This week British scientists announced the production of a genetically engineered purple tomato they hope someday will help to fight cancer. The tomato is purple due to its high levels of anthocyanins, a type of antioxidant found in berries such as blackberries and blackcurrants that have been shown to lower risk of cancer, heart disease and some neurological diseases. Not to be outdone, researchers at Rice University in Houston are working on a beer that can also be used to fight cancer and heart disease. Their secret ingredient is resveratrol, the antioxidant found in red wine that is supposedly responsible for the positive effects of the brew. The researchers believe they can make a beer that contains higher and more consistent concentrations of the cancer-fighting chemical. Learn how resveratrol works here.
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Dr. Steven Chang, the author of DailyDose, is a staff physician with Kosmix RightHealth. Dr. Chang practices Family Medicine at the University of California Davis Medical Center, where his medical interests include both pediatric and geriatric care, public health, gay and lesbian health, and sleep medicine. Dr. Chang trained at the Stanford University affiliated O'Connor Hospital, and was a research fellow at the National Institute of Health. He holds an M.D. from McGill University and a BA in Public Health from Johns Hopkins University.
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October 30th, 2008 at 8:24 am
What do you think about the antioxidant pycnogenol?
October 30th, 2008 at 8:57 am
I guess the rule is ‘the lesser of the two evils’. The beer thing is like one man huggin another…where they hug but they’re slappin each other on the back at the same time…’I'm huggin ya, but I’m HITTIN ya’. funny! (smiles)
From the ND side of things…I suppose the fact that the beer still feeds the yeast in the gut system thereby lending to increased acidic PH thereby lending way to inflammation and
disease… blah blah blah…but hey, I suppose the accomplishment is achieved in, what?, leaving a younger looking courpse??? (immediate gratification: it’s the foundation of our nation).
From the economic side of things…SOMEBODY is gonna make ALOT
of $$$$! Will Rice U have to pay TAXES when it sells that formulation???
Two thoughts to leave ya with: ‘Liver Detox’ & ‘Probiotics’.
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CHEERS!! think I’ll go drink a beer now.
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