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Got Beer? Suds Make Strong Bones
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Ben Yakas
Published Feb 8, 2010
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Around 106 million people watched the Super Bowl last night, and it's a fair bet that a majority of those 106 million people drank a beer or two. But did you know that all those beer aficionados were actually strengthening their bones?? A new study by the Department of Food Science & Technology at the University of California has found evidence that suggests that beer is a significant source of dietary silicon, a key ingredient for increasing bone mineral density. "Beers containing high levels of malted barley and hops are richest in silicon," said Charles Bamforth, lead author of the study. So beer might be the new wine? Either way, it beats soda, which is probably giving you pancreatic cancer, fyi.
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