Episode 057 - You Know You're Soaking In It....

You might not be able to drown your sorrow at this episodes location, but you could sure soak them away, in beer!

Yes, soak away your sorrows, or just about anything else.  

Beer, as many of you know, has for centuries been brewed not only for our drinking enjoyment, but for its medicinal properties.  The Trappist monks of Belgium first began brewing their bock styled beers to sustain them during times of fasting.

But, Is soaking in beer good for you?

Sorry for the pun, but Hop into a beer bath for the hops. As they contain many of natures best remedies such as an abundance of polyphenols such as kaempferol, quercetin, tyrosol, ferulic acid, xanthohumol/isoxanthohumol/8-prenylnaringenin, α-bitter acids like humulone and β-bitter acids like lupulone. 8-prenylnaringenin is the most potent phytoestrogen known to date.

These compounds have been shown to possess various anti-bacterial, anti-inflammatory, anti-oxidative, anti-angiogenic, anti-melanogenic, anti-osteo porotic and anti-carcinogenic effects.

We have only been able to find 5 beer spas in the US, and several hotel chains that boast a beer spa of sorts, but European countries such as the Czech Republic have been bathing in beer for years. 

Todays podcast guest and his family have been to several of the Czech beer spas and decided to bring the experience back to the US, specifically to Chicago. 

We hope that you will join us and share these episodes with your family and friends.

Now find a comfortable place to sit, grab a glass of your favorite beer, kick back and relax and listen in as Danielle and Travis talk with Dino Sarancic of the Piva Beer Spa located in the Noble Square neighborhood of Chicago, as he shares information about himself, the beer spaand the relaxing and therapeutic effects of soaking in beer.

Cheers!