Sounds like it would also eventually stave off a functional liver.

Tokyo: Consuming large quantities of a key ingredient in beer can protect against winter sniffles and even some serious illnesses in small children, a Japanese brewery said citing a scientific study.

A chemical compound in hops, the plant brewers use to give beer its bitter taste, provides an effective guard against a virus that can cause severe forms of pneumonia and bronchitis in youngsters, Sapporo Breweries said.

I don't know what's dumber - that people are paying attention to a BREWERY claiming that their beer cures diseases, or that Sapporo Brewers is suggesting giving children and infants beer as a remedy for respiratory syncytial.

I'm waaaaaay ahead of you Submitter and I'm sorry I threw up in your cat's litter again.

RexTalionis: I don't know what's dumber - that people are paying attention to a BREWERY claiming that their beer cures diseases

"In research with scientists at Sapporo Medical University..."


r that Sapporo Brewers is suggesting giving children and infants beer as a remedy for respiratory syncytial.

"We are now studying the feasibility of applying humulone to food or non-alcoholic products," 



/reading is fundamental

So the extra-special-ultra-hyper-bitter brews made by bottling hops and then briefly showing the bottle to a handful of barley are good for something.

Its beer oclock ill get right on it.

is this the same study that recommended meth for flu prevention?

Sure. I'd never leave the house and encounter the snot farms carrying it.

Diogenes: Sure. I'd never leave the house and encounter the snot farms carrying it.

OTOH, if you gave the little mobile Petri dishes 30 beers a day they'd be in no shape to share their germs.

Done and done.

30 Japanese lagers, or 3 American IPAs. It's just humulone.

Might I recommend this one then...

Case of Harpoon Winter Sampler, you know, for health reasons.

Looks like everything is turning out the way I planned.

//nothing can stop me now

A noted graduate of Sapporo Medical University

Too bad Japanese beer is extremely light on hops.

MacEnvy: 30 Japanese lagers, or 3 American IPAs. It's just humulone.


That

Angry Drunk Bureaucrat: I'm waaaaaay ahead of you Submitter and I'm sorry I threw up in your cat's litter again.

I peed on the couch. So sorry subby.

Hero tag too drunk to show up for work today?

Blues_X: RexTalionis: I don't know what's dumber - that people are paying attention to a BREWERY claiming that their beer cures diseases

"In research with scientists at Sapporo Medical University..."


r that Sapporo Brewers is suggesting giving children and infants beer as a remedy for respiratory syncytial.

"We are now studying the feasibility of applying humulone to food or non-alcoholic products," 



/reading is fundamental

Indeed it is.


Consuming large quantities of a key ingredient in beer can protect against winter sniffles and even some serious illnesses in small children, a Japanese brewery said citing a scientific study.

30 Japanese beers or one Adam Bomb.

So, its the bitter part of the hops... I doubt it would make a good tea. But maybe you should just be drinking tea anyways. I bet the anti-angiogenesis properties of Earl Grey would do you better in the long run than fighting off a virus this year.

trivial use of my dark powers: Sounds like it would also eventually stave off a functional liver.


All the real big drinkers Ive known in life have kidney problems well before any liver problems manifest. I had to bow out of real drinking at the tender age of ~24 because of the kidneys, as well as my younger brother around the same age (drunks from a family full of drunks). My buddy is even a little younger and on the waiting list for a transplant, he walks around with a shiatbag on his hip. I also have another friend who complains of kidney pangs when he gets real wasted, and "takes it easy" until it goes away.

I have no medical experience, but from a lifetime of cohabitation with drunks, I'm more inclined to believe serious liver problems develop later in the life of more mild* drinkers.

/Mild, as opposed to people who buy vodka daily by the half gallon

Woo hoo! Westvleteren 12 will be for sale on Dec 12 here in the states!
I may have to pony up the 87 bucks for a gift six pack at my local Total Wine.

Oddly enough, I used to get sick every year. Since I turned 21, I have gotten sick once in the last 7 years

I have not had a cold in years. Apparently it is working.

TofuTheAlmighty: 30 Japanese beers or one Adam Bomb.

Dropped on your back from 7 feet in the air might cure a cold I guess

Pfft, only 30

30 beers a day? Sure. I'll have to cut my consumption quite a bit, but I think it's manageable.

What a great news week! Beer keeps the sniffles away and whiskey cures blindness.

I may a health nut after all.

30 cans, each of 350 millilitres (12 oz)

12 oz is 341 ml.

picturescrazy: Consuming large quantities of a key ingredient in beer can protect against winter sniffles and even some serious illnesses in small children, a Japanese brewery said citing a scientific study.

Britney Spear's Speculum: Oddly enough, I used to get sick every year. Since I turned 21, I have gotten sick once in the last 7 years

Once you've graduated and aren't sitting in classes with dozens of people every day, your chances of getting sick go way down. I get maybe one cold per year.

Another graduate.

"Say no more. If it's giving people meat, then I'm on board. I've always said Humans need more animal blood. It keeps the spine straight."

Well I'm have way their, halve way they're, oh you no what i mean.

trivial use of my dark powers: Sounds like it would also eventually stave off a functional liver.

I just sprayed beer over my keyboard. Totally worth it.

/+1

Okay, subby, but this is going to seriously cut into my Nyquil drinking.

Do these scientists have fark handles?

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Another graduate.

"Say no more. If it's giving people meat, then I'm on board. I've always said Humans need more animal blood. It keeps the spine straight."

"Alright Jack, drop your pants."
*sticks needle in Jack Donaghy's arm*
"Ok, we're done here!"

obvious tag passed out by the dumpsters?

beerrun: Woo hoo! Westvleteren 12 will be for sale on Dec 12 here in the states!
I may have to pony up the 87 bucks for a gift six pack at my local Total Wine.

Really?! ...Looks like I'll be making a visit to the local Total Wine tomorrow to investigate this.

Blues_X: RexTalionis: I don't know what's dumber - that people are paying attention to a BREWERY claiming that their beer cures diseases

"In research with scientists at Sapporo Medical University..."

r that Sapporo Brewers is suggesting giving children and infants beer as a remedy for respiratory syncytial.

"We are now studying the feasibility of applying humulone to food or non-alcoholic products," 

/reading is fundamental

The point is, they haven't yet produced the compound as a pill or supplement, so in the meantime, those of us with a mature attitude to our health maintenance have only option .......

anyway why is this news - Dave Barry has always recommended the intake of chilled medicinal liquids (which is the medical name for beer) for treating colds, flu, boredom etc. (And because of the recognized vectors for transmission of viruses, he also suggested removing all doorknobs, and sending your kids to New Zealand)

thirty beers a day: bettter anti-virus than this guy:

In research with scientists at Sapporo Medical University



Coincidence?

I drink that many beers in 6 months ... maybe

damn, I'm going to be sick a lot this winter. I love beer, but I simply can not drink worth a damn anymore.

Kenny B: In research with scientists at Sapporo Medical University

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Coincidence?

Well, Sapporo is the name of a city so it's likely that both the brewery and the university were named after the city.

frontrowgirl: thirty beers a day: bettter anti-virus than this guy:

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GodDAMN he looks like he has the AIDS.

the compound -- humulone