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Beer ingredient may fight prostate cancer
Associated Press ^ | 6/12/6

Posted on 06/12/2006 6:40:02 AM PDT by presidio9

A main ingredient in beer may help prevent prostate cancer and enlargement, according to a new study. But researchers say don't rush out to stock the refrigerator because the ingredient is present in such small amounts that a person would have to drink more than 17 beers to benefit.

Oregon State University researchers say the compound xanthohumol, found in hops, inhibits a specific protein in the cells along the surface of the prostate gland.

The protein acts like a signal switch that turns on a variety of animal and human cancers, including prostate cancer.

Cancer typically results from uncontrolled cell reproduction and growth. Xanthohumol belongs to a group of plant compounds called flavonoids, which can trigger the programmed cell death that controls growth, researchers say.

Xanthohumol was first discovered in hops in 1913, but its health effects were not known until about 10 years ago, when it was first studied by Fred Stevens, assistant professor of medicinal chemistry at OSU's College of Pharmacy.

Last fall, Stevens published an update on xanthohumol in the journal Phytochemistry that drew international attention.

Stevens says it possible for drug companies to develop pills containing concentrated doses of the flavonoid found in the hops used to brew beer.

He also says researchers could work to increase the xanthohumol content of hops.

There are already a number of food supplements on the market containing hops, and scientists in Germany have developed a beer that contains 10 times the amount of xanthohumol as traditional brews. The drink is being marketed as a healthy beer, but research is still under way to determine if it has any effect against cancer.

The latest Oregon State University research was published in a recent issue of Cancer Letters.

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KEYWORDS: cancer; health
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1 posted on 06/12/2006 6:40:02 AM PDT by presidio9
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To: presidio9

Yum, pop a Sam.


2 posted on 06/12/2006 6:41:46 AM PDT by boomop1 (there you go again)
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To: presidio9

I can't believe you can get such a powerful anti-cancer benefit from only 17 beers a day.


3 posted on 06/12/2006 6:41:48 AM PDT by wideawake
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a person would have to drink more than 17 beers to benefit.

I toldja Marge, I wuz out workin' on my health!

4 posted on 06/12/2006 6:41:48 AM PDT by Izzy Dunne (Hello, I'm a TAGLINE virus. Please help me spread by copying me into YOUR tag line.)
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To: presidio9

Wow a butt lite?


5 posted on 06/12/2006 6:41:53 AM PDT by al baby (Dick Trickle is not a medical condition)
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To: presidio9
But researchers say don't rush out to stock the refrigerator because the ingredient is present in such small amounts that a person would have to drink more than 17 beers to benefit.

Well, a man's gotta do what a man's gotta do....

6 posted on 06/12/2006 6:42:28 AM PDT by Cincinatus (Omnia relinquit servare Republicam)
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To: presidio9
But researchers say don't rush out to stock the refrigerator because the ingredient is present in such small amounts that a person would have to drink more than 17 beers to benefit.

Works for me.

7 posted on 06/12/2006 6:42:40 AM PDT by dirtboy (When Bush is on the same side as Ted the Swimmer on an issue, you know he's up to no good...)
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To: presidio9

17 beers to get the effect? No Problemo, I read the contraindications, and I can live with blurry vision, inability to operate heavy equipment, headache, nausea, vomiting and diahrea.


8 posted on 06/12/2006 6:42:47 AM PDT by jeremiah (How much did we get for that rope?)
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To: presidio9

Beer Rules. That is all.


9 posted on 06/12/2006 6:42:53 AM PDT by SShultz460
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To: presidio9
WOOOOOOOOO HOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!


10 posted on 06/12/2006 6:42:55 AM PDT by Fighting Irish
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To: presidio9

"...drink more than 17 beers to benefit..."

At one sitting? Burrrrrp!


11 posted on 06/12/2006 6:43:52 AM PDT by butternut_squash_bisque (The recipe's at my FR HomePage. Try it!)
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To: pissant

To your health!

12 posted on 06/12/2006 6:46:38 AM PDT by Mr. Brightside
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To: presidio9

Good news everyone!


13 posted on 06/12/2006 6:47:27 AM PDT by steveo (Fathers Against Rude Television: You may already be a member)
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To: presidio9
It's raining beer!!!
14 posted on 06/12/2006 6:51:30 AM PDT by NonValueAdded ("So to hell with that twerp at the [WaPo]. I've got no time for him on a day like this." Mark Steyn)
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To: presidio9

WOW. I usually have hops around, though I don't use them in tea much except for treating sick people and really gotta order more. Plus Hubby and me both like to pop a cold one after a long day. Now there's HEALTH benefits! :-)


15 posted on 06/12/2006 6:52:24 AM PDT by cake_crumb (Drugs? Illegals? Legalize and Tax 'Em All, Right? Right??)
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To: Mr. Brightside

And don't forget the benefits of a healthy beer fart.


16 posted on 06/12/2006 6:52:30 AM PDT by pissant
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To: wideawake

That's a Saturday night...


17 posted on 06/12/2006 6:52:57 AM PDT by in hoc signo vinces ("Houston, TX...a waiting quagmire for jihadis. American gals are worth fighting for!")
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To: presidio9

Does this mean that beer can now be deducted as a medical expense on tax returns?


18 posted on 06/12/2006 6:52:59 AM PDT by TruthWillWin
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ONLY 17?..........


19 posted on 06/12/2006 6:53:55 AM PDT by Red Badger (Liberals ignore criminal behavior, reward sloth and revere incompetence...........)
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To: presidio9

17 a day? Cool, I should be fine.


20 posted on 06/12/2006 6:54:43 AM PDT by gate2wire
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