More good health news about BEER!
on 04/02/13 at 10:26 am
Beer 
Drink to your health!
A new study reveals beer can have positive health effects on diabetes, inflammation and even forms of cancer.
The University of Washington has announced that “researchers employing a century-old observational technique have determined the precise configuration of humulones … that give beer its distinctive flavor.”
Now, if this were us doing the research, and we were inspecting some humulones, that observational technique would likely involve a sixer of imperial IPA, Pure Prairie League’s “Bustin’ Out” on vinyl, and (for later in the night) a white plastic bucket to be ridden like a bronco.
But the U-Dub research is considerably more sophisticated. And it has implications not just for beer-quaffing but for the treatment of disease.
The university teamed with a Seattle pharmaceutical firm to, once and for all, resolve the structure of the acids that are created by hops, which are used as a bittering agent in beer. Such compounds, they say, play a role in reports that moderate beer drinking can have positive health effects — on diabetes, forms of cancer, inflammation, even weight loss (explain that to some of my old college classmates).
