Beer Belly A Myth, Research Shows
| Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» Toltech replied on Mon Mar 22, 2004 @ 9:00pm |
 Coolness: 146110 | LONDON -- (Sunday Times) Good news to beer guzzlers -- there is no link between beer drinking and a beer belly, new research shows.
What's more, the research conducted at the University College of London reveals women who drink beer tend to weigh less, not more than non-drinkers. The research team led by Martin Bobak wanted to settle the question of whether beer led to an increase in weight. Some studies supported the notion while others did not. The team used data based in the Czech Republic, which boasts of the highest per capita beer consumption in the world. The data included 891 men and 1,098 women aged 25-64 who were either non-drinkers or drank exclusively beer and compared their body mass index and waist-hip ratio, which measures the so called "beer belly." The researchers found that when corrected for factors such as smoking, there was no significant link between beer drinking and a beer belly -- and women who drank beer tended to weigh less, rather than more, than those who did not. Reporting in the European Journal of Clinical Nutrition, the team concludes: "It is unlikely that beer intake is associated with a largely increased waist-hip ratio or body mass index . . . the association between beer and obesity, if it exists, is probably weak." According to Bobak, beer may not be the real culprit in a beer belly but beer drinking is linked to other aspects of diet and lifestyle that may cause a beer belly. Bobak admits to drinking the odd beer himself, and sees no reason why Czech beer should be any different in its effect from the beers of other countries. "The Czechs brew excellent beer but it has the same calorie content, and the same amounts of sugar and alcohol as British beer. Nutritionally, they are very similar," Bobak said. |
| Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» nothingnopenope replied on Mon Mar 22, 2004 @ 10:08pm |
 Coolness: 201915 | werd.. Beer is good in moderation.. It's the fatty foods people eat with beer that gives them the gut! |
| Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» Toltech replied on Mon Mar 22, 2004 @ 10:12pm |
| Coolness: 146110 | that makes a lot more sense...I know a few people who hate McDonald's but when wasted wont care and eat that crap anyways..... |
| Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» nothingnopenope replied on Mon Mar 22, 2004 @ 11:26pm |
| Coolness: 201915 | Beer munchies... Much worse than any munchies related to reefer |
| Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» neoform replied on Mon Mar 22, 2004 @ 11:37pm |
 Coolness: 340355 | Women who drink beer often smoke.
smoking = less hunger. |
| Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» OMGSTFUDIEPLZKTX replied on Tue Mar 23, 2004 @ 7:34am |
 Coolness: 67205 | BOBAK
BOBAK BOBAK BOBAK anyways Beer is rich in carbs carbs get converted into sugar unused sugar gets stored as fat go figure |
| Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» Screwhead replied on Tue Mar 23, 2004 @ 1:00pm |
 Coolness: 686280 | bwahahahahaha
BOBAK hahahaha *dies laughing* b0kb0k! |
| Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» nothingnopenope replied on Tue Mar 23, 2004 @ 2:39pm |
| Coolness: 201915 | Beer is rich in carbs
carbs get converted into sugar unused sugar gets stored as fat OOO someone went to the atkins website! Carbs turn into fat if you sit on your ass all day |
| Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» neoform replied on Tue Mar 23, 2004 @ 3:22pm |
| Coolness: 340355 | oh yeah, and protein and carbs = BAD.
why? cause atkins says so! |
| Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» PoiSoNeD_CaNdY replied on Tue Mar 23, 2004 @ 3:24pm |
 Coolness: 92380 | you sit on your ass all day if you're a computer programmer |
| Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» nothingnopenope replied on Tue Mar 23, 2004 @ 3:29pm |
| Coolness: 201915 | protein and carbs keep your from being a zombie |
| Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» michaeldino replied on Tue Mar 23, 2004 @ 4:13pm |
 Coolness: 69665 | protein keeps you from being a zombie...
carbs give you energy... if you run out of carbs and you still need energy, then you use fat, once thats finished, the protein goes... you can look healthy without eating any carbs... carbs are a quick and efficient source of energy, if you use them |
| Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» Zz.ee.vV replied on Tue Mar 23, 2004 @ 8:39pm |
 Coolness: 194715 | fat is a more efficient energy, carbs are just the preferred fuel
ketones are loads more efficiently burning than carbs... hence the atkins diet, also known long before atkins as the KETOGENIC diet, been used by bodybuilders on cutting cycles for ages, atkins just gave it publicity |
| Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» michaeldino replied on Tue Mar 23, 2004 @ 9:54pm |
| Coolness: 69665 | bah.. i think everyone is an idiot when it comes to diet |
| Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» neoform replied on Tue Mar 23, 2004 @ 10:38pm |
| Coolness: 340355 | eat what you wanna eat. but if you're fat, it's prolly one of two things:
-You eat too much -You spend too much time on your ass |
| Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» michaeldino replied on Tue Mar 23, 2004 @ 11:44pm |
| Coolness: 69665 | no.. you cant eat too much
its impossible.. its all about how much you move an italian farmer in 1920 ate pasta every night of his life along wiht beef and pork and stuffed something or other with fat and lard and beans... the works.. and he was still healthy as an ox... |
| Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» neoform replied on Tue Mar 23, 2004 @ 11:51pm |
| Coolness: 340355 | oxen aren't that healthy you know. i hear they die when you knock em over. |
| Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» nothingnopenope replied on Tue Mar 23, 2004 @ 11:58pm |
| Coolness: 201915 | Diets are nothing alone, you need constant exercise if you want to maintain or lose weight |
| Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» michaeldino replied on Wed Mar 24, 2004 @ 12:18am |
| Coolness: 69665 | exactly
its the way you use it.. not what you use... |
| Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» ashtraygirl replied on Wed Mar 24, 2004 @ 2:01pm |
 Coolness: 90175 | you can a loaf of bread a day and not be fat... The whole equation is Energy in - Energy out = all the left over is fat. carbs are burnt first, then protein then lipids.
so as long as you aren't sitting on yer ass all day long and excersice once in awhile you can eat all the carbs ya want! And i'm very happy to hear that beer = no beer belly especially for the ladies |
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