Drink Beer, Fight Cancer...Sort Of

Today's beer commercials have expressed the importance of the hops in their beer for flavor and putting hair on your chest--well, flavor anyway. But now, new research says that the compound xanthohumol, which is found in hops has a protein that helps fight prostate cancer. The Homer Simpson's of the world can give big "whoo hoo." Before you do, however, know that to see any benefit from xanthohumol a person would have to drink more than 17 beers to get the benefits because each beer contains such a small amount "Doh." Regardless, when I listen closely I can still hear some men out there saying "whoo hoo" because they now have an argument for drinking more beer--it's an argument wine drinkers have been using for years.

This USA Today article breaks down the science behind all this and the prospects of future "health" beers, which would include more xanthohumol than what's currently found in beer. Whoo Hoo!