8 November 2013

A bottle of warm beer is better than psychotherapy, a German health official has advised.

According to Josef Hecken, chair of the country's statutory health system, a drink can heal minor illnesses like sleep disorders.

Speaking at a debate, he also ridiculed the inclusion of psychotherapists in Germany's healthcare provision.

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2494015/Can-bottle-warm-beer-REALLY-better-psychotherapy.html

-- Mail Online 2013-11-08

Maybe. I sometimes drink a room temperature bottle of Chang an hour before going to bed. Yes, it helps me sleep and I wake up without a hangover.

I think this may work for some people as long as your problem is just one of life's niggles.

Maybe. I sometimes drink a room temperature bottle of Chang an hour before going to bed. Yes, it helps me sleep and I wake up without a hangover.

I think this may work for some people as long as your problem is just one of life's niggles.

warm beer?? aaaahhhggggg!!!!

I wonder how long it will be before some clown posts "I'd rather have a bottle in front o' me than a frontal lobotomy"?

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What's up with this beer sh_t? I have never understood this obsession with beer. Why everybody drinks beer? I do not mean to offend those who like it but why is that that most adults, especially males like beer and consume it quite regularly? And don't come with the health benefits of it. If they are so health conscious then why the vast majority of them don't lead a healthy lifestyle and follow a proper diet.

I wonder how long it will be before some clown posts "I'd rather have a bottle in front o' me than a frontal lobotomy"?  

 

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Exit stage left....

Obviously, it didn't take long.

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What's up with this beer sh_t? I have never understood this obsession with beer. Why everybody drinks beer? I do not mean to offend those who like it but why is that that most adults, especially males like beer and consume it quite regularly? And don't come with the health benefits of it. If they are so health conscious then why the vast majority of them don't lead a healthy lifestyle and follow a proper diet.

If you drink sh*t beer, I understand you. Try quality beer and you'll understand.

And if 'everybody' (as you say) likes it, there must be a reason for it.

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That said, beer needs to be enjoyed at the right temperature. Warm beer is disgusting.

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What's up with this beer sh_t? I have never understood this obsession with beer. Why everybody drinks beer? I do not mean to offend those who like it but why is that that most adults, especially males like beer and consume it quite regularly? And don't come with the health benefits of it. If they are so health conscious then why the vast majority of them don't lead a healthy lifestyle and follow a proper diet.

What the fuc_k is up with people who don't understand why other people like beer?

What the fuc_k is up with that?

I don't mean to offend those who doesn't understand why other people like something.