Listen Up, Ladies: Brewskis are Good for More Than Giving You Beer Goggles

helgasms!/Flickr

She's totally strengthening her bones.

The study asked nearly 1,700 healthy women (average age: 48) to come clean about their drinking habits. Researchers than performed ultrasounds of their hands. Surprise: beer-drinkers' bones were denser. Why hands? Simple -- the bones in the fingers are usually the first to show signs of osteoporosis, the bone disease that opens the door to fractures.

Women who downed less than a pint on a daily basis (so-called light beer drinkers) had bones just as strong as those in women who were moderate drinkers. What does it mean? Well, even sipping small amounts of suds regularly can make bones healthier. The researchers believe that beer's silicon and phytoestrogens (plant versions of oestrogen) cause the bones of women who imbibe to end up stronger.

Bottoms up to that.