How many beers do you drink per day?

[brenmurph]

I drink average pint and a half per night and a good few more at weekend. I dont make strong beers cos I like to drink beer and dont like falling over after 5 pints! also i go for flavour not just alcohol.

When its all averaged i'm somehwerre around the 15 pints a week (actually 20 a week for me cos i make my beers lower alc than average)

the occasional stray I may have 8 pints at an event, party or similar occasion

[johnrm]

(minister for health forgets to tell people abouyt that one).

I heard recently that our minister for health may have issues with alcohol consumption, and apparently our previous minister did also.

[brenmurph]

The bulging middle is a simple matter of calories in vs calories out.
Nothing like a bit of exercise between pints.
Pub Crawl!

I think it's worse than that. It's a matter of calories in. Most of the calories you burn are consumed by your basic metabolism, so exercising doesn't affect how many calories you burn on a day by very much.

There was a study done comparing hunter gatherers in Africa with sedentary western office-workers which found they basically burn the same number of calories each day despite the fact that the hunter-gatherers obviously get more exercise. (I think this is the study people are talking about http://www.plosone.org/article/info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0040503

So the sorry conclusion has to be that if you consume more calories, you won't burn them off, you'll just get fat. Still, I think I'd rather be fat than thirsty.

The difference might be that the Hunter gathers eat real food, which can be metabolised and burned...western diet is full of nutrient depleted foods, which when consumed dont provide the necessary micronutirents (co-factors) needed to metabolise the energy consumed, the western body has no choice but to store it if it cant burn.
Professor Lustig quote " if ur going to consume it u better burn it or  ur gonna store it"  Western diets cant be 'burned' effeciently due to lack of necessary co-factors in addition to the western subjects in that study who were nearly twice the weight probably dont get off their ass at the same time the Hunters are walking 20 miles a day?

[brenmurph]

(minister for health forgets to tell people abouyt that one).

I heard recently that our minister for health may have issues with alcohol consumption, and apparently our previous minister did also.

Wat about minister Mary H wasnt the picture of health either. And the lot of them drinkin free beer in the Dail and tellin us to cut down....

[johnrm]

(minister for health forgets to tell people abouyt that one).

I heard recently that our minister for health may have issues with alcohol consumption, and apparently our previous minister did also.

Wat about minister Mary H wasnt the picture of health either. And the lot of them drinkin free beer in the Dail and tellin us to cut down....

Mary H = 'our previous minister'
Unless I missed an election!

Neither of them are/were the picture of health.
WTF are they doing telling us how to live?!

[UpsidedownA (Andrew)]

The bulging middle is a simple matter of calories in vs calories out.
Nothing like a bit of exercise between pints.
Pub Crawl!

I think it's worse than that. It's a matter of calories in. Most of the calories you burn are consumed by your basic metabolism, so exercising doesn't affect how many calories you burn on a day by very much.

There was a study done comparing hunter gatherers in Africa with sedentary western office-workers which found they basically burn the same number of calories each day despite the fact that the hunter-gatherers obviously get more exercise. (I think this is the study people are talking about http://www.plosone.org/article/info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0040503

So the sorry conclusion has to be that if you consume more calories, you won't burn them off, you'll just get fat. Still, I think I'd rather be fat than thirsty.

The difference might be that the Hunter gathers eat real food, which can be metabolised and burned...western diet is full of nutrient depleted foods, which when consumed dont provide the necessary micronutirents (co-factors) needed to metabolise the energy consumed, the western body has no choice but to store it if it cant burn.
Professor Lustig quote " if ur going to consume it u better burn it or  ur gonna store it"  Western diets cant be 'burned' effeciently due to lack of necessary co-factors in addition to the western subjects in that study who were nearly twice the weight probably dont get off their ass at the same time the Hunters are walking 20 miles a day?

It's certainly true that our food contains a lot of hidden sugar and salt that does you know good. Have a look at the back of a jar of pasta sauce, for example. It's full of shit you don't need. It's way better, if you have the time, to start from raw materials yourself and make stuff from scratch. Trouble is most people don't have the time.

[Greg2013]

Why is there no section for people that do not drink alcohol at all in any quantity

[Shane Phelan]

I have yet to come across a brewer that doesn't drink any of his own beer.

[LordEoin]

I try not to drink any alcohol, but it keeps on getting into my glass without me noticing...

[fobster]

I have yet to come across a brewer that doesn't drink any of his own beer.

When I brought a few brews into the lads in the office, one of them said his teetotal dad used to brew, just interested in the production process of it!

During the year I found if I wanted a drink on a weekday night one 330ml bottle would do me, so I bottled a batch using mostly 330ml bottles. Little things like that can help.

[johnrm]

On 330ml vs 500ml, I think that stronger brews are better in smaller bottles.

The stronger the more sippy and the longer sitting out etc.
Let's face it,a few pints  of Grand Cru is lot harder than a few pints of IPA.

[fobster]

Goes without saying!

Another tip is to give a few homebrews to your family, friends, work mates etc. Spread the love of homebrew! And you'll have less for yourself.