Drinking non-alcoholic beer may ward off cancer, research on lab mice shows. Mice given the beer while exposed to cancer-causing chemicals had 85% less damage to their liver, lung and kidneys than those given water, the study said.<br />
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The team from Okayama University in Japan said there may be compounds in it which prevent the carcinogenic compounds binding to cells. But researcher Dr Sakae Arimoto- Kobayashi said the study did not mean alcoholic beer had the same effect.<br />
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"We would not encourage anyone to drink more beer with the aim of preventing cancer," said Dame Helen Shovelton, chief executive of the British Lung Foundation. "The total benefits and risks of beer with alcohol are still under consideration."<br />
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