RE: was Re: Flax now dark beer

[Guest guest]

I also save the yeast mass after fermentation and use it brownie and megamuffin

recipes...I no longer buy health store yeast since I

grow my own....

JR

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From: chuinyun [mailto:chuinyun@...]

Sent: Wednesday, December 22, 2004 9:53 AM

Subject: [ ] Re: Flax and Prostate Cancer and a lot more

Yes, , Greeting!

See:

Dark Beer May Be Better for the Heart

http://content.health.msn.com/content/article/76/90285.htm

The real beer argument is not " Tastes great " vs. " Less filling. " It's

dark vs. light, and the winner, according to a University of Wisconsin

heart researcher, is dark brew because it can help prevent blood clots.

D. Folts, PhD, professor of medicine and director of the coronary

thrombosis research laboratory at the University of Wisconsin in

Madison, tells WebMD that dark beer is rich in flavonoids, which have

powerful antioxidant effects.

" It's about color. You can see the flavonoids in products on the

shelf, " he says. The rich flavonoid content makes red wine more heart

friendly than white wine and purple grape juice a better choice for

toddlers than white grape juice, he says.

Folts presented his dark beer-light beer study at the American Heart

Association's Scientific Sessions 2003. Folts and his colleagues fed

dark and light beer to dogs that had narrowed arteries in their

hearts, similar to the narrowing observed in people with heart disease.

Only dogs fed dark beer had less stickiness of their blood clotting

cells, says Folts. This was true even though the blood alcohol level

in the dogs was the same.

He says he is currently conducting similar tests in humans. In that

study, volunteers drink two bottles of either light or dark beer a

day. Early indications are that dark beer again is more active at

fighting blood clots than light beer, he says.

" We are also testing purple grape juice and non-alcoholic red wine, "

he says. In each case, the dark beverage demonstrates superiority to

light colored beverages.

Are Flavonoids the Key?

Valentine Fuster, MD, PhD, director of the cardiovascular institute at

Mount Sinai Medical Center in New York, says he is not convinced that

flavonoids add anything to the already well-known heart protective

effect of alcohol. " We know alcohol works, " he tells WebMD. In order

to prove that flavonoids add anything to the alcohol benefit, human

studies are needed.

Also, Fuster, who was not involved in the study but who has studied

the relationship between alcohol and reduced risk for heart disease,

says all alcohol studies should be approached with caution. " There is

always the risk that the data will be misinterpreted and people will

consume too much. Any more than two drinks a day is too much. "

For those who are dark beer drinkers -- or drinkers of red wine or

purple grape juice -- Folts says they can gain the maximum heart

benefit by " drinking these beverages with meals " so that they can

fight the increase in free radicals that occurs when the body begins

to metabolize food. Free radicals trigger oxidative stress, which has

been linked to heart disease and inflammation, says Folts.

--- In , " " <crjohnr@b...>

wrote:

> FWIW beer also uses bittering hops to balance malt sweetness...

these hops have anti-oxidant properties so the residual hop oils in

> beer promise some health benefit in addition to the ethanol which

raises HDL.

>

> I brew my own to avoid commercial additives and because it tastes

better. :-)

>

> JR

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