Posted on 01/02/2021 6:17:11 AM PST by mylife
Let's get this out of the way immediately: Too much alcohol in any form is bad for your health. After all, alcohol itself contains roughly zero health benefits, drinking it in excess over time could result in liver damage, and further insidious side effects include cancer risk, osteoporosis, infertility, weight gain, depression, prolonged slurred speech, pancreatitis, and heart disease. Whether you're drinking lower-alcohol beer or higher-alcohol spirits or the fanciest of French wines, overdoing it can wreak havoc on your body over time.
That doesn't mean all alcoholic beverages are created equal, of course. A light, low-calorie beer will likely be better for you than its better-tasting craft counterpart that contains 450 calories. And if you're a fan of the hard stuff, know that sipping your favorite rum neat in a small glass invariably won't be as bad for your body as drinking the same amount of rum mixed in a classic daiquiri that comes loaded with a high dose of simple syrup. (A single ounce of the syrupy goop contains more than five teaspoons of added sugar. As we've reported in the past, too many added sugars will lead to more belly fat, raise your blood pressure, affect the way your brain functions, cause your skin to sag, and double your risk of dying from heart disease.)
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Best take your alcohol straight up
Vodka, it’s what’s for dinner
So what I got out of that article is that we should just drink our liquor straight.
My Bacardi from the bottle is okay!
Girly drinks make you fat and horny...
yum, is this artucle supposed to be a deterant?
B.S. If it wasn't for beer, The Pilgrims would never have survived.
Well, since I like on occasion sipping Jim Beam straight, I am not doing that kind of harm to myself with something like that.
If and when I do drink, it’s a simple whiskey on the rocks or a gin and tonic. I will drink red wine but not white (too sweet, blech!) and I enjoy champagne (but only one brand, and I rarely drink it.)
But, that being said — I hate margaritas, never had a long island iced tea. And as a child of the 70s, I answer most definitely, “I do NOT like pina coladas...” (nor do I like getting caught in the rain.
Mostly, I’ve given up most sugar outside of what I get in the vegetables I eat. Have never felt better.
A shot of whisky with manuka honey and lemon is part of my protocol to deal with colds, etc
Something I do works...or maybe the combination...so I keep the combination.
Is it still OK to have a wild turkey and a cigar?
Next week’s article: How Alcoholic Drinks Are Good For Your Health
I have been drinking it that way for over 30 years now. Stay away from the grain alcohol, the rums, brandies,wines etc are way better for ya.
Cheers!
Whiskey. Brown whiskey. Bourbon, to be exact. Straight.
Mixed drinks and cocktails are for....well, let’s leave it there.
One should drink rain water and grain alcohol. Anything else robs one of their essence.
Hi.
As a famous rocker once said, “ one bourbon, one scotch and one beer.”
Cheers!
5.56mm
Well if you rated them by worst hangover then I’d say
Harry Buffalo - bc of the everclear
followed by mixing whiskey or bourbon with any other alcoholic drinks
Should be farther down the list - Long Island Iced Tea
But the article claims... [insert drum roll here]
“If you like piña coladas
And getting caught in the rain
If you’re not into yoga
If you have half a brain
If you like making love at midnight
In the dunes on the cape
Then I’m the love that you’ve looked for
Write to me and escape”
Smoke 'em if you got 'em.
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