Post Date December, 03 2023
Beer is a man's favorite, and scientific research has long shown that moderate consumption of beer is beneficial to the body. Recent scientific research has found that hops have a significant effect on protecting the prostate gland in men.
A new study from Oregon State University in the United States has found that the main ingredient in beer, hops, can prevent prostate cancer and prostate hyperplasia.
However, researchers warned in the latest issue of Cancer Newsletter that people should not blindly "fill the refrigerator with beer" because the content of hops in beer is very low, and it takes more than 17 bottles to reach the "dose" that works.
The cancer prevention component in hops is a flavonoid compound called fulvic alcohol, which plays a cancer prevention role by inhibiting a specific protein in prostate surface cells. This protein acts as a "signal switch" that can "turn on" various cancer cells in animals and humans, including prostate cancer.
According to reports, xanthohumol was isolated from hops as early as 1913, but its health benefits were first proposed by Fred Stevens, an assistant professor at Oregon State University, 10 years ago. In the autumn of 2005, Stevens published a new research report on xanthohumol in the journal Phytochemistry, which attracted the attention of the international medical community.
Stevens suggested that the cancer prevention effect of xanthohumol should be emphasized. Pharmaceutical companies can develop pills containing xanthohumol, and researchers can also increase the content of xanthohumol in hops. For example, German scientists have developed a new type of beer that contains 10 times the content of xanthohumol as traditional beer.
It seems that drinking beer regularly is also a good way to protect the health of the prostate and prevent prostate diseases. The majority of male friends have finally found a reasonable new excuse for drinking beer for themselves.
