Beer is better than advil

I work out very hard for 50 minutes a day, four days a week so that I *can* drink a lot of beer and wine and not feel calorically-guilty about it!

this sounds like self-reported data. It's possible the heavy drinkers were being less accurate than others in what they reported.

Good point, Mike! This was self-reported data, so people could have both under-reported their drinking and over-reported their exercise. --- Stephanie

ha im going to have to agree with rick on this one.

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What idiots here! I drink and exercise so I can work off the calories! Why do you have to drink or eat a lot of anything? You don't exercise because you can drink a lot--you drink too much and exercise too much and then you boast like a fool about both because you are an addict masquerading as a normal person. Whereas you'd spit on the face of a junkie on a street corner in Baltimore, you will wear your suit and tie, appear at your job like a regular individual by day and drink yourself silly by night, claiming that is a wonderful thing to do, "why not?" you'll ask----that still doesn't make it right and doesn't make you anything less than an alcoholic or at the very least alcohol dependent.

So you run--you exercise more--that will protect your heart but exercise will not protect your liver. Alcohol is a direct toxin to the liver--Lindsay Bowlin--keep it up--your butt may be small but eventually your foolishness will catch up--your liver will be big--alcoholic hepatitis they call it--then will come the beauty of portal hypertension--followed by esophageal varices--ascitis--swollen belly--then a liver specialist will have to save your well exercised derriere from the ravages of cirrhosis.

Ah, of course like most alcoholics you will declare, "I know my limits. My liver can take it. I never ever had a problem with my liver. I hold my drink well. I can drink anyone under the table and be up and sober at the crack of dawn!" Yeah!

The authors of this study are nincompoops. Healthy habits hardly ever compensate for bad habits. Those who eat all the wrong things and exercise like crazy may look thin or healthy but they will still have high cholesterol--maintaining normal weight will not necessarily spirit away the trans fats ingested from the blood stream.

The only conclusion to be drawn from the study is this: It takes all sorts of addicts to fill the world of addiction and it takes all sorts of boredom to drive addicts to seemingly opposite behaviors but the seemingly opposite behaviors are not so--they are really part and parcel of the same pattern--drink too much--run too much--climb too much--everything in excess--that's all addicts know how to be--in all matters healthy and unhealthy--excessive.

Stephanie, the Cheerz Intellishot you recommend is not a panacea. It will give habitual drinkers, particularly the ones in denial, a false sense of security. It's like thinking oral contraceptives will not only protect you from pregnancy but also from AIDS. Perhaps Intellishot does slow down the formation of acetaldehyde--the alcohol toxin--from alcohol. It contains succinic acid, N-Acetyl Cysteine and milk thistle. But no antidote is 100%. And just because you have no hangover does not mean you have no acetaldehyde from the alcohol you have consumed. In fact if you continue to drink several drinks merrily, confident that Intellishot will prevent you from making any acetaldehyde at all, you will most probably overwhelm the effect of this antidote, make acetaldehyde anyway, followed by acetate in your liver, and also damage your brain from the overindulgence. For an occasional drinker Intellishot is OK. So also for a moderate drinker, but for the type of drinker in massive denial about his or her drinking problem or for those with a serious family history of a drinking problem, Intellishot is nothing more than a band aid--a desperate measure that shouldn't replace alcohol rehab. This is no different from medications not working in diabetics who don't follow their diets. The type of person who drinks a lot, or binge drinks and exercises hard is a problem alcoholic and is not a candidate for Intellishot. Of course he or she is free to use this antidote but the liver, the pancreas and the brain would remain vulnerable to the side effects of excessive alcohol despite the Intellishots consumed as protection. Intellishot, in fact, in these people, would be just like exercise--a tool to attain a false sense of good health, and a permission to practice their bad alcohol habit, unhindered by health anxieties or guilt. Stephanie, I hope you are not invested in Intellishot or a sales person for them and I hope you merely meant to do good service by disseminating info to help others, but you do a disservice when you do not enlighten your potential alcohol dependent or addicted readers about the dangers of using Intellishot while binge drinking or drinking continuous excessive amounts. Another important point is this--Intellshot doesn't prevent intoxication or impaired judgment and therefore to drink a lot, take Intellishot and drive could be lethal.

I endorse nothing here. In fact, I know nothing about this Intellishot. That was simply a comment from one of your fellow blog readers. --- Stephanie.

Hi Stephanie,
I meant to say Samantha--not Stephanie. I apologize--it was a genuine error--I am aware you do not endorse any products here.

Wow...such a strong opinion from someone who chose to stay anonymous. Don't worry about the size of my body parts, the state of my liver or my level of drinking - maybe you should instead focus on why you're such a pushy coward - you push your opinions on other people and then wimp out by not using your name. I'll stop drinking when you grow a pair.

To Anon: Well thought out points. It is true Cheerz should not be a panacea for abusers, and I doubt it would work that way. It doesn't make me drink more, or more often than I normally would under the threat of a hangover. If anything, I feel like drinking LESS, and CERTAINLY never need the most popular hangover 'cure' of all time--hair of the dog!

It's kind of amazing to me that after centuries of searching for something to make us feel a little better the morning after, now that there is something that actually works and isn't just a ripoff vitamin C, it is treated with more fear and derision than the real problem it helps with--LIQUOR! That's Puritanical America for you. As for enabling alcoholics, I believe abusers are going to abuse anyway. From what I've read there is a direct connection between acetaldehyde levels and cravings/addiction. Alcoholics build resistance to booze and so they need more and more to get the buzz. One study I read gave a group of alcoholics and a group of non-alcoholics an equal dose of alcohol. Guess what, the ALCOHOLIC group measured 60 PERCENT higher acetaldehyde levels the non-alcoholics! That leads me to think there may be a genetic defect in the liver that may be connected to the addiction process.

Despite the fear mongering by neo prohibitionists and other fuddyduddies, I take IntelliShot because I feel totally AMAZING afterward. And if that means that over time my skin will not wrinkle prematurely and there's a chance of doing less damage to my liver and other organs by having less acetaldehyde ravaging my system with every glass of wine, then that's more than enuff for me!!

I drink quite a bit for fun. I like it. It losens me up as I am naturally very hight strung. I exercise everyday until I sweat for the feeling as well. I will skip a workout if I have a horrible hangover, but sometimes with a mild hangover the workout does wonders.. I am 43 and look like I am 25, easy. I credit, not obsessing about anything, sweating everyday, having fun, getting sleep and eating my fresh vegetables at every meal.

I think it probably makes sense that heavy drinkers also exercise a bit more. When I think about people who drink to much, I often think about male, sports enthusiasts. These guys love to drink beer and play sports. From my observations, it seems that an active lifestyle is the most important element for a healthy life (even if you do drink too much).

That's interesting. Maybe the heavy drinkers feel they should exercise more to compensate for all those extra calories.
Interesting new way to deal with a hangover. Will have to try exercise next time I get smashed!