IPAs give you Man Boobs

[Jeremy Igo]

https://munchies.vice.com/articles/ipas-are-giving-you-man-boobs

 

Not many people know this, but those hops in your favorite IPA are actually wonderful medicine for insomnia and menopause, thanks to their high phytoestrogen content. These same phytoestrogens, however, might be less desirable for men, as indicated by the common condition known among brewers as Brewer’s Droop.

Yes, you read that right: Hops are giving men man boobs.

In the book Sacred and Herbal Healing Beers, herbalist Stephen Herrod Buhner describes the three standard uses of hops in herbal medicine: as a sleep inducer; as a diuretic that successfully promotes urine flow; and finally, as a natural source of phytoestrogen to treat menopause and endometriosis. The herbalist Susan Weed also refers to hops as a nutritive painkiller, a sleep-inducing herb, and as an effective supplement to boost milk production in lactating women.

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That benefits females, but an imbalance of estrogens in men can negatively affect their performance in the bedroom. Herrod further cautions that both brewers and bartenders in England know this all too well: “[From] long-term exposure to the estrogenic properties of hops, [they] eventually have difficulty sustaining erection.”

[Kevin Greene]

A fair trade off I'd say.

[Jase]

Further reinforced my belief that hoppy beers are for women.

[imminent rogaine]

my kind of woman

[Inimicus]

Ive given this a considerable amount of thought...

 

 

And Im ok with it.

[PandaPancake]

Yeah, nothing cited so it's just another idiot with a blog.

[SCPantherFan]

I knew there was a reason why I don't care for IPA's.

[SCP]

It's about time to add a new twist to me and the wife's sex life. Asking her to motorboat me might just be the ticket.

[Peppers90 NC]

damn, well that explains it. i thought it was cuz i got so huge when i was younger and stopped doing push ups