I'm avoiding all beers with hops in them now. In his book
The Natural Testosterone Plan
, Stephen Harrod Buhner writes:
"Hops is best known for its use in beer. The majority of physicians and men overlook its potent chemicals and do not realize that beer itself can significantly alter the male androgen levels. German beer makers noticed long ago that the young women who picked hops in the fields commonly experienced early menstrual periods. Eventually, researchers discovered the reason – hops is perhaps one of the most powerfully estrogenic plants on Earth. Just 100 grams of hops (about 3.5 ounces) contains anywhere from thirty thousand to three hundred thousand IUs of estrogen, depending on the type of hops. Most of it is the very potent estrogen estradiol. Estradiol, as it is taken into the male body, causes a direct lowering of testosterone levels in the ****** and an increase in **** levels, which then binds up even more free testosterone in the bloodstream. The estradiol in hops has also been found to directly interfere with the ability of the ****** Le*dig cells to produce testosterone. The presence of this highly estrogenic substance in beer is not an accident."
Blue Moon is now my go-to beer. Forget Sam Adams and Y***gling.
WHEAT ALES RULE!
“Loddfafnir, listen to my counsel: You will fare well if you follow it, It will help you much if you heed it. If aware that another is wicked, say so: Make no truce or treaty with foes.”
- Havamal 127
09-Apr-2016 18:55:45