السبت، 10 فبراير 2018

Compounds in beer can prevent a host of diseases

It's not what you would consider to be a healthy drink.

But research suggests drinking beer could actually lower your blood pressure, slash your weight and prevent diabetes.

Xanthohumol, found in hops - a key ingredient of beer, could reverse damage done by consuming high-fat diets, scientists claim.

Such diets lead to metabolic syndrome - a cluster of conditions including obesity and high blood pressure, blood sugar and cholesterol.

But trials on mice fed high-fat foods, mimicking a Western diet, showed that giving them the flavonoid could curb some of the conditions.

A derivative of the compound was 'especially potent' in reducing insulin resistance - the driving factor that leads to type 2 diabetes.

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