every night. From what I read, it seem they just researched the
compound in beer. They did not give beer to cancer patients and
record their findings. I think it would be much better to stay with
the hops than with the beer. In this case, I think you could say
that the reverse of the axiom is true: "The whole is greater than
the sum of it's parts."
GB
--- In cancercured@yahoogroups.com, Francis Gabriel <efrancisg@...>
wrote:
>
> Drinker's Delight: Beer May Fight Disease
> A Unique Compound in Ale Intrigues Oregon Researchers
> By JOY VICTORY - Nov. 7, 2005
>
> "Mmmm … beer."
>
> This oft-repeated sentiment of Homer Simpson is a mantra for the
> millions of beer drinkers in the United States. As popular as beer
is,
> however, it often has gotten a bad rap as a calorie-loaded beverage
> that only serves to create paunchy beer bellies and alcohol-fueled
> lapses in judgment.
> But that negative image may begin to fade: Research is showing
> that beer could join the ranks of other guilt-inducing but wildly
> popular foods -- chocolate, coffee and red wine -- as a possible
> disease-fighter.
> It turns out that beer hops contain a unique micronutrient that
> inhibits cancer-causing enzymes. Hops are plants used in beer to
give
> it aroma, flavor and bitterness.
> The compound, xanthohumol, was first isolated by researchers
> with Oregon State University 10 years ago. Initial testing was
> promising, and now an increasing number of laboratories across the
> world have begun studying the compound, said Fred Stevens, an
assistant
> professor of medicinal chemistry at Oregon State's College of
Pharmacy.
>
> Earlier this year, a German research journal even devoted an entire
issue to xanthohumol, he said.
>
> What Stevens and others are discovering is that xanthohumol has
several
> unique effects. Along with inhibiting tumor growth and other enzymes
> that activate cancer cells, it also helps the body make unhealthy
> compounds more water-soluble, so they can be excreted.
> Most beers made today are low on hops, however, and so don't
> contain much xanthohumol. But beers known for being "hoppy" —
usually
> porter, stout and ale types — have much higher levels of the
compound.
> Oregon's microbrews ranked particularly high, Stevens said, which is
> not surprising: U.S. hops are grown almost entirely in the
Northwest.
> Still, no one knows how much beer is needed to reap the
> benefits. Mice studies show that the compound is metabolized
quickly by
> the body, so it's hard to get a large amount in the body at one
time,
> Stevens said.
> "It clearly has some interesting chemo-preventive properties,
> and the only way people are getting any of it right now is through
beer
> consumption," he said.
>
>
> From: Tad Winiecki
> I've been taking Hops-Valerian herb capsules every night for a few
> years to help me sleep so this is good news for me. This combo is
> also supposed to help lower blood pressure, I think, something I
could use. Nancy
>
> Francis Gabriel wrote:
> > Xanthohumolturns out to be toxic to several kinds of human cancer,
> > including prostate, ovarian, breast, and colon. Further, it
inhibits enzymes that can activate the development of cancer, and
also helps detoxify carcinogens.
>
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