Researchers at the German Cancer Research Centre in Heidelberg have found that you may actually be better off drinking a pint of beer at the end of the day instead of any other drink, because beer, it seems, can help you prevent breast and prostate cancer. Beer contains a powerful molecule, called xanthohumol, which is known to prevent the excessive secretion of testosterone and estrogen, but it also helps to prevent the release of a protein called PSA which encourages the spread of prostate cancer.
It has been known in the scientific community for some time now that the substance inhibits estrogen, but its ability to inhibit testosterone has only been discovered now.

‘Research is still early but in trials we hope to further demonstrate that xanthohumol actively prevents prostate cancer development,’ says Clarissa Gerhauser of the Heidelberg centre. If successful, xanthohumol may one day be developed as a cancer-fighting drug.
‘Hops give beer its bitter flavour, so traditional bitters and ales will contain far more of this substance than light lagers,’ explains Ben McFarland, author of the World’s Best Beers.

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