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Do you drink alcoholic beverages at all?

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Do you drink alcoholic beverages?

  • Yes, and I am of legal drinking age.

  • No, and I am of legal drinking age.

  • No, and I never have even once had a drink and I am of legal drinking age.

  • Yes, and I am not of legal drinking age.

  • No, and I am not of legal drinking age.

  • No, and I never have even once had a drink and I am not of legal drinking age.

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vi edit said:
Beer is good. And stuff.
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Had a couple of these tonight myself, rather tasty.


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rudeguy said:
The only time I ever went to the bar was when I was trying to get laid.

I went there a lot....
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I lol'd at that one.

Once I started drinking straight Scotch, all the other alcohols started to become much more tolerable and even enjoyable. It was an acquired taste for me but I don't regret that acquisition.
 
destrekor said:
alcohol is calorie-free! 🙂

The liquid that carries it, however, is another story.

Straight liquors are great. Taste... personal preference. You can get diet tonic (or club soda) and use gin or vodka - the result is a delicious zero-calorie alcoholic beverage.
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I hate to break it to ya, but there ARE calories in alcohol.

1 fl. oz of 80 proof vodka, for example, is about 70 calories.

Gin: 65 calories.
 
While at school I drink 1 or 2 times a week, about 10-12 beers per night. This summer, I've only drank once.
 
No alcohol, and I'm of legal age.

I find the taste of to be quite unpleasant, and I really have no desire to experience the intoxicating effects.
 
Yes, I drink. And I'm of legal age, here at least. I only drink for the taste, so I tend to shun most wines and beers, and go for liquers, cocktails, etc. In regards to taste, the taste of alcoholic drinks tends to be quite unique compared to non-alcoholic drinks. If I could easily get the same taste from a non-alcoholic drink, I'd probably stop drinking for the most part.
 
I drink a finger of port once a week or so and the occasional glass of wine or beer at the pub/restaurant. 🙂
 
fatpat268 said:
I hate to break it to ya, but there ARE calories in alcohol.

1 fl. oz of 80 proof vodka, for example, is about 70 calories.

Gin: 65 calories.
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:hmm:

I'll have to look into this.

I'm not a calorie-counter. I am trying to limit carb intake.
Liquor is carb-free. Guess I remembered it was free of something, thought it was calories. Empty calories, which can be bad, but if I had to choose between: 1) more calories in than out, but low total carbs, or 2) calories in = out, and more carbs than ideal - I'd choose 1.
 
destrekor said:
:hmm:

I'll have to look into this.

I'm not a calorie-counter. I am trying to limit carb intake.
Liquor is carb-free. Guess I remembered it was free of something, thought it was calories. Empty calories, which can be bad, but if I had to choose between: 1) more calories in than out, but low total carbs, or 2) calories in = out, and more carbs than ideal - I'd choose 1.
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Yea, alcohol is definitely not calorie free.

Also, watch for some of those mixed drinks, some of them have an obscene amount of calories and carbs.
 
I'll have a glass of red wine a couple/few nights a week, with dinner.

Had family over this weekend. Lots of Guinness went down the hatch. Some Gin & Tonics too. Generally, I don't drink much hard stuff, maybe a glass of Whiskey now and then. I've also been drinking a lot less beer to save money and calories.
 
destrekor said:
:hmm:

I'll have to look into this.

I'm not a calorie-counter. I am trying to limit carb intake.
Liquor is carb-free. Guess I remembered it was free of something, thought it was calories. Empty calories, which can be bad, but if I had to choose between: 1) more calories in than out, but low total carbs, or 2) calories in = out, and more carbs than ideal - I'd choose 1.
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Alcohol has 7 calories per gram. Protein and Carbs have 4.
 
fatpat268 said:
Yea, alcohol is definitely not calorie free.

Also, watch for some of those mixed drinks, some of them have an obscene amount of calories and carbs.
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Oh, mixed drinks I know all about.
I was actually surprised to look at a bottle of tonic water and see it is loaded with sugar. Shit. Made a pact to move to diet tonic and only diet tonic - though that's a terrible situation - either use real sugar, or artificial sweeteners that still fuck with the blood-glucose system. Barely any of the beverage industry has switched to zero-load sweeteners (come on corporations, switch to Stevia already you assholes).

Still trying to do some high-school level research into ethanol and it's calorie content - can't find all that much about it.

Ethanol has the second-highest calorie content per gram, behind only fats (fat 9, ethanol 7, protein 4, carb 4)... but why and how can't figure it out. Everything I've ever known, and the stuff I am currently looking at, all points to zero traces of ethanol being left in the body after the body goes through the multiple steps of metabolizing ethanol and pissing out the end products.
The metabolism of ethanol has both endothermic and exothermic reactions, but they are local reactions and not ones that provide cellular energy throughout the body.

There must be some kind of biochemistry that is at a super-crazy level of understanding that I just can't comprehend, because I'm not seeing anything that points to available energy.


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Ah, figured it out. Acetyl-CoA is the last step of ethanol metabolism, and I don't care to regurgitate everything I just researched but, that little molecule is involved in, well... a lot of biological systems.
 
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Yeah, just beer while drinking socially and wine for appropriate occasions. I don't drink to get drunk. I stay away from hard liquor.
 
Yes. Though after taking 7 months off all I can drink is Beer. Any hard liquor now gives me an immediate headache.
 
Wife and I have a beer or glass of wine here or there. The only time we drink more than that is in social situations but only enough to get a mild buzz and then we stop.
 
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