tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3585028625507474093.post4016671908968248132..comments2023-10-17T15:56:22.827+01:00Comments on Velvet Glove, Iron Fist: The beer dietChristopher Snowdonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15963753745009712865noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3585028625507474093.post-61542468143231898432011-01-19T15:05:05.665+00:002011-01-19T15:05:05.665+00:00On calories, is it a US study? I'm in the Stat...On calories, is it a US study? I'm in the States right now and 'light' beers are pretty huge. I'm told by an American drinker 'light' in Canada means less alcohol content, but in the US it means less calories. Which means that a pint isn't a pint isn't a pint - and if the researcher was looking mainly at 'light' beers then the calorie intake argument wouldn't really exist.<br /><br />But if he wasn't looking at 'light' beers, then my post is worthless.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10014403700729444743noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3585028625507474093.post-58446490973788243752011-01-17T12:36:22.429+00:002011-01-17T12:36:22.429+00:00Now hold it right there!
Teetotallers are the ...Now hold it right there!<br /><br />Teetotallers are the 'new pariahs' - Health Secretary warns on Britain's drink habit <br />http://tinyurl.com/6zxbe87<br /><br />Don't even think about it.<br /><br />I have tried and it's not my fault that I fall asleep after a couple of sips.Which is why I had to drink that foul lemonade in pubs, until they started serving coffee.<br /><br />Don't give succour to the enemy, OK?<br /><br />Rose :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3585028625507474093.post-15985179524237833022011-01-17T10:30:45.430+00:002011-01-17T10:30:45.430+00:00I've yet to see a public health campaign take ...<i>I've yet to see a public health campaign take this to its logical conclusion by actively telling teetotallers to start drinking...</i><br /><br />I'd find it just as annoying as being told I should stop. "Strength Through Gin!" I mean "joy".Angry Exilehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02491082312193274360noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3585028625507474093.post-68262010855107622772011-01-17T08:40:16.131+00:002011-01-17T08:40:16.131+00:00Did they control for income?
Every so often, thes...Did they control for income?<br /><br />Every so often, these reports of the benefits of alcohol consumption pop up. I recall reading that while smoking is usually a habit of the poor, drinking alcohol tend to be more of a habit of the more well-off.<br /><br />No doubt, many people who are far from rich enjoy a drink or ten. But I recall reading that an astounding percentage of income-challenged people are actually teetotalers.<br /><br />A couple of years ago a study came out indicating that drinkers have higher IQs and Reason Magazine even ran something on it.<br /><br />I'm not a teetotaler, and I like a drink as much (if not more) than the next guy. I have to confess, though, that I'm always a bit a skeptical regarding claims that liver-challenging, nutritionally valueless liquid carbohydrate calories have health benefits. In other words, I give about as much credence to the idea that two glasses of wine a day will benefit someone as I do the idea that ETS will kill someone. I think it's probably an irrelevance, and more likely attributable to other factors.<br /><br />-WSAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3585028625507474093.post-26383086664426448122011-01-17T05:00:40.838+00:002011-01-17T05:00:40.838+00:00There's that many calories in whisky?
I'd...There's that many calories in whisky?<br /><br />I'd better cut down a little. Just two pints tonight. After all, three is binge drinking and I wouldn't want to be doing that.Leg-ironhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04932361799889315359noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3585028625507474093.post-44724004027248450882011-01-16T21:24:59.095+00:002011-01-16T21:24:59.095+00:00That link you gave has offended my eyes !!
http://...That link you gave has offended my eyes !!<br />http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/4329323.stm<br /><br />Do you realise that the picture half way down the page shows someone holding a glass of beer and....a.....cigarette !!!<br /><br />What if children are reading this blog ? They may think that having a drink WITH a cigarette is NORMAL...The witch from Essexhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14433164106840403244noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3585028625507474093.post-82427560488796544612011-01-16T19:43:23.199+00:002011-01-16T19:43:23.199+00:00Dick, it's the "and tonic" bit that ...Dick, it's the "and tonic" bit that will save you there. You soft Southern Jessie.Christopher Snowdonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15963753745009712865noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3585028625507474093.post-62194959370315419832011-01-16T19:26:49.234+00:002011-01-16T19:26:49.234+00:00"We don't drink pints of spirits and even...<i>"We don't drink pints of spirits and even if we did we'd have bigger things to worry about than getting fat."</i><br /><br />Such as? You know, just <i>in case</i> someone, somewhere likes to save time at the fridge/freezer by pouring a pint of G&T every now and then.<br /><br />Not that <i>I'd</i> ever consider such a thing, of course.Dick Puddlecotehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01481866882188932892noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3585028625507474093.post-16970377716710356242011-01-16T17:08:21.366+00:002011-01-16T17:08:21.366+00:00It's always difficult to distinguish correlati...It's always difficult to distinguish correlation and causation in such studies - maybe moderate drinkers just have a more balanced and relaxed attitude to life in general than teetotallers, which is reflected in their general health outcomes.Curmudgeonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02558747878308766840noreply@blogger.com