Beer as a meal.

Duane2013

Well- I'm not going to bed, or, getting drunk. Were talking 6 beers instead of one. And I typically drink 90 oz of water a day. Someone suggested the fiber in beer, plus the extra water, is "draggin' the fat out"......hmmm. Never had a Monster- but I do like the race cars they sponsor.

nowine4me

@Christine_72 if you didn't live half way around the world, I would swear we were married to the same beer-lunching husband.

Christine_72

nowine4me wrote: »

@Christine_72 if you didn't live half way around the world, I would swear we were married to the same beer-lunching husband.

Haha such gems they are

carlstatham

Duane2013 wrote: »

I'm down to one IPA a day. more on the weekends when I'm off, of course. My doctor said there's nothing wrong with beer, as long as they are not real dark. Wife thinks I'm lying....:) Funny thing-when I drink a lot of beer on the weekend, come Monday weigh in I always have lost 2 lbs.!!!! Dig It!!!!!!

Don't think you're doctor knows what he is talking about. Beer is Malt, Hop's, Water, yeast which when brewed creates alcohol. For colour you roast malts for longer so they get darker (they also crystalise their sugar so it makes sweeter tasting beer) and you add hops to flavour and provide a preservative. Cheap light beers means quicker roasted malts and very low amounts of hops (the expensive bits), they are then pasturised to preserve them (i.e. the beer is killed) ...... so it starts with little flavour and ends with even less i.e. Peronni, Kingfisher and virtually any Australian beer (they are generally erroneously called lagers).

The virtually only calorific element in beer is alcohol and boy is alcohol calorific. Take alcohol out of beer and you have a low calorie isotonic drink. Erdinger even promote it as a great post exercise recovery drink.

https://int.erdinger.de/markenwelt/alkoholfrei/highlights.html

michael_hatten

Truth is; I really don't care about beer nutritionals. I just look at it as calories that taste great. I don't drink beer out of habit so buying a lo cal light beer that is barely more than water is just not worth it. I'd rather drink one really good beer and work it into my caloric input of the day.

Duane2013

Ok I checked out Erdinger. Alcohol free...............boring. Might as well drink Perrier, which is the ONLY carbonated drink I'll consume besides beer. Do not do Cola's, etc, ever. BLECH!!!!!