28-09-2011, 08:32 AM
Thank you Karen,
I knew the first one, but I always wondered what in hops is anti-androgen and what decreases IGF-1. Now I read xanthohumol does both. I read in another article that xanthohumol digests to 8-prenylnaringenin. Hops contains up to 10 times as much xanthohumol as 8-prenylnaringenin.
This means I can reduce the anti-androgen effect and increase the phyto-estrogenic effect of hops by taking it with a meal, instead of e.g. as tea more than 2 hours after dinner. Worth trying.
I knew the first one, but I always wondered what in hops is anti-androgen and what decreases IGF-1. Now I read xanthohumol does both. I read in another article that xanthohumol digests to 8-prenylnaringenin. Hops contains up to 10 times as much xanthohumol as 8-prenylnaringenin.
This means I can reduce the anti-androgen effect and increase the phyto-estrogenic effect of hops by taking it with a meal, instead of e.g. as tea more than 2 hours after dinner. Worth trying.