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Drink beer for bone health

Do you like your bones? Do you like having them not broken? Well then, according to a new study by Spanish scientists you should probably start downing a couple pints.

It is thought that the high level of silicon in beer slows down the thinning that leads to fractures and boosts the formation of new bone, the journal Nutrition reports.

Beer is also rich in phytoestrogens, plant versions of oestrogen, which keep bones healthy.

So drink up friends! Here's to not having broken hips when we're old and wrinkly!