CharlieD
Chef Extraordinaire
They just don't want you to warry too much. They just care about your heath in that way.
edit: second thoughts, best Not, I wouldn`t want to get Stoned!
An ounce of 80 proof booze contains 64 calories
An ounce of 86 proof booze contains 70 calories
An ounce of 90 proof booze contains 73 calories
An ounce of 100 proof booze contains 82 calories
A 12 oz can of beer is around 150 calories
A 12 oz can of light beer is around 100 calories
Five ounces of a dry red wine runs about 96 calories
Five ounces of a dry white wine runs about 120-125 calories
And what's wrong with empty calories? No fats, no cholesterol and low carbs except for the beer.
1. Alcohol is empty calories.
2. Alcohol dehydrates you
3. Alcohol slows down your metabolism
4. Alcohol inhibits protein synthesis
5. Alcohol blocks the absorption of nutrients to the muscles
6. Alcohol lowers testosterone
7. Alcohol increases estrogen
8. Alcohol consumption is catabolic
Dementia? Really? Well there is tonights reason to drink! Drink to stay sane, and Jimmy Buffet said if we couldn't laugh, we would all go insane.
Whiskey, improving mental health since, ummm...I forgot?
Fun fact: mixing fruits with alcohol increases the antioxidant effects already found in those fruits.
So alcohol CAN have health benefits!
Just not on its own.
I'd never heard that but now I want a T-shirt!Then, there's the old biker's theory that "there's a pork chop in every can."
I'm ready for a cocktail!!!
Does it work for women, too?In fact, studies have shown that men that have replaced set quantities of food calories with alcohol calories actually lose weight since acetate can not be stored in the body and must be burned.
Does it work for women, too?