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Bad News for Beer Drinkers
New York Post ^ | Sun October 26, 2017 | Andrea Downey

Posted on 10/26/2017 2:16:42 PM PDT by nickcarraway

Boys, if you’re a big fan of beer, we’ve got bad news for you.

The hops used in your favorite drink could be giving you man boobs.

That’s because hops contain a high amount of phytoestrogen — a plant-derived chemical that is similar to the female sex hormone estrogen.

(Excerpt) Read more at nypost.com ...


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Food; Health/Medicine
KEYWORDS: beer
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1 posted on 10/26/2017 2:16:42 PM PDT by nickcarraway
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To: nickcarraway

I’ll take my chances.


2 posted on 10/26/2017 2:18:37 PM PDT by Thom Pain (They are invaders! Not aliens/immigrants.)
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To: nickcarraway

Well, this might help to explain how my boobs went from A to C over the past eight years!


3 posted on 10/26/2017 2:18:43 PM PDT by MeganC (Democrat by birth, Republican by default, Conservative by principle.)
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To: nickcarraway

On the other hand, it’s now thought that coffee is very good for you - LOTS of coffee.


4 posted on 10/26/2017 2:20:18 PM PDT by fwdude (Why is it that the only positive things to come out of LGBT organizations are their AIDS tests?)
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That’s why that’s happening to me. And here I thought it was all the estrogen-like enzymes I was told that’s in all the soy!!!

O.K. Guys. We need the beer industry to work on a replacement for hops, without that replacement making beer taste horrible.


5 posted on 10/26/2017 2:20:31 PM PDT by Wuli
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Beer and boobies! Cool!


6 posted on 10/26/2017 2:21:35 PM PDT by Lurkina.n.Learnin (Wisdom and education are different things. Don't confuse them.)
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Beer and moobies, not so much. :-(


7 posted on 10/26/2017 2:23:15 PM PDT by mewzilla (Was Obama surveilling John Roberts? Might explain a lot.)
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To: nickcarraway

Good news for the women folk.


8 posted on 10/26/2017 2:24:02 PM PDT by Slyfox (Are you tired of winning yet?)
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To: nickcarraway

Uh-oh...


9 posted on 10/26/2017 2:24:14 PM PDT by Enduro Guy (Always cov fe'fe)
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To: MeganC

I don’t believe you, pics...


10 posted on 10/26/2017 2:24:26 PM PDT by EEGator
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To: nickcarraway

Och! We dinna ha’ this wee problem in Scotland!


11 posted on 10/26/2017 2:25:31 PM PDT by ClearCase_guy (Benedict McCain is the worst traitor ever to wear the uniform of the US military.)
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To: Thom Pain
boojit

It makes us look pregnant !

12 posted on 10/26/2017 2:26:07 PM PDT by knarf (I say things that are true, I have no proof, but they're true.)
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To: EEGator

The seven kids may have had something to do with it too.

(-:


13 posted on 10/26/2017 2:26:16 PM PDT by MeganC (Democrat by birth, Republican by default, Conservative by principle.)
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To: nickcarraway

I’ll just switch to vodka!


14 posted on 10/26/2017 2:26:43 PM PDT by Rummyfan (In any war between the civilized man and the savage, support the civilized man. Support Israel.)
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To: MeganC

My wife too! Three cases a week and she has become Hooters calender material.


15 posted on 10/26/2017 2:26:45 PM PDT by blackdog
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To: nickcarraway

I’ve been drinking beer for nearly 40 years. Have yet to have to wear a bra.


16 posted on 10/26/2017 2:27:05 PM PDT by SamAdams76
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So does this mean IPAs with a lot of that hoppy, bitter taste?


17 posted on 10/26/2017 2:27:29 PM PDT by Az Joe (Gloria in excelsis Deo)
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Well, that explains .........a lot.....................


18 posted on 10/26/2017 2:27:35 PM PDT by Red Badger (Road Rage lasts 5 minutes. Road Rash lasts 5 months!.....................)
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To: Slyfox
Maybe but i HATE beer!
19 posted on 10/26/2017 2:28:00 PM PDT by zerosix (Native Sunflower)
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To: Enduro Guy

Oh! Now I can stay home and drink beer!


20 posted on 10/26/2017 2:28:20 PM PDT by Dr. Bogus Pachysandra (Don't touch that thing Don't let anybody touch that thing!I'm a Doctor and I won't touch that thing!)
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