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Beer for life
Fortune via CNN ^
| 03/14/2006
| By Matthew Boyle
Posted on 03/14/2006 1:36:59 PM PST by oxcart
Can drinking it slow the aging process? A new study in Austria says yes -- but that may not be enough to help large domestic brewers.
With St. Patrick's Day and March Madness soon upon us, Americans probably don't need any more reasons to toss back a few beers. But we'll give you some anyway.
Researchers in Austria and the Czech Republic -- two nations that drink more than their fair share of suds -- have just released studies that suggest that beer is an anti-inflammatory and can slow the aging process.
In a study published in the March issue of International Immunopharmacology, scientists at Austria's Innsbruck Medical University found that hops, a key ingredient in beer, affect the production of neopterin, a telltale sign of inflammation, and levels of the amino acid tryptophan (low levels are associated with more inflammation.)
Like red wine and green tea, whose health benefits have been widely reported, beer was found to reduce neopterin production and suppress degradation of tryptophan, according to the study. (Tryptophan is also commonly cited as the reason people feel tired after gorging on Thanksgiving turkey.)
"This suppression might be connected with the calming effect of beer," the researchers note, "since its normalizing effect on the tryptophan balance improves the availability of the 'happiness hormone' serotonin." And who wouldn't want happiness to be more available?
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TOPICS: Culture/Society
KEYWORDS: 3dioxygenase; beer; burp; health; indoleamine2; neopterin; oxygenase; peacebabylikebeer; pyrrolase; tryptophan
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To: Auntbee
just stay away from that Jaegermeister when you drink your beer, missy.
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posted on
03/14/2006 1:50:10 PM PST
by
peacebaby
("What? Me worry?" Alfred E Newman)
To: oxcart
"Whoo-Hoo!! Already there!!"
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posted on
03/14/2006 1:50:17 PM PST
by
reagan_fanatic
(Darwinism is a belief in the meaninglessness of existence - R. Kirk)
To: peacebaby
Can drinking it slow the aging process? I am finely preserved! I'll keep drinking more so I never die!
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posted on
03/14/2006 1:50:30 PM PST
by
Toby06
(Jail employers of illegal immigrants.)
To: oxcart
LOL...been there myself...(or so I've been told). :)
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posted on
03/14/2006 1:51:33 PM PST
by
EX52D
(They say that anger is just love disappointed...)
To: peacebaby
LOL...that stuff will make your clothes fall off! :)
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posted on
03/14/2006 1:52:14 PM PST
by
EX52D
(They say that anger is just love disappointed...)
To: Toby06
no need to wait till 6pm...I think I'll start my anti-aging process in ....about 15 minutes which is the time it will take me to walk across the street to the pub.
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posted on
03/14/2006 1:52:18 PM PST
by
peacebaby
("What? Me worry?" Alfred E Newman)
To: EX52D
no, it's margaritas that make my clothes fall off.
but that's another story.
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posted on
03/14/2006 1:53:00 PM PST
by
peacebaby
("What? Me worry?" Alfred E Newman)
To: Toby06
I believe this has your name on it...
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posted on
03/14/2006 1:53:52 PM PST
by
EX52D
(They say that anger is just love disappointed...)
To: peacebaby
I wait until the Brit Hume intro starts.
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posted on
03/14/2006 1:55:01 PM PST
by
oxcart
To: EX52D
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posted on
03/14/2006 1:55:05 PM PST
by
Toby06
(Jail employers of illegal immigrants.)
To: EX52D
Am I really that predictable? LOL!
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posted on
03/14/2006 1:55:35 PM PST
by
Toby06
(Jail employers of illegal immigrants.)
To: Toby06
I hope that little red x is actually crab legs!
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posted on
03/14/2006 1:55:56 PM PST
by
EX52D
(They say that anger is just love disappointed...)
To: oxcart
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posted on
03/14/2006 1:56:40 PM PST
by
peacebaby
("What? Me worry?" Alfred E Newman)
To: Toby06
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posted on
03/14/2006 1:56:45 PM PST
by
EX52D
(They say that anger is just love disappointed...)
To: peacebaby
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posted on
03/14/2006 1:56:46 PM PST
by
Toby06
(Jail employers of illegal immigrants.)
To: EX52D
Darn, you get a red x? Bummer.
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posted on
03/14/2006 1:57:30 PM PST
by
Toby06
(Jail employers of illegal immigrants.)
To: EX52D; Toby06
crab legs! Low country boil - and beer.
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posted on
03/14/2006 1:57:30 PM PST
by
peacebaby
("What? Me worry?" Alfred E Newman)
To: oxcart; Sam Adams
...beer is an anti-inflammatory...HERE'S TO ANTI-INFLAMMATORIES! **clink**
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posted on
03/14/2006 1:57:43 PM PST
by
Libloather
(You say Dubai, and I say hello...)
To: peacebaby
No problem. At least until Friday.
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posted on
03/14/2006 1:58:04 PM PST
by
Auntbee
(I have become comfortably numb.)
To: peacebaby
Sounds like a great way to spend a few months!!!
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03/14/2006 1:58:11 PM PST
by
Toby06
(Jail employers of illegal immigrants.)
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