Beer: Facts or Fiction?

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These aren't well researched, and just some musings I had based on some stuff I've read in the past and putting 2 and 2 together. Don't take any of this as fact:

Beer gives off carbon dioxide which leads to global warming

Global Warming Myth Exposed

Beer interferes with usage and absorption of B-Vitamins

Because of the yeast content in some beers, it can have plenty of b-vitamins (some beer companies filter it out). Since the b-vitamins are water soluble, you'll want to keep yourself hydrated by drinking plenty of water. Yes, water is the main ingredient in beer, but alcohol can also cause dehydration.

Beer causes depression or worsens it

Speaking from personal experience: bullshyte! B-vitamins are associated with neurological health. Avoid over consumption and dehydration.

Alcoholics Should Avoid Beer

Are they really alcoholics, or people with addiction problems who should supposedly avoid everything? The forbidden fruit is always sweeter. There are some rare people who will drink Lysol in water, iv Jack Daniels, etc... but most people being passed off as alcoholics have an underlying issue that covers much more than just alcohol over-indulgence.

Beer will make you fat

All carbonated drinks appear to have this effect on people, and so does MSG. If you only drink water, and never consume MSG: you're probably drinking too much if it's making you significantly fatter.

From the USDA National Nutrient Database, one 12 ounce serving of regular beer has the following:

A study from New Haven, CT, between 1982-1996 found that moderate alcohol consumption was associated with decreased risk of heart failure among the elderly. (Acts as a blood thinner, and stroke preventer also)

A study by Dr. Guiseppe Zuccala of the Catholic University of the Sacred Heart in Rome found that moderate alcohol consumption might protect the brain from mental decline associated with aging.

Alcohol lowers insulin levels, (good for non-diabetics) Reducing the risk of developing atherosclerosis, or hardening of the arteries.

Results of a US-Finnish study found that an increase in beer consumption in middle aged men resulted in 40 percent lower risk of kidney stones. -American Journal of Epidemiology 1999

Beer has good amounts of magnesium, selenium, potassium, phosphorus, and biotin.

Be choosy on your beer. I've heard many people say how they get headaches from Anheuser-Busch produced beers, and have heard that they are the most chemically processed. I used to like Molson until I had GERD, now I drink Labatts.

*this post will probably get updated.

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	Beer causes depression or worsens it

Aside from alcohol being a CNS (central nervous system) depressant which might cause some temporary "depression", alcohol seems to act as a random variable in the equation (depending on the amount consumed, etc). It could make the situation worse, or it could make the situation better (i.e. more tolerable if used in moderation). Therefore, I can't agree with that blanket statement either.

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	Alcoholics Should Avoid Beer Are they really alcoholics, or people with addiction problems who should supposedly avoid everything? The forbidden fruit is always sweeter. There are some rare people who will drink Lysol in water, iv Jack Daniels, etc... but most people being passed off as alcoholics have an underlying issue that covers much more than just alcohol over-indulgence.

Agreed. This is just another misleading statement to keep people from realizing the truth, prevent them from coming to the right conclusions. There are people who have problems that will use anything to try to escape, since culture will not offer the solution. Children are the most susceptable to this, since it is very painful being led into the slave-system meat-grinder by the nose. ["You have to work for a living!"] While there may be true physical addiction to some substances such as heroin, most of the other "addictions" are only mental. The users can happily switch to another substance without much of a problem.

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I drank beer last night, and I'm not depressed!

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In the voice of Homer Simpson.
"Beer is there anyting it can't do?" Laughing

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	madthumbs wrote:
	Be choosy on your beer. I've heard many people say how they get headaches from Anheuser-Busch produced beers, and have heard that they are the most chemically processed. I used to like Molson until I had GERD, now I drink Labatts.

Brew your own- it's cheap and easy, and you know what is in it! (yum!)

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Only brew your own if you're prepared for it to taste like shit, and realise it's never gonna taste like beer in the shop lol.

My dad used to do it, I'd only recommend it if you're short on money. Razz

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The best I ever had was Old Speckled Hen, from the UK.

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The best I have had yet is Chimay Blue (Grand Reserve), made by Trappist monks in Belgium. It's the only beer I've ever had with a taste that (for lack of a better way to describe it) expands, or spreads, in your mouth when you drink it. I have no idea how they get that to happen. (YMMV, this is what it does to me. I don't know anyone else that drinks it.) I've tried both of the other types, and they don't do that. Only the Blue does, and the results are repeatable with each bottle and case.

Perhaps a way to describe it would be to compare it to fresh, homegrown, well prepared sativa. It has a different taste and effect than the bricked up mutt blend commercial garbage from who knows where that is suspiciously missing all it's crystals. Sure, it'll have an effect, but you're missing some important elements. The same way that you won't want to go back after trying really good weed, you won't want to go back after trying really good beer.

http://www.chimay.com/en/chimay_blue_220.php

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	This top fermented Trappist beer, refermented in the bottle, is not pasteurised.

At "9% alc. vol.", it's pretty strong stuff (it'll get ya going). However, it doesn't have a very strong taste, unlike other beers that try to be super hopsy. It is a nice blend of hops and other flavors. There is a sweet taste in there that balances it out and keeps it easy.

It goes for over $100/case here, with 12 big wine-sized bottles per case, that's about $8/bottle. (They also sell it in smaller bottles, but they are too small for me.) You can't find it sold everywhere, you have to call about looking for someone that carries it.

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I got to try the Old Speckled Hen or Ol' Speckled 'Un. -Very good, but not an economy beer. I wish I could afford it regularly.

Miracle Beer Diet

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