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"Antibiotic" Beer Gave Ancient Africans Health Buzz
National Geographic ^
| May 16, 2005
| John Roach
Posted on 05/19/2005 6:57:43 PM PDT by nickcarraway
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To: nickcarraway
I been drinking a beer or two at night. Makes me sleep better! Also, my cholesterol seems to have dropped. I am already taking drugs for it, but my most recent test came in 30 points lower than before...
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posted on
05/19/2005 7:00:47 PM PDT
by
Paradox
(In my heart, I will always be something of a Liberal, in my head, a Conservative. Head wins.)
To: Paradox
It's the beer, no doubt.
Beer: Breakfast of Champions!
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posted on
05/19/2005 7:03:51 PM PDT
by
Doomonyou
(I don't think so, Scooter...)
To: favoriteson
To: Doomonyou
Beer, it's not "Just for Breakfast" anymore!
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posted on
05/19/2005 7:09:51 PM PDT
by
TexasTransplant
(NEMO ME IMPUNE LACESSET)
To: TexasTransplant
If the government gets in on this, beer will become a prescription medication at about $39 a can. Shush up, people, and enjoy good fortune and good health.
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posted on
05/19/2005 7:23:42 PM PDT
by
mathurine
(ua)
To: nickcarraway
According to Armelagos, the Nubians would drink the gruel and probably allowed their children to eat what was left at the bottom of the vat. Is that why stayed primitive and naked? Perfect recipe for socialism.
To: nickcarraway
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posted on
05/19/2005 7:28:16 PM PDT
by
makoman
To: nickcarraway
Amazing. Sounds nasty, though.
To: nickcarraway
There is simply nothing that beer can't do.
To: Leo Carpathian
I had similar thoughts to this... no written language also, when the Egyptians were highly civilized...
hmmmmm.....
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posted on
05/19/2005 8:15:57 PM PDT
by
Conservatrix
("He who stands for nothing will fall for anything.")
To: mathurine
I can see this...having to go to the doctor to get a prescription...for the druggist to give me some medicated beer. The druggist runs back to a huge freezer in the back and pulls out a six-pack of Med-beer....and on the side are instructions...don't operate heavy machinery, don't drink with other substances, limit of two per hour, etc. You take it home and pop one because you have a mild chestcold.
To: nickcarraway
Experienced Third World travelers know that the best way to keep from getting "Delhi Belly" is to maintain a decent concentration of alcohol in your stomach at all times. Three fingers of vodka upon waking, then a drink every two or three hours...
-ccm
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posted on
05/19/2005 8:30:15 PM PDT
by
ccmay
(Question Diversity)
To: nickcarraway
Armelagos said the Egyptians used beer as a gum-disease treatment, a dressing for wounds, and even an anal fumigant—a vaporborne pesticide to treat diseases of the anus.
Some things I truly am happier not knowing.
But you gotta admit that Anal Fumigant would be a stellar name for a punk band.
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posted on
05/19/2005 8:31:38 PM PDT
by
Xenalyte
(End women's suffrage! Hasn't the country suffered enough?)
To: Constitution Day
Nubian brew to go with your monkeycue
To: Conservatrix
Actually the Nubians were quite advanced and even ruled Egypt for a while. No written language but they were pretty good builders.
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posted on
05/19/2005 8:33:28 PM PDT
by
Squawk 8888
(End dependence on foreign oil- put a Slowpoke in your basement)
To: ccmay
My great-aunt Albertina Alaska (I know, I know) did the tour of Europe back in the '20s.
When she came home, the family was quite curious to know how she avoided all those "ills of the stomach" they'd heard so much about.
Turns out Aunt Albertina Alaska was concerned about that as well, so she drank - get this - nothing but Brandy Alexanders. For four months. Breakfast, lunch, and dinner.
We suspect she didn't remember squat about her trip and made up stories to tell the family, but we're sure she had a helluva time.
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posted on
05/19/2005 8:33:52 PM PDT
by
Xenalyte
(End women's suffrage! Hasn't the country suffered enough?)
The only "anal fumigant" I've ever associated with beer has always been created internally not externally; the cheaper the beer, the more pungent the fumigant.
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posted on
05/19/2005 8:43:51 PM PDT
by
P H Lewis
(One of the fundamentals of democracy is knowing where to place your machine gun. - Foggy)
To: P H Lewis
Now with 20% more
ANAL FUMIGANT
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posted on
05/19/2005 8:56:59 PM PDT
by
Grim
To: nickcarraway
the Egyptians used beer as ... an anal fumigant
Those egyptians are just a wee bit wacky if you ask me.
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posted on
05/19/2005 9:18:11 PM PDT
by
festus
(The constitution may be flawed but its a whole lot better than what we have now.)
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