why is beer made to look so bad!!!!!

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  • Erica262
    Erica262 Posts: 226 Member
    This is my new favorite thread. If you love good beer let's be friends!

    I think of beer in miles and not calories. For this Brooklyn Black Chocolate Stout, I should run 4 miles. For this Troegs Nugget Nectar I should run 2.5 miles. For this O'Conner's Norfolk Canyon Pale Ale, I should run 2 miles.

    I run for beer.
  • Rocbola
    Rocbola Posts: 1,998 Member
    . they have some good low carb/calorie beers now too

    I refuse to believe there are good light beers out there.
    Take any good beer and add water.....
  • khall86790
    khall86790 Posts: 1,100 Member
    I <3 Beer and I don't care how many calories it is. I'm making fit in my calorie limit for the day.

    Same, I made it fit into my calorie intake if I go out drinking or I just work out harder the next day to burn it off if it doesn't.
    Plus, when I am drunk I dance... so I get a workout anyway ;)
  • cwolfman13
    cwolfman13 Posts: 41,865 Member
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  • tadpole242
    tadpole242 Posts: 507 Member
    Beer belly,

    One beer of 375ml is about 130-140 calories
    Not a real measure when drinking beer, minimum should be 500ml, unless you're drinking girly American bottled larger, in which case surrender your man card to the next hipster see if he can make a better use of it. Tanglefoot is a man sized drink and only 234 calories per pint 5.0% AVB
  • danimalkeys
    danimalkeys Posts: 982 Member
    . they have some good low carb/calorie beers now too

    I refuse to believe there are good light beers out there.
    Take any good beer and add water.....

    The problem with light beer is the don't even use good beer, they use crap beer and add water.
  • olDave
    olDave Posts: 557 Member
    As a priest once said..."beer is proof that God loves us and wants us to be happy.":smile:
  • firstsip
    firstsip Posts: 8,399 Member
    I won't speak to the caloric perspective of beer from from a health perspective, alcohol can be horrible.

    Can I be Johnny Raincloud for a moment?

    I saw this article today before I came to MFP.

    Alcohol is responsible for one in thirty cancer deaths a year and just one drink a day can boost risk of dying from the disease by THIRTY-FIVE percent - http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2278955/Alcohol-responsible-thirty-cancer-deaths-year-just-drink-day-boost-risk-dying-disease-THIRTY-FIVE-percent.html

    Furthermore, according to the World Health Organization, 2.5 million people die annually from alcohol. http://www.who.int/mediacentre/factsheets/fs349/en/index.html

    According to the CDC, 80,000 alcohol deaths occur in the U.S. annually. http://www.cdc.gov/alcohol/fact-sheets/alcohol-use.htm.
    That number is about 2.5 times the number of gun related deaths.

    In addition, the number of fights, assaults, injuries, rapes and illnesses associated with alcohol make it even more of a threat.

    Furthermore, alcohol is the primary gateway drug to harder drugs with further ruin peoples lives.

    Okay, I'm now down trying to contradict the marketing propaganda from the beer commercials. :-)

    I never understand the people that can't differentiate alcohol from alcohol abuse. Do you know cigarettes were once considered a "gateway" drug, and marijuana? That's leftover reefer madness, right there. Furthermore, alcohol ABUSE is responsible for every single thing you listed. You can indulge in alcohol without getting intoxicated, or incurring those health risks. The article specifically says DAILY drinkers of THREE or more drinks were responsible for the cancer risk, and that "While moderate drinking has been linked to heart benefits, 'in the broader context of all the issues and all the problems that alcohol is related to, alcohol causes 10 times as many deaths as it prevents,' Nelson said." This means that alcohol CAN be beneficial, abuse and failure to moderate intake is this "broader context"; this broader context often stems from failure to appropriately educate on alcohol or alcohol abuse (see the ever-successful D.A.R.E.). Not to mention, alcohol lowers inhibitions; it does not create the violence associated with fights, assaults, and rapes, and those horrors exist far more without alcohol present.

    Your post is all the more beautiful with your American flag and eagle avatar.

    Well, make sure you don't skip the other quote from this doctor:

    'As expected, people who are higher alcohol users were at higher risk, but there was really no safe level of alcohol use,' study author Dr. David Nelson, director of the Cancer Prevention Fellowship Program at the U.S. National Cancer Institute, told HealthDay News.

    While moderate drinking has been linked to heart benefits, 'in the broader context of all the issues and all the problems that alcohol is related to, alcohol causes 10 times as many deaths as it prevents,' Nelson said.

    Yes, I already discussed the second portion; the first one doesn't necessarily mean what you (or the article) were trying to construe. There is, legally, no safe level of alcohol use; you cannot operate machinery, cars, make decisions, etc., with even one drink. You personally could be sober, but "safety" wise, no go. As I searched high and low and could not find the full text of this study, I'm going to take a not-so-wild guess as to exactly what the context of that quote was.

    And you seriously keep highlighting the "gateway" drug? That has been proven so many times to be nothing more than propaganda...

    Are you gaslighting me?
  • DopeItUp
    DopeItUp Posts: 18,771 Member
    I never met a beer that I didn't like::drinker:

    I have .... PBR or the Beast

    ...or Natty Light/Ice Ugh.

    Really, anything that has a canned version. I'm a complete beer snob and proud of it. For me it's craft/micro brews, mostly IPA's but I like to experiment with other styles too.

    Try canned beers from The Alchemist (Heady Topper is easily the best IPA I've ever had and it only comes in cans), Oskar Blues, Surly, 21st Amendment, Sierra Nevada, etc and get back to me on your anti-can stance ;)
  • MerlinWilliams
    MerlinWilliams Posts: 92 Member
    I like beer.

    However, my former regular go-to beer, Creemore Traditional Pilsner is 200+ calories per can, and has 20g of carb.

    The large carb hit makes beer a no go for me, as I'm limiting my intake of carbs.

    Red wine is great, and I'm even partaking of the occasional shot of whisky.
  • dough21
    dough21 Posts: 216 Member
    I was wondering the same thing myself so I looked it up online. It seems that beer for whatever reason blocks your fat cells and prevents them from being burned. A coating if you will. No thank you. I've really limited my alcohol content since reading this.
  • ChristinaR720
    ChristinaR720 Posts: 1,186
    I'm not a fan of beer, but this is what I imagine beer would look like in heaven...

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  • raiderrodney
    raiderrodney Posts: 617 Member
    . they have some good low carb/calorie beers now too

    I refuse to believe there are good light beers out there.
    Take any good beer and add water.....

    The problem with light beer is the don't even use good beer, they use crap beer and add water.

    Samuel Adams Light is about as "light" as I can go...just drink a Guinness....120 calories ;)
  • danimalkeys
    danimalkeys Posts: 982 Member
    I never met a beer that I didn't like::drinker:

    I have .... PBR or the Beast

    ...or Natty Light/Ice Ugh.

    Really, anything that has a canned version. I'm a complete beer snob and proud of it. For me it's craft/micro brews, mostly IPA's but I like to experiment with other styles too.

    Try canned beers from The Alchemist (Heady Topper is easily the best IPA I've ever had and it only comes in cans), Oskar Blues, Surly, 21st Amendment, Sierra Nevada, etc and get back to me on your anti-can stance ;)

    I had a canned beer recently that was good, a micro brew. I can't remember the name now but it was a little can.

    I haven't seen Sierra in cans around here. I wouldn't object to a good IPA in a can. Usually canned beer to me is the "big 3" crap that I wouldn't drink in a bottle or on tap either.
  • ArroganceInStep
    ArroganceInStep Posts: 6,239 Member
    I was on a cruise around new years and had a JW Blue Label King George V neat. It's the smoothest drink I've ever had, didn't even feel like I was drinking, I just got the taste.

    Loving that doesn't mean I can't enjoy red label or JD and red bull too.
  • DopeItUp
    DopeItUp Posts: 18,771 Member
    I was wondering the same thing myself so I looked it up online. It seems that beer for whatever reason blocks your fat cells and prevents them from being burned. A coating if you will. No thank you. I've really limited my alcohol content since reading this.

    This is absolutely not true in any way. I've had beer every day for 2 years and have lost over 80lbs in the process.
  • carrieous
    carrieous Posts: 1,024 Member
    beer contains silica which makes your bones stronger

    i love beer
  • BeeElMarvin
    BeeElMarvin Posts: 2,086 Member
    I can't stand beer they all taste like piss.


    BLOCKED!
  • Dan4495
    Dan4495 Posts: 130 Member
    I'm pretty good at drinking beer
  • dough21
    dough21 Posts: 216 Member
    I was wondering the same thing myself so I looked it up online. It seems that beer for whatever reason blocks your fat cells and prevents them from being burned. A coating if you will. No thank you. I've really limited my alcohol content since reading this.

    This is absolutely not true in any way. I've had beer every day for 2 years and have lost over 80lbs in the process.

    Yeah I I failed to mention this this is only true with access alcohol. 3+ 1-2 is actually beneficial with 1 being the most.
  • sarantonio
    sarantonio Posts: 880 Member
    um....I'm sorry, I was raised in a household that believed beer was a cure all, and I'm the ONLY one with a weight problem, and I drink less than they do...My grandmother drank at least a 6 pack a day until she died...at 99
  • WendyTerry420
    WendyTerry420 Posts: 13,274 Member


    Furthermore, alcohol is the primary gateway drug to harder drugs with further ruin peoples lives.

    Because drinking beer makes me want to do some tar heroine.

    Yep, the ol' gateway theory. :laugh:

    Just hilarious!
  • ArroganceInStep
    ArroganceInStep Posts: 6,239 Member


    Furthermore, alcohol is the primary gateway drug to harder drugs with further ruin peoples lives.

    Because drinking beer makes me want to do some tar heroine.

    Yep, the ol' gateway theory. :laugh:

    Just hilarious!

    Who are you kidding, tar heroine was my gateway drug to IPAs
  • dalemckeown
    dalemckeown Posts: 46 Member
    Light beer is better than no beer!
  • silentnemesis
    silentnemesis Posts: 45 Member
    Well, any alcohol in general DOES in fact block protein synthesis (slowing down muscle recovery and growth)-- and the hops in beer are one of the most natural forms of estrogen you can put into your own body, so if you're a bodybuilder drinking beer is going to spoil your training.


    But personally I definitely enjoy a dark lager or most IPA's,. magic hat #9 is a favorite of mine, but then there's always yuengling black and tan, budweiser...

    so thirsty now :drinker:
  • eric_sg61
    eric_sg61 Posts: 2,925 Member
    Well, any alcohol in general DOES in fact block protein synthesis (slowing down muscle recovery and growth)--


    It INHIBITS protein synthesis by the fact that alcohol dehydrates you. So stay hydrated. Getting dehydrated without alcohol as a factor will cause the same reduction in protein synthesis.
  • ndj1979
    ndj1979 Posts: 29,136 Member
    i love a cold beer on a hot sunny day on the beach..problem is I start slugging them down like water...so it is massive amount of empty calories...
  • sarantonio
    sarantonio Posts: 880 Member
    Well, any alcohol in general DOES in fact block protein synthesis (slowing down muscle recovery and growth)-- and the hops in beer are one of the most natural forms of estrogen you can put into your own body, so if you're a bodybuilder drinking beer is going to spoil your training.


    But personally I definitely enjoy a dark lager or most IPA's,. magic hat #9 is a favorite of mine, but then there's always yuengling black and tan, budweiser...

    so thirsty now :drinker:


    I've got bitty titties, so I tell myself that beer keeps me from being flat chested... titties and beer...
  • WendyTerry420
    WendyTerry420 Posts: 13,274 Member


    Furthermore, alcohol is the primary gateway drug to harder drugs with further ruin peoples lives.

    Because drinking beer makes me want to do some tar heroine.

    Yep, the ol' gateway theory. :laugh:

    Just hilarious!

    Who are you kidding, tar heroine was my gateway drug to IPAs

    :laugh:
    Magic gateway
    magic_gateway_wallpaper_by_jerry8448-d4nyul6.jpg
  • Rocbola
    Rocbola Posts: 1,998 Member
    . they have some good low carb/calorie beers now too

    I refuse to believe there are good light beers out there.
    Take any good beer and add water.....

    The problem with light beer is the don't even use good beer, they use crap beer and add water.
    True. I brewed an American style Pilsener once, but i used all barley and no rice or corn, and it turned out to be really tasty. I used less ingredients than i would normally use with one of my traditional home brews, like an ale or porter, and it had the light body most cheap beers have, but with better taste.

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