31-03-2012, 07:24 PM
The researchers who identified the bacteria that make the phyto-estrogen 8-prenylnaringenin from isoxanthohumol in hops found a way to include the bacteria as a probiotic in the supplement:
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.11...x/abstract
Their supplement is expensive, but because of the way it works, just a little of it should increase the response to any hops supplement or raw hops taken with it. Their supplement is marketed as "menohop" here in the Netherlands. I respond well to hops, so I can't test it. Maybe this is a good experiment for someone who didn't respond to hops, and is left with a big stock of it.
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.11...x/abstract
Their supplement is expensive, but because of the way it works, just a little of it should increase the response to any hops supplement or raw hops taken with it. Their supplement is marketed as "menohop" here in the Netherlands. I respond well to hops, so I can't test it. Maybe this is a good experiment for someone who didn't respond to hops, and is left with a big stock of it.