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- Healthy effect should be in hops
- Beer against cancer and diabetes
- Alcohol is harmful in large measure
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Yeasts are essential for brewing beer : they turn the sugar in the grain into alcohol. Certain types of yeast and bitter substances of the hop should even be able to inhibit inflammation. They are also suspected of being able to counteract diseases such as cancer and diabetes . What's really down to the healing effect of beer, you can read here.
Healthy effect should be in hops
The bitter constituents of the hop, so-called humulones, are said to inhibit inflammation. Therefore, the researchers have considered the bitter substances as potential candidates in the fight against diseases such as cancer or diabetes . However, previously published studies provide conflicting results: Humulones, for example, showed anti-inflammatory effects in some experiments, while others were unable to counteract inflammation. A recent American study sees the reason for this in the so-called, different precipitating handedness - the spatial arrangement of individual atoms. Due to these differences, 100% efficacy of Humulone can not be considered from a chemical point of view. Therefore, an increased beer consumption does not prove helpful. Above all, because beer in large quantities in turn has a harmful effect.
Beer against cancer and diabetes
In addition to humulones beer also contains so-called polyphenols. These are herbal substances that can prevent tumors by fishing aggressive free radicals from the body. The main polyphenol, which is called xanthohumol, also has another advantage: It inhibits the proteins that an already-developed tumor needs for its further growth. It has also been observed that the diabetes mellitus diabetes appears to be less common in beer drinkers. The reason: the body can better utilize the hormone insulin through the substances contained in the beer. That is responsible in the organism for lowering the blood sugar.
Alcohol is harmful in large measure
In order to achieve a therapeutic effect by drinking beer, according to scientists, you would already consume alcohol by the liter. That alcohol in large quantities but harmful acts, because it is ultimately a neurotoxin, is well known. A beer therapy will therefore probably not be used in the future. However, concentrated humulone supplements such as inflammation, cancer and diabetes could soon fight it.
