September 26/Tokyo/Medical Daily -- Drinking beer can keep you strong in old age, according to Japanese scientists who found a substance in hops that can actually prevent muscle tissue from deteriorating.
Researchers from the University of Tokushima found that the prenylated flavonoid found in hops, flower clusters that provide the "bitter" taste and as acts as a stability agent in beer, called 8-prenylnarigenin (8-PN) inhibited muscle atrophy in tests on immobilized laboratory mice.