It's not what you would consider to be a healthy drink.
But research suggests drinking beer could actually lower your blood pressure, slash your weight and prevent diabetes.
Xanthohumol, found in hops - a key ingredient of beer, could reverse damage done by consuming high-fat diets, scientists claim.
Such diets lead to metabolic syndrome - a cluster of conditions including obesity and high blood pressure, blood sugar and cholesterol.
But trials on mice fed high-fat foods, mimicking a Western diet, showed that giving them the flavonoid could curb some of the conditions.
A derivative of the compound was 'especially potent' in reducing insulin resistance - the driving factor that leads to type 2 diabetes.
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There is one compound that prevents loneliness, guys and girls look a whole lot better after you have had 6 or more!
ReplyDeleteEvery beneficial ingredient in beer can be made in a pill.You just won't look any better.
ReplyDeleteIf this is true then I should never get sick.
ReplyDelete"Compounds in beer can prevent a host of diseases", and the longtime consumption of beer can enhance a host of diseases.
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ReplyDeleteYes but you will die knowing that you had a very happy life without the regret that you put yourself in a self imposed prison of choice about what you want to do.
But research suggests drinking beer could actually lower your blood pressure, slash your weight and prevent diabetes.
ReplyDeleteHaHa, I drink beer regularly, and I have problems with all three conditions. Why do you think they call them "beer bellys?"