B-Daddy here. We may have found the real reason that our man on the masthead was having beers with that demographic. H/T to HotAir for the following headline:
Beer could be the new weapon against cancer
Apparently Dean's taste for hopped up beers has it's benefits.
Tests showed that the ingredient, xanthohumol, blocked a biological pathway that allows prostate cancer to be fuelled by the male hormone testosterone.
The disease is commonly treated with drugs that act in a similar way.
Xanthohumol is a powerful antioxidant derived from hops. It belongs to a family of chemicals called flavonoids found in fruits and vegetables that are known to have anti-cancer properties.
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Better to be healthy than strange.
flavonoid... quite possibly the coolest word in the English language.
Seriously... flavonoid?
So awesome.
I went to dictionary.com because I would challenge this in quiddler or scrabble.
Science Dictionary
flavonoid (flā'və-noid') Pronunciation Key
Any of a large group of water-soluble plant pigments that are beneficial to health. Flavonoids are polyphenols and have antioxidant, anti-inflammatory, and antiviral properties. They also help to maintain the health of small blood vessels and connective tissue, and some are under study as possible treatments of cancer. Also called bioflavonoid.
I suggest you go to dictionary.com and listen to the pronounciation...even more cool.
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