Study toasts beer as being good for your bones

[Zomby Woof]

Source: Reuters

NEW YORK (Reuters) – Beer drinkers now have a good excuse to order another round -- the brew may help keep bones strong, a study has found.

Researchers from the Department of Food Science & Technology at the University of California, have found beer is a rich source of silicon and may help prevent osteoporosis, as dietary silicon is a key ingredient for increasing bone mineral density.

These were the findings after researchers tested 100 commercial beers for silicon content and categorized the data according to beer style and source.

Previous research has suggested beer contained silicon but little was known about how silicon levels varied with the different types of beer and malting processes.


Read more: http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/oukoe_uk_beer_health_life

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:beer: :toast: :bounce: Here's to healthy bones!

[Sebastian Doyle]

1. I'll drink to that!

:beer:

[Zomby Woof]

2. All along I thought beer was making me fat

Ends up it's just making me big-boned. :rofl:

[wellstone dem]

7. You made my morning with that post

thank you.

[GoddessOfGuinness]

3. Next round's on me!

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[Zomby Woof]

6. Irish bones are smilin'!

:D :beer:

[earcandle]

4. Riptide Red from the Beach Chalet is the BEST! Fresh brewed and yummy!

[Major Hogwash]

5. Another study funded by Budwieser, no doubt.

Hahahahaha!!!!!!!

Here comes the King, we're number 1.

Tastes great!!
Less Filling!!

It's Miller Time.

The beer that made Milwaukee famous.

It's the water.

And then there's --

Buckhorn.

[name not needed]

8. I've never broken a bone. Coincidence? I think not.

:beer:

[ozymandius]

9. A toast and another round.

Beer is good food. Germans do not call it liquid bread for nothing. :toast:

[machI]

10. Buttwizer - Breakfast of champions!

[Maeve]

11. Guinness is good for you! eom

[CountAllVotes]

12. dupe

posted in the HEALTH forum a couple of days ago:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=222x82445

[Macoy]

13. More Research Needed

This is a topic that truly needs more research. And I am just the guy to do the research. With a 3 day week-end coming up, I will have plenty of time to conduct the research. So please feel free to forward your donation/grant money to help fund my week-end research. :P


Mac

[LuckyLib]

14. That's what my 96 year old father says. He has a glass or two every evening.

Has since he was 18 years old!

[gkhouston]

15. Next up: beans. Are they good for your heart?

I'm sure my husband will want to validate this beer research, and I'll gladly use that as an excuse to steer him away from the beans...