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i asked a friend who is into herbs and naturalism to do a little hops research for me this is what she came up with: "Totally fascinating! What I could gather is that boiling the hops does not counteract their medicinal properties. It seems in old remedies, the hops would be boiled into teas. So, like most herbs and plants it actually brings out more of its benefits. This makes a beer like a large tincture! It is just a highly concentrated amount of the plants that go into making it, and the alcohol is going to help preserve the properties and allow the body to absorb it a bit more. The only thing that I could see thwarting the benefits, is if the brewer adds extra additives or preservatives, uses non-natural sources of the plant, or if the beer has too high an alcohol content.(in which case the body doesn't absorb, the liver actually starts to fight the affects). I also found that hops can give their medicinal properties whether dry or boiled. People would fill a pi...

on the heels of alcohol causes cancer comes this article that states beer is good for rehydration i mean, thousands of rugby players have known this for centuries but thank goodness those spaniards studied it so the rest of the world's athletes can join in! my question is, if i'm drinking beer after a strenuous work out to rehydrate which apparently is doing a very healthful thing after a healthful activity am i still gonna get cancer from the alcohol? its good that i'm not at all bitter about that cancer article that i just take it in stride and let it go yup, very good thing

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