Coffee & Beer May Help Men Avoid Prostate Cancer |
Hops Garden (photo by fattymattybrewing, courtesy of morguefile.com)
News has surfaced that rivals past reports about red wine and dark chocolate when it comes to health advice that’s easy to take. A Harvard Medical School study has found that heavy coffee drinkers are at less risk of advanced prostate cancer than men who did not drink any coffee.
Meanwhile, the German Cancer Research Center in Heidelberg has concluded that a compound found in hops may someday help ward off prostate cancer. Heavy beer drinking is not recommended as a health precaution, but xanthohumol, the bitter flavoring agent in beer, and is known to block the male hormone testosterone, which plays a role in the development of prostate cancer.
Harvard Health News had previously reported, “Coffee might have anti-cancer properties…researchers found that coffee drinkers were 50% less likely to get liver cancer than nondrinkers. A few studies have found ties to lower rates of colon, breast, and rectal cancers.”
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