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Researchers have found that beer contained a substance that boosts bones and could reduce the risk of osteoporosis. Beer contains high levels of silicon known to slow down the bone thinning that leads to fractures and boosting the formation of new bone.

Studies have shown that silicon can aid bone growth, and that moderate beer drinking increases bone density. Charles Bamforth and Troy Casey at the University of California, Davis, have discovered how much silicon each type of beer contains.

The pair found that lighter-coloured beers made from pale malted barley and with a greater use of hops, such as pale ales, are richest in silicon, while low-alcohol beers contain the least, along with stouts, porters, and wheat beers.

Beer contains silicon in the form of orthosilicic acid (OSA), up to half of which can be absorbed by the body making beer a major contributor to silicon intake. The study was published in the Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/health/healthnews/7168666/Beer-boosts-bones-and-fends-off-osteoporosis.html