By Micah Hanks

Drink to your health!

It’s true… here is the news most guys out there have been sweating over: Beer, coffee are two beverages that studies link to prostate health among men. Exercise is a third non-liquid ingredient that experts recommend, but before you start sweating over the notion of physical activity, as little as fifteen minutes per-day will show expected results. eFitness Now gives us the scoop:

Studies now show that drinking coffee and beer with a normal exercise routine may be healthy habits for men after all. Men who workout at least 15 minutes a day and drinks more than 6 cups of coffee a day reduces their chances of getting prostate cancer by 19%. The same combination reduces the risk of men developing an aggressive form of prostate cancer by 41%.

According to Fred Stevens, a researcher with Oregon State University’s Linus Pauling Institute, Xanthohumol, a compound found in the hops used to flavor beer, “is one of the more significant compounds for cancer chemoprevention that we have studied.” A 2005 article that appeared on the website Biology News Net reported that scientists abroad are studying the value of these hops flavonoids “for everything from preventing prostate or colon cancer to hormone replacement therapy for women.”

So drink to your health, gentlemen… but only after you’ve had your coffee and a brisk morning jog.

Tags: beer, coffee, Exercise, flavinoid, Health, prostate cancer