Study: Drinking Beer Could Help You Lose Weight

PITTSBURGH (KDKA) -- A new study suggests that an ingredient in beer could actually help people drop pounds.

The study from Oregon State University was published in Archives of Biochemistry and Biophysics. Analysts used mice to test the effects of beer and found that xanthohumol, a flavor found in beer, helped the mice lose weight.

Researchers took 48 male mice and split them into two groups. One group was given 30-60 miligrams of xanthohumol everyday for 12 weeks, while the other group was not. All of the mice were fed high-fat diets.

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The mice that consumed the xanthohumol gained 22 percent less weight than the other mice. Their cholesterol levels were also reduced by 80 percent.

Before you head out to the bar, study authors say you would have to drink 3,500 pints of beer in a 24 hour period to get the same result as the mice.