[Rhodes22-list] Awsome News - Beer & Pizza

[Rob Lowe]

And then drink coffee to fight off the cirrhosis!!

http://www.cnn.com/2006/HEALTH/06/13/coffee.liver.reut/index.html



----- Original Message ----- 
From: "brad haslett" <flybrad at yahoo.com>
To: <rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org>
Sent: Tuesday, June 13, 2006 8:15 AM
Subject: [Rhodes22-list] Awsome News - Beer & Pizza


> This is the best news I've read in a long time. 
> Anyone know of a pizza delivery service that sells
> beer as well?  Brad
> 
> ----------------------
> 
> Beer Ingredient May Fight Prostate Cancer
> 
> The Associated Press
> Monday, June 12, 2006; 6:18 PM
> 
> 
> 
> PORTLAND, Ore. -- For many men, a finding by Oregon
> researchers sounds too good to be true: an ingredient
> in beer seems to help prevent prostate cancer, at
> least in lab experiments. The trouble is you'd
> theoretically have to drink about 17 beers a day for
> any potential benefit. And no one's advising that.
> 
> Researchers at Oregon State University say that the
> compound xanthohumol, found in hops, inhibits a
> protein in the cells along the surface of the prostate
> gland. The protein acts like a switch that turns on a
> variety cancers, including prostate cancer.
> 
> Dr. Richard N. Atkins, CEO of the National Prostate
> Cancer Coalition, said the experiments are encouraging
> and "perhaps men could take it in pill form someday."
> 
> He noted an ingredient in tomatoes, lycopene, has
> previously been linked to prostate cancer prevention.
> 
> "It's every man's dream to hear that beer and pizza
> can prevent cancer," he said. "However, the 17 beers
> and four large pizzas needed to get enough xanthohumol
> and lycopene to help prevent prostate cancer is
> unfortunately not advised."
> 
> Atkins noted that drinking 17 beers a day can lead to
> alcoholism and cirrhosis of the liver, and overdoing
> it on pizza can lead to obesity and other health
> problems.
> 
> "Food, no matter how helpful it may be, is not a full
> preventive for prostate cancer," he said.
> 
> 
> 
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