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Can Beer Promote Bone Health?

If you think osteoporosis strikes only among women, you better think again. This bone killer is also popular among men especially to those who do a lot of weight-lifting with their bones. Perhaps, you do not like the idea of drinking glasses of calcium-rich milk just like what you see on certain television commercials dedicated for the ladies. The good news is, you can actually beat osteoporosis if you continue to drink your favorite beer.

It is the generous amount of silicon in a cold one that makes it healthy to the bones. This silicon stimulates the production of collagen with in the body. As we all know, collagen makes the bones denser and the joints more flexible. Are all beers suitable sources of the chemical silicon? While everyone of them has silicon, those with the most hops and malted barley are proven to have more silicon than others.