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Beer could help 'protect brain against Parkinson's and Alzheimer's'
UK Telegraph ^
| 10:55AM GMT 02 Feb 2015
| Telegraph Men
Posted on 02/02/2015 1:11:36 PM PST by wtd
- Beer could help 'protect brain against Parkinson's and Alzheimer's'
" 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 ...
TOPICS: Health/Medicine
KEYWORDS: alzheimers; beer; brain; healtbenefits; parkinsons; xanthohumol
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posted on
02/02/2015 1:11:36 PM PST
by
wtd
To: wtd
Kill the liver, save the brain!
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posted on
02/02/2015 1:13:02 PM PST
by
Mastador1
(I'll take a bad dog over a good politician any day!)
To: wtd
Sure. And if it doesn’t protect it, keep drinking and kill them brain cells.
One way or another - Problem Solved.
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posted on
02/02/2015 1:15:40 PM PST
by
Responsibility2nd
(See Ya On The Road; Al Baby's Mom!)
To: wtd
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posted on
02/02/2015 1:17:11 PM PST
by
Ouchthatonehurt
("When you're going through hell, keep going." - Sir Winston Churchill)
To: wtd
Maybe dead brain cells are just not susceptible to degenerative diseases.
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posted on
02/02/2015 1:17:18 PM PST
by
WayneS
(Don't blame me, I voted for Kodos.)
To: wtd
My grandfather drank plenty of beer all his life and ended up with Parkinson’s so it didn’t help him.
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posted on
02/02/2015 1:18:05 PM PST
by
fulltlt
To: wtd
Well ok then. I’m all in.
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posted on
02/02/2015 1:18:10 PM PST
by
Noumenon
(Resistance. Restoration. Retribution.)
To: wtd
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posted on
02/02/2015 1:18:10 PM PST
by
chajin
("There is no other name under heaven given among people by which we must be saved." Acts 4:12)
To: wtd
To: Responsibility2nd
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posted on
02/02/2015 1:23:11 PM PST
by
Responsibility2nd
(See Ya On The Road; Al Baby's Mom!)
To: wtd
A person would have to drink 2,000 liters of beer a day to replicate what they tested...
To: wtd
A Candidate and Beer Endorsement for the ages!!
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posted on
02/02/2015 1:23:46 PM PST
by
MeshugeMikey
("Never, Never, Never, Give Up," Winston Churchill ><>)
To: Mastador1
Killing your liver with beer requires a lot of work. Combining Tylenol and liquor are more effective.
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posted on
02/02/2015 1:24:30 PM PST
by
AppyPappy
(If you are not part of the solution, there is good money to be made prolonging the problem.)
To: wtd
I been telling my wife for ages drinking beer was good for you. I don’t have Parkinson’s so it must be working. Now if I could just remember where I left the 6-pack
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posted on
02/02/2015 1:25:01 PM PST
by
Polynikes
(What would Walt Kowalski do. In the meantime "GET OFF MY LAWN")
To: wtd
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posted on
02/02/2015 1:25:05 PM PST
by
Kartographer
("We mutually pledge to each other our lives, our fortunes and our sacred honor.")
To: Mastador1
Probably because it all comes out as such in the early years of being drunk, there's no park or alt left in yer system to affect ya' in old age
Kind'a like them old Russians 110 yrs old, smoke and drink to this day ... go figger
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posted on
02/02/2015 1:27:21 PM PST
by
knarf
(I say things that are true ... I have no proof ... but, they're true)
To: 9YearLurker
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posted on
02/02/2015 1:27:22 PM PST
by
Paladin2
To: wtd
I am going to accept this as unconditionally true. :-)
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posted on
02/02/2015 1:28:00 PM PST
by
Georgia Girl 2
(The only purpose o f a pistol is to fight your way back to the rifle you should never have dropped.)
To: 9YearLurker
A person would have to drink 2,000 liters of beer a day to replicate what they tested...
I'm going to have to kick it up a notch.
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posted on
02/02/2015 1:29:36 PM PST
by
posterchild
(It takes a politician to declare a settled science.)
To: posterchild
protect the brain by killing the brain
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posted on
02/02/2015 1:30:19 PM PST
by
GeronL
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