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Title: 'Gender bending' chemicals found in beer and wine
Post by: Natasha on September 01, 2008, 01:14:24 PM
'Gender bending' chemicals found in beer and wine

New Scientist (http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn14627-gender-bending-chemicals-found-in-beer-and-wine.html?DCMP=ILC-hmts&nsref=news1_head_dn14627)
9/1/2008

Gunter Kuhnle of the MRC Dunn Human Nutrition Unit in Cambridge, UK,
and colleagues surveyed dozens of foods and beverages using mass
spectrometry, an extremely sensitive chemical technique. Most previous
surveys of foods and drinks focused on one kind of phytoestrogen that
is found in high levels in nuts and seeds called lignans, but ignored
another kind called isoflavones
Title: Re: 'Gender bending' chemicals found in beer and wine
Post by: Elwood on September 01, 2008, 01:36:24 PM
Interesting. This ->-bleeped-<- has only ever had one sip of sake in his life.  :P
Title: Re: 'Gender bending' chemicals found in beer and wine
Post by: Keira on September 01, 2008, 07:41:50 PM

Alcohol derivatives have estrogenic qualities,
don't think that's a new information. Its something
I heard quite a awhile back.
Title: Re: 'Gender bending' chemicals found in beer and wine
Post by: Elwood on September 01, 2008, 08:48:54 PM
Quote from: Keira on September 01, 2008, 07:41:50 PMAlcohol derivatives have estrogenic qualities,
don't think that's a new information. Its something
I heard quite a awhile back.
Ocrap. I shall avoid that evil liquid spawn.

Just kidding.