DrafterX
Thursday, June 25, 2015 8:49:31 AM
(NEWSER) – Guys, this is for you: Hoppy beers contain a plant estrogen that may cause feminine attributes, including man boobs. According to author and herbalist Stephen Buhner, hops are "female flowers of the hop plant" that contain serious amounts of phytoestrogen, a plant estrogen that women have used as an herbal medicine, Fox News reports. That's why gals have taken hops to ease menopause and boost milk production, among other things, Vice notes in an article about Buhner's work. "Yes, you read that right: Hops are giving men man boobs," says Vice.

Fox notes that India Pale Ale is heavy on hops, and craft brewers use 400% to 500% more hops than the typical big-name beer.

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Film at 11.... 😟

drnos
Thursday, June 25, 2015 9:13:31 AM
I'll raise a dark, malted brew to that. IPA? Phht. Sour swill.
Thunder.Gerbil
Thursday, June 25, 2015 9:14:02 AM
MACS
Thursday, June 25, 2015 9:53:58 AM

I'll raise a dark, malted brew to that. IPA? Phht. Sour swill.

drnos wrote:

Amen, brother...

If sour, bitter tasting beer is your idea of tasty, go on and have my share, too.

TMCTLT
Thursday, June 25, 2015 9:59:23 AM
So.....what's giving the rest of you Man Boobs????? :-"
namadio
Thursday, June 25, 2015 11:03:14 AM

So.....what's giving the rest of you Man Boobs????? :-"

TMCTLT wrote:

too much beer!

victor809
Thursday, June 25, 2015 1:05:07 PM

So.....what's giving the rest of you Man Boobs????? :-"

TMCTLT wrote:

hehhehehe

I read that article a day or two ago. Not sure about the veracity of it. They're basing a lot of their conclusions off some pretty sketchy "boob growth" chemicals some naturalists recommend to women. I haven't had the time to actually look into the chemical in question and whether it would survive the beer making process AND our digestive system. It isn't like you're injecting IPA into your veins.

On the other hand... fat will actually give you boobs... .so just too much beer will do it. If I remember correctly, estrogen is produced in fat cells.... so too much fat can put your estrogen/testosterone balance out of whack, especially if you're older and not producing as much testosterone. That higher relative estrogen should cause some female secondary characteristics like boobs... or most of the threads started in the politics forum.

delta1
Thursday, June 25, 2015 1:17:38 PM
Not moobs...pecs!!!!

I saw a skinny elderly man at the beach with A cups once...if there had been a bra tan, they woulda looked girly.

Thunder.Gerbil
Thursday, June 25, 2015 1:52:04 PM

hehhehehe

I read that article a day or two ago. Not sure about the veracity of it. They're basing a lot of their conclusions off some pretty sketchy "boob growth" chemicals some naturalists recommend to women. I haven't had the time to actually look into the chemical in question and whether it would survive the beer making process AND our digestive system. It isn't like you're injecting IPA into your veins.

On the other hand... fat will actually give you boobs... .so just too much beer will do it. If I remember correctly, estrogen is produced in fat cells.... so too much fat can put your estrogen/testosterone balance out of whack, especially if you're older and not producing as much testosterone. That higher relative estrogen should cause some female secondary characteristics like boobs... or most of the threads started in the politics forum.

victor809 wrote:

Based on the higher than average number of beards found at microbreweries, were most of the hoppier beers are produced, coupled with the higher than average consumption of beer by said bearded employees, I'm leaning toward "junk science".

teedubbya
Thursday, June 25, 2015 2:11:40 PM

Based on the higher than average number of beards found at microbreweries, were most of the hoppier beers are produced, coupled with the higher than average consumption of beer by said bearded employees, I'm leaning toward "junk science".

Thunder.Gerbil wrote:

It's always about the junk with you

MACS
Thursday, June 25, 2015 2:59:49 PM

So.....what's giving the rest of you Man Boobs????? :-"

TMCTLT wrote:

Ice cream and barbecue?

I'm 5'10" and 185 lbs. I ain't got moobs... anymore... yet.

Mr. Jones
Friday, June 26, 2015 12:12:56 AM
you had me at....

HOPPY

danmdevries
Friday, June 26, 2015 4:15:38 AM
Well I guess now I can quit blaming tacos n pizza.
jackconrad
Friday, June 26, 2015 2:20:29 PM
Isn't Hoppy that Pharrel Williams tune ??