Post #236,163
11/27/05 12:48:36 AM
8/21/07 12:42:25 PM
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Protect yourself from cancer with a frosty mug of beer!
[link|http://www.biologynews.net/archives/2005/11/26/anticancer_compound_in_beer_gaining_interest.html|http://www.biologyne...ing_interest.html]
A compound found only in hops and the main product they are used in - beer - has rapidly gained interest as a micronutrient that might help prevent many types of cancer.
Researchers at Oregon State University first discovered the cancer-related properties of this flavonoid compound called xanthohumol about 10 years ago. A recent publication by an OSU researcher in the journal Phytochemistry outlines the range of findings made since then. And many other scientists in programs around the world are also beginning to look at the value of these hops flavonoids for everything from preventing prostate or colon cancer to hormone replacement therapy for women.
"Xanthohumol is one of the more significant compounds for cancer chemoprevention that we have studied," said Fred Stevens, a researcher with OSU's Linus Pauling Institute and an assistant professor of medicinal chemistry in the College of Pharmacy. "The published literature and research on its properties are just exploding at this point, and there's a great deal of interest."
Quite a bit is now known about the biological mechanism of action of this compound and the ways it may help prevent cancer or have other metabolic value. But even before most of those studies have been completed, efforts are under way to isolate and market it as a food supplement. A "health beer" with enhanced levels of the compound is already being developed. -------- Beer might not prevent cancer - but I'm gonna drink a couple just to be safe.
"Whenever you find you are on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect" --Mark Twain
"The significant problems we face cannot be solved at the same level of thinking we were at when we created them." --Albert Einstein
"This is still a dangerous world. It's a world of madmen and uncertainty and potential mental losses." --George W. Bush
Protect yourself from cancer with a frosty mug of beer!
[link|http://www.biologynews.net/archives/2005/11/26/anticancer_compound_in_beer_gaining_interest.html|http://www.biologyne...ing_interest.html]
A compound found only in hops and the main product they are used in - beer - has rapidly gained interest as a micronutrient that might help prevent many types of cancer.
Researchers at Oregon State University first discovered the cancer-related properties of this flavonoid compound called xanthohumol about 10 years ago. A recent publication by an OSU researcher in the journal Phytochemistry outlines the range of findings made since then. And many other scientists in programs around the world are also beginning to look at the value of these hops flavonoids for everything from preventing prostate or colon cancer to hormone replacement therapy for women.
"Xanthohumol is one of the more significant compounds for cancer chemoprevention that we have studied," said Fred Stevens, a researcher with OSU's Linus Pauling Institute and an assistant professor of medicinal chemistry in the College of Pharmacy. "The published literature and research on its properties are just exploding at this point, and there's a great deal of interest."
Quite a bit is now known about the biological mechanism of action of this compound and the ways it may help prevent cancer or have other metabolic value. But even before most of those studies have been completed, efforts are under way to isolate and market it as a food supplement. A "health beer" with enhanced levels of the compound is already being developed. -------- Beer might not prevent cancer - but I'm gonna drink a couple just to be safe.
"Whenever you find you are on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect" --Mark Twain
"The significant problems we face cannot be solved at the same level of thinking we were at when we created them." --Albert Einstein
"This is still a dangerous world. It's a world of madmen and uncertainty and potential mental losses." --George W. Bush
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Post #236,166
11/27/05 1:49:36 AM
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I'm going to live forever, then.
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Post #236,170
11/27/05 3:10:40 AM
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Well, so far so good...
Two out of three people wonder where the other one is.
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Post #236,187
11/27/05 1:13:28 PM
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That won't work for most North Americans
most of the beer sold here lacks anything remotely resembling a flavonoid, AFAICT.
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Post #236,189
11/27/05 1:24:47 PM
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Well, the stuff I'm drinking right now . . .
. . is imported from Lithuania, and it's pretty hoppy.
[link|http://www.aaxnet.com|AAx]
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Post #236,198
11/27/05 2:14:34 PM
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The stuff I drink is imported from Yorkshire.
That's pretty hoppy, too.
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Post #236,197
11/27/05 2:14:17 PM
8/21/07 12:43:11 PM
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I only drink import or microbrew
And I reckon this is one of the healthier ones. [link|http://www.hoppy.com/story.htm|http://www.hoppy.com/story.htm]
"Whenever you find you are on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect" --Mark Twain
"The significant problems we face cannot be solved at the same level of thinking we were at when we created them." --Albert Einstein
"This is still a dangerous world. It's a world of madmen and uncertainty and potential mental losses." --George W. Bush
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Post #236,199
11/27/05 2:15:58 PM
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I cannot resist inflicting jealousy on you.
This is two miles or so from my house:
[link|http://www.pinchinthorpehall.co.uk/micro.html|http://www.pinchinth....co.uk/micro.html]
Flying Herbert, in particular, is a most pleasant brew.
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Post #236,203
11/27/05 2:26:40 PM
8/21/07 12:43:25 PM
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Prior to moving from Denver
I lived stumbling distance to all of these.
[link|http://www.wynkoop.com/tastes_beer.html|http://www.wynkoop.com/tastes_beer.html] [link|http://www.breckenridgebrewery.com/|http://www.breckenridgebrewery.com/] [link|http://www.rockbottomrestaurantsinc.com/RockBottomWeb/RBR/home.aspx|http://www.rockbotto...Web/RBR/home.aspx] [link|http://www.rockbottomrestaurantsinc.com/RockBottomWeb/CH/index.aspx?PageName=/RockBottomWeb/Controls/Beer/DisplayBeerItemList.ascx&SectionName=Root.Denver.BeerMenu&LocationID=10089|http://www.rockbotto...&LocationID=10089]
I am finding a pocket of nifty breweries local to Portland/Seattle area as well. While the US was a complete beer wasteland in the 1980's, in the '90s we've caught up with the great beer countries of europe in some regions. Denver and Seattle are two of the major epicenters in the great beer reform in the US.
"Whenever you find you are on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect" --Mark Twain
"The significant problems we face cannot be solved at the same level of thinking we were at when we created them." --Albert Einstein
"This is still a dangerous world. It's a world of madmen and uncertainty and potential mental losses." --George W. Bush
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Post #236,204
11/27/05 2:30:48 PM
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Yeah, when the big breweries bought up everyone else . . .
. . and closed them down, they sold all the equipment for scrap. Big mistake. The scrapyards maximized their investment by selling the stuff whole - found plenty of eager buyers and a movement was born.
[link|http://www.aaxnet.com|AAx]
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Post #236,221
11/27/05 7:14:55 PM
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You ain't seen nothin' yet!
[link|http://www.shmaltz.com/index1.html|He'Brew]
Shalom! Amy
"It's never too late to be who you might have been." ~ George Eliot
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Post #236,257
11/28/05 12:03:27 AM
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Oy vei!
Alex
The trouble with the world is that the stupid are cocksure and the intelligent are full of doubt. -- Bertrand Russell
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