Posted on 02/02/2015 1:11:36 PM PST by wtd
" As self-delusional arguments go, it sounds like it is up there with claims that a bowl of ice-cream supplies a quarter of your daily calcium needs.
However, scientists in China have found that drinking beer could help protect the brain from a number of degenerative brain diseases.
A team of researchers at Lanzhou University have published a study which claims that xanthohumol, a type of flavinoid found in hops, could help protect the brain against the onset of diseases such as Parkinson's, Alzheimer's and dementia.
According to Jianguo Fang, who led the research, xanthohumol [Xn], known for its antioxidant properties, helps guard the brain against oxidative stress, an imbalance that occurs as the body metabolises oxygyen, which is believed to be a contributing factor in the development of neurodegenerative conditions.
"In traditional Chinese medicine, hops have been used to treat a variety of ailments for centuries," said Dr Fang. "The presence of a high concentration of Xn in beers might be linked to the epidemiological observation of the beneficial effect of regular beer drinking.
(Excerpt) Read more at telegraph.co.uk ...
I thought you liked wine?
"In much the same way, the human brain can only operate as fast as the slowest brain cells. Excessive intake of alcohol, as we know, kills brain cells. But naturally it attacks the slowest and weakest brain cells first.
"In this way, regular consumption of beer eliminates the weaker brain cells, making the brain a faster and more efficient machine. That's why you always feel smarter after a few beers."
Kill the liver, save the brain!
People with sclerosis of the liver do not have any cholesterol in the veins.
I should be set for centuries as long what I drank 30 years ago counts.
Beer kills brain cells, but only the weak ones!
There is that better?
Yippee!
Now FREE TUBORG on Obamacare!
Yesterday this time I was liking a Diesel Punk porter with Mr. GG2. Right this minute we are enjoying a Manhattan with some really rockin 13th Colony rye whiskey. For dinner a nice Zinfandel I picked up on my way home. :-)
I need a cold one after work!
More days than your liver could handle.
They don't control for weight. With my body weight it'd only take about 1500 beers a day. 21 cases. At 15 cents a return, that's 75 bucks I could use to buy more beer.
>> A person would have to drink 2,000 liters of beer a day to replicate what they tested...
I’d better get started, then... it’s almost dark!
Damn, I want to hang with you guys. :)
"Honey...You really want me to lose my mind?? Maybe you should drink some of this."
lol - I just received a book by Dr. William Campbell Douglass on the benefits of moderate smoking.
He says a cigar now and again is good for you! Now the news about the beer.....what a great week!
Snicker! :-)
How many mugs?....I mean BEER mugs...sorry for that...
I knew by the title you’d see this....haaa!!!...and, it’s two more hours until dark...get back to work!!!....you are not at GG2’s!
Yes, dear. :-)
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