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Beer could stop bones going brittle
Telegraph ^
| 12 Aug 2009
| Ben Leach
Posted on 08/14/2009 9:35:20 AM PDT by Ben Mugged
A study found that the bones of women who drink beer regularly are stronger, making them less likely to suffer from osteoporosis.
It is thought that the high level of silicon in beer slows down the thinning that leads to fractures and boosts the formation of new bone, the journal Nutrition reports.
Beer is also rich in phytoestrogens, plant versions of oestrogen, which keep bones healthy.
Bones are made up of a mesh of fibres, minerals, blood vessels and marrow, and healthy ones are denser with smaller spaces between the different parts.
The researchers asked almost 1,700 healthy women with an average age of 48 about their drinking habits. They then underwent ultrasound scans of their hands, which showed the bones belonging to beer drinkers to be denser.
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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Testing; United Kingdom
KEYWORDS: beer; bones; osteoporosis
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It makes them look better as well.....
To: Ben Mugged
“God is great, beer is good...................”
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posted on
08/14/2009 9:36:46 AM PDT
by
PrairieRoot
(Here's hoping Global Warning extends the hunting and logging seasons.)
To: Ben Mugged
I HAVE THE STRONGEST BONES IN THE WORLD !!
To: Ben Mugged
“Beer is also rich in phytoestrogens”
Which is why men who drink beer have flabby man breasts.
Seriously.
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posted on
08/14/2009 9:37:19 AM PDT
by
TheThirdRuffian
(Defend America from the Communist.)
To: Ben Mugged
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posted on
08/14/2009 9:37:38 AM PDT
by
al_c
(Our government is not a spectator sport.)
To: Ben Mugged
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posted on
08/14/2009 9:41:26 AM PDT
by
NMEwithin
To: Ben Mugged
I found that out many many years ago when I exited my car and the cop called me "rubber knees".
To: Ben Mugged; evets
"She's Flexible -- Because She Drinks
BEER!"™
To: Ben Mugged; tx_eggman
Raise your mugs ... a toast to strong bones!
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posted on
08/14/2009 9:46:38 AM PDT
by
SpinnerWebb
(mankind are more disposed to suffer, while evils are sufferable, than to right themselves)
To: Ben Mugged
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posted on
08/14/2009 9:47:39 AM PDT
by
ropin71
(God Bless our Troops!)
To: martin_fierro
Thanks to you... and BEER!
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posted on
08/14/2009 9:51:19 AM PDT
by
evets
(beer)
To: Ben Mugged; GOP_Raider
Beer builds strong bones ping!
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posted on
08/14/2009 9:51:55 AM PDT
by
dynachrome
(I am Jim Thompson!)
To: rzeznikj at stout; GOP_Raider; Rodney King; Tainan; Chasaway; SquirrelKing; dynachrome; ...
Beer Ping!
A low to medium ping list aimed at all of us who, well, love our beer…
FReepmail rzeznikj at stout or GOP_Raider to be added or struck from the list…
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posted on
08/14/2009 9:56:21 AM PDT
by
GOP_Raider
(Have you risen above your own public education today?)
To: Ben Mugged
Well of course beer is good for you! I use it in body-building myself. I'm building a tummy at the moment.
To: Ben Mugged
***It makes them look better as well..... ***
3.2 Oklahoma beer or Missouri beer?
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posted on
08/14/2009 10:09:45 AM PDT
by
Ruy Dias de Bivar
(Tar and feather the sons of bi#ches! Ride them out of town on a rail!)
To: Ben Mugged
My bones are as strong as a dinosaur’s.
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posted on
08/14/2009 10:11:19 AM PDT
by
Cathy
To: Ben Mugged
And STILL there are those that say there is no God?
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posted on
08/14/2009 10:14:57 AM PDT
by
101voodoo
(OBAMA-OPIATE FOR THE DUMB ASSES)
To: Ben Mugged
And STILL there are those that say there is no God?
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posted on
08/14/2009 10:15:02 AM PDT
by
101voodoo
(OBAMA- THE OPIATE FOR THE DUMB ASSES)
To: GOP_Raider
To: Ruy Dias de Bivar
Just beer. The more you drink, the better they look.
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posted on
08/14/2009 10:25:30 AM PDT
by
Ben Mugged
(Unions are the storm troopers of socialism.)
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