Mice that drank non-alcoholic beer while exposed to cancer-causing chemicals had 85 per cent less DNA damage to their liver, lung and kidneys than those given water, the study found. The researchers at Okayama University in Japan said there may be unknown compounds in beer that stop the cancer-causing heterocyclic amines from binding to DNA and causing damage. In their report, released on the Journal of Agricultural Food Chemistry online on 31 December, the authors note that their findings cannot be extrapolated to benefits in normal beer with alcohol.
