Beer May Make For Healthier Bones

theindychannel.com ^ | February 26, 2010 | unknown

[Abathar]

Osteoporosis Less Common In Beer Drinkers

Drinking a few beers could help you keep strong bones as you age, researchers from the University of California, Davis reported.

They said in a news release that a new study suggests beer is a significant source of silicon, which helps increase mineral density in bones.

Lead author Charles Bamforth said it had not previously been clear why the brewing process ended up with so much silicon in beer. One finding in the study was that hops contributes four times the silicon that is found in the malt from barley.

[Abathar]

I'd show this to my wife as proof that I need that extra beer to stay healthy, but after reading the article she'd probably just put sand in my soup and call it cost savings.

[Mengerian]

Ahhh, so that explains why I’m “big boned.”

[AbeKrieger]

I have never sustained a broken bone in my life. Coincidence? Now, I believe not.

[johniegrad]

Beer may make for healthier bones but too much beer prevents bones.

[Fester Chugabrew]

Yesssss!

[Abathar]

They have to be stronger to hold up some of those impressive guts I see around town I guess...

[henkster]

I was in college when I first learned that a beer a day was good for you. By the time I had graduated in 1981, I figured I was guaranteed good health through 2017.

[AngelesCrestHighway]

Hell!....I’ll drink to that!

[airborne]

"Beer is proof that God loves us and wants us to be happy!" - Benjamin Franklin

[Abathar]

lol, somehow with the choice of a screen name with Chugabrew in it I doubt you have bone density issues...

[SIDENET]

Is there anything that beer CAN’T fix?

[Mengerian]

Indeed.

Although I once witnessed a bumper sticker which read:

“It’s not a beer gut. It’s a fuel tank for a sex machine.”

[GonzoGOP]

Well it might do wonders for bones, but I’m still limping around on an ankle i destroyed 20 years ago in what can only be described as a bizarre drinking accident.

[Mengerian]

I also readily admit I've probably bellied-up (one too many times) to Jonathan Byrd's Cafeteria.

[pissant]

Brewer’s droop

[SWAMPSNIPER]

I have great bones but everything else is shot!

[kingattax]

"the doc says i have a silicon deficiency"

[MarineBrat]

Healthier bones or bonier health.... mmmBeer!

[johniegrad]

Brewer’s droop

Yet it's not referred to as a "soft drink". Curious.

[DCBryan1]

Homebrew BUMP!

[pissant]

With women, it works like a pry bar

[Revolting cat!]

That photo is so old! Here's a more recent pic of one of the chicks!

[johniegrad]

With women, it works like a pry bar

That must be where the phrase "Prying in your beer" comes from.

[GunRunner]

Same here. No broken bones ever.

Thanks Miller Brewing Company!

[Hotmetal]

I should be in good shape since I'm a certified hop head.

[goseminoles]

Ask a bunch of alcoholics how good their bones are. Probably not a good answer.

[668 - Neighbor of the Beast]

I’ve been drinking milk for 30 years, and hearing the stuff is good for my bones. And NOW you tell me I should have been drinking beer???

[Noumenon]

Well alrighty, then...

[Cicero]

“Ah, beer. The cause of and the solution to all of life’s problems.”

—Homer Simpson

[DrC]

Too bad this news wasn’t out yesterday. Obama would have added a provision to this health care plan to make free beer a covered health benefit for all adults. Of course, there would have to be a public plan (since greedy private plans would seek to make “obscene” profits on their beer benefits) and an individual mandate to drink beer, since everyone knows Americans cannot be trusted to behave ressponsibly without a government nanny watching their every step.

[MarineBrat]

Aww, man! Why’d ya have to go and put saltpeter in my beer? :)

[Abathar]

Byrd’s is great, but if you ever get down to Mooresville you need to try Gray’s cafeteria, the best I’ve ever been to.

[mountainlion]

My bones are healthy but my joints and liver have suffered.

[Ueriah]

If beer makes for stronger bones....

*que Ozzy*

I. AM. IRON. MAN.

[Red Badger]

bada-bing!..............

[Slings and Arrows]

Topic-of-General-Interest ping!

[metmom]

The male ego knows no bounds.....

[Mengerian]

Will have to give it a try. Thanks for the suggestion!

[a fool in paradise]

THAT was Ted Kennedy’s problem, he wasn’t fat he was just big boned.

[wagglebee]

The male ego knows no bounds.....

Yep, because if it had been left up to women mankind would still be living in caves.

[Daffynition]

[Daffynition]

[weef]

Too funny!

[AZ .44 MAG]

Is there anything that beer CAN’T fix?

Duct tape.

[AZ .44 MAG]

Is there anything that beer CAN’T fix?

Duct tape.

[metmom]

You ever see a woman who WANTED to live in caves?

[dfwgator]

Brewer’s droop

Doctor Parkinson declared I'm not surprised to see you here / You've got smokers cough from smoking, brewers droop from drinking beer / I don't know how you came to get the Bette Davis knees / But worst of all young man you've got industrial disease"

(Brewers Droop was actually the name of Mark Knopfler's pre-Dire Straits band)

[pissant]

One of my fave bands to have seen live.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BkZIArN5bXE&feature=related

[pissant]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4j34gG2xR3I