Beer, pizza, cancer and you

[unixronin]

First, the good news:  Not only does lycopene, found in tomatoes, have an inhibitory effect on prostate cancer, but now it's been learned that so does xanthohumol, found in beer.

Now the bad news:

"[...] the 17 beers and four large pizzas [per day] needed to get enough xanthohumol and lycopene to help prevent prostate cancer is unfortunately not advised", according to the National Prostate Cancer Coalition....

Comments

[cymrullewes.livejournal.com]

So how much beer and brats with catsup would one have to consume? :-)

(Spending time perusing UNH Physical Engineering degrees and scholarships.)

[mrmeval.livejournal.com]

WooT

I'd have to have near beer and a fried cheese pizza though.

Darnit.

[fatcook.livejournal.com]

There is a Germany brewery that is trying to make a beer that has the required amount of xanthohumol per serving.

[smandal.livejournal.com]

Are these nutrients found in anything else, so that one might get them from a balanced diet?

Oh, and pasta and salad is probably a better way to get tomatoes than pizza :)