Friday, June 23, 2006

Drinking beer to fight prostate cancer

A main ingredient in beer may help prevent prostate cancer, according to a recent report. This ingredient is called Xanthohumol. Cancer typically results from uncontrolled cell reproduction and growth. Xanthohumol, which belongs to a group of plant compounds called flavonoids, can trigger the so-called programmed cancer cell death and therefore can controls cancer growth.
Xanthohumol is present in such small amounts in most of beers that a person would have to drink more than 17 beers to benefit. The good news is that scientists in Germany have already developed a beer that contains 10 times the amount of xanthohumol as traditional brews.

9 comments:

darcy said...

Sweet :D

... said...

What other foods might contain this flavonoids?

Ruby said...

another reason to drink beer -- not that I needed one.

Jagd Kunst said...

I read about this in the paper yesterday to my delight. The article directly underneath was about how coffee helps to regenerate your liver.

I am saved.

High Power Rocketry said...

Lies : )

Sir James Eric Watkins said...

good information here.

And beer's good so...for breakfast or to prevent certain cancers. who knew?

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Sadhana said...

Hello!!!

Ur blog is amazing & informative...my friend has started her career as nutritionist in reserch & development platform , your blog might be useful to her!

Thank you :)

Quindigo said...

I read this and was REALLY excited...now, if only I had a prostate! ;)

Unknown said...

Hey dude, very informative website. Would probably post this blog entry of yours on my blog. You know this German beer though? Let me know. Thanks!

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