You have a cold? Have a beer. Without exaggerating, of course. In fact, it seems that the famous hop drink can be a cure-all against the cold syndrome typical of the winter months.
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You have the cold? Get one beer. Without exaggerating, of course. In fact, it seems that the famous hop drink could be a natural remedy for colds syndrome typical of the winter months.
To find out was a study funded by the Japanese brewery Sapporo Beer Company and carried out by a research team of the School of Medicine of Sapporo Medical University. The secret would lie inumulone, a chemical compound with great capacity but above all fromanti-inflammatory effect.
The RS virus (Respiratory syncytial virus), whose spread is typical of the winter months, causes symptoms similar to those of the common cold. But, explain the Japanese scientists, "the cold virus can cause severe pneumonia and breathing difficulties in infants and children, but no vaccination is currently available to contain it," as confirmed June Fuchimoto, researcher of the company. This does not mean that in order not to make our little ones sick, we need to give them a birrozza. Also, since only small amounts of humulon are present in beer, a person would have to drink around 350ml of humulon in beer to have positive effects against colds.
At the head of the research, Hitoshi Sawada e Takashi Kojima. In order to verify the soothing effect produced by the humulon against the inflammation of the RS virus, the two scientists measured the amount of nasal secretion in epithelial cells, an indicator of the inflammatory response after administering humulon or not. They found that the latter had the effect of attenuating the inflammation caused by the infection.
However, we need to be careful. Although it is now established that the humulon contained in hops brings benefits against this kind of infections, on the other hand it should be kept in mind that beer should be consumed in moderation to avoid the appearance of other ailments, such as heartburn, weight gain, dehydration.
Light, red or dark, even better if it is organic.
Francesca Mancuso
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