Beer Could Help Fight Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s Diseases

Hi-dee-hi-dee-ho! I saw someone's  controlled spiral down out of cyberspace and knew it had to be you. Such grace....such finesse...and you missed the coffeepot by inches! Pour yourself a mugful while you're over there and help yourself to a virtual doughnut, too! Oops...looks as though I gave up drinking beer seven or so years too soon if the latest news is to be believed...and why wouldn't it? It's on the NET so it must be gospel, eh!

A compound found in beer could help protect the brain from diseases like Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s, a new study suggests. Halleluiah!

Xanthohumol is a compound found in hops which has already been linked to anti-inflammatory and anti-cancer effects.

The study’s authors explain:

“Hops from dried female clusters of the hop plant are widely used in beers and a few types of soft drinks.

In traditional Chinese medicine, hops have been used to treat a variety of ailments for centuries.

The presence of a high concentration of Xn [Xanthohumol] in beers might be linked to the epidemiological observation of the beneficial effect of regular beer drinking.

Xn has attracted considerable interest because of its multiple pharmacological functions, including anti-oxidation, cardiovascular protection, anticancer and cancer chemoprevention, antivirus, anti-obesity, and anti-inflammation.”  (Yao et al., 2015).

Wouldn't you just know it! Does 0.5% beer count for anything? I have had a couple of those.

See ya, eh!

Bob

Source: http://www.spring.org.uk/2015/01/the-alcoholic-drink-that-could-help-fight-alzheimers-and-parkinsons-diseases.php