IPAs Are Giving You Man Boobs

This answers a lot of question about things I see when I go to a brewery.

 

As Charlton Heston said, "I'll give you my IPA, when you pry it from my cold, dead hands!", or something like that,...

 

Awesome. Now I can just blame beer for how I look instead of admitting I'm an out of shape old guy.

 

Man boobs it is then...

 

The empty calories from beer is already a contributing factor for man boobs, and now this too?

Can't say it's much of a surprise.

 

His name was Robert Paulson.........

 

Good thing man invented this thing called the gym!

 

Just man boobs? How about as a gut enhancer as well?

 

Excellent haha

 

A little exercise will keep them at bay, I'm not deterred!

 

I am Jack's sincere appreciation of this post, and I wish I could like it a hundred times!

 

FYI, this myth has been debunked on here at least three times before that I know of. Simply put there is not enough of those chemicals from hops in the beer, relative to the amount of alcohol, to have the effects claimed. So the author of the article is blowing smoke out his....

However, pay attention to the fact that your beer also contains alcohol.

Alcohol contributes to weight gain in more than one way (all other things being equal) and one side effect of weight gain is moobs. (Notice that there are non-drinking males with moobs.)
Alcohol contributes to the ability to fall asleep (but not necessarily to the ability to stay asleep).
Alcohol consumption, in males often contributes to increased desire and decreased ability to perform in the bedroom.

Furthermore alcohol consumption has been linked to more than one form of cancer.

Bottom Line: Since there is more alcohol in the beer you consume than there are chemicals from the hops, worry more about the alcohol you consume than the hops in the beer.

 

Here's a link to the study that debunks this myth about hops:
http://press.endocrine.org/doi/abs/10.1210/jcem.84.6.5887

If you're a female hop farm worker you might see some effects but beer drinkers won't.

 

What was my excuse for man boobs when I was in college when all I consumed was Keystone Light?

Right....! Must have been the nightly 2am Chinese food.

 

Hahahaha i just watched that movie the other day! Good comment. I personally think this problem isn't something a little excercise and lifting wouldn't prevent.

 

So what you're saying is I need to start looking for girls who work at hop farms....brilliant!

 

That study was funded by AB Inbev if I remember...

 

There was a study?

 

Don't worry, man boobs are in right now.