Photo by Drew Farwell on Unsplash And it's the same one that makes your beer bitter. Kevin Pels Chemical Biology Dana-Farber Cancer Institute February 18, 2019 When it comes to beverages and their purported long-term health benefits, we’re used to seeing praise for coffee and wine. Until now, beer has a shoddier reputation—but new research suggests it could belong in the same pantheon. It turns out that hops, the main flavoring agents in beer, may have beneficial effects on health too.
