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- adml_shake, on 12/31/2007, -3/+58I never blamed the beer! The drunken late night runs to McD's however.......
- Gabberwok, on 12/31/2007, -4/+51Yeah, and sex doesn't get a girl pregnant. Beer is incredibly high in calories, and you don't feel full when you drink it. So yes, drinking beer does give you that belly - but it's because of the calories, not because of some kind of magic beer belly fairy.
- ColorBlind, on 12/31/2007, -3/+35I consider my high metabolism gods gift to me.
- apathysucks, on 12/31/2007, -1/+28I guess mine just happened to appear when I turned 21! Weird!
- inactive, on 12/31/2007, -0/+19YES! Just the news I want to wake up to on New Years Eve. I hope all Diggers have a good one.
- mlwarrior, on 12/31/2007, -0/+17FTA: "beer cannot be held solely responsible for a "beer belly".
WTF - why does the thread starter seem to think that this statement means "drinking beer doesn't give you a beer belly!" Talk about hearing only what you want to hear.
This article says nothing about beer not giving you a beer belly. It just says there is more than one cause (no ***** alert). - CanadianGuy, on 12/31/2007, -3/+16And smoking cigarettes doesn't cause cancer!!!!
- inactive, on 12/31/2007, -1/+14But you sure like posting useless comments.
- Jazzillion, on 12/31/2007, -2/+14"Graeme Hilditch insists beer cannot be held solely responsible for a "beer belly". The culprits are excessive calories, lack of exercise and man's predisposition to deposit fat on his abdominal region."
So a man who drinks beer, containing calories, and remains sedentary is almost guaranteed to put on weight in the abdominal region, due to the excessive caloric consumption to burn ratio. The title is terribly misleading, and the article is an attempt to try and expunge myths with using evidence to verify their credibility....riggghht.
"It's circular logic. There's no holes in it." - Lil Bush - KSUdesigner, on 12/31/2007, -3/+15People like you are the reason that a lot of fat people avoid the gym.
- Kronos6948, on 12/31/2007, -2/+11It doesn't explain why some people who drink beer can be skinny everywhere else but look pregnant in the stomach. Me? I'm fat all over. Not just in my stomach.
- KSUdesigner, on 12/31/2007, -1/+10I got his point, but my point is that being laughed at is why fat people avoid the gym. Maybe instead of laughing at them he could walk over and offer some friendly advice.
- pyronik, on 12/31/2007, -1/+9it gets burnt off in the fight with the guy who said hello to your girlfriend and you took it as him hitting on her .. right or wrong
- inactive, on 12/31/2007, -3/+10Apparently you don't like spelling either...
- stonebear, on 12/31/2007, -0/+6It's partially accurate. But alcoholic drinks can, and often do, cause a pot belly. A pot belly on a heavy drinker over 30 is likely to be ascites; a condition in which the abdomen is distended with water, rather than fat. This can have many causes, but, in this case, it would be portal hypertension caused by impaired liver function. If the liver cannot process blood coming from the colon fast enough, blood pressure in the portal vein increases to the extent that both the colon and liver will leak water into the peritoneal cavity.
- entrophize, on 12/31/2007, -1/+6News flash, people:
ANYTHING with energy in it (carbohydrates, calories, fat, etc.) can make you fat if you don't burn that energy. This includes beer.
Buried as scientifically inaccurate. - AoiTakuma, on 12/31/2007, -3/+8i have a beer gut and i have never had beer.
Its from 23 years of hitting the mountain dew hard. - slaystench, on 12/31/2007, -1/+6Where in the hell did he say he was skinny?
- mikehill33, on 12/31/2007, -0/+5what about Beer Nuts?
- stormgren, on 12/31/2007, -1/+5It's Just the Random capital Letters.
- vertinox, on 12/31/2007, -1/+5Its not the beer that makes you fat, but all the extra food you eat while drinking it. I confess that when I start my second beer I usually want a bag of chips or some wings.
- flashingcurser, on 12/31/2007, -1/+5Any day I'm hung over I don't give a ***** what I eat that day. If I didn't barf the night before, there is nothing like a big greasy breakfast and a sweet latte coffee. Not to mention the 10 beers the night before, 1500-2000 calories by themselves. "Beer belly" is life style.
- StoneLox, on 12/31/2007, -0/+4but make sure you grunt loud it burns extra calories
- mkrygeri, on 12/31/2007, -2/+6I love the semantic argument. It's not the beer that causes a beer belly, it's all the calories!
Well, if you take in 1000 extra empty calories a day from beer, it's a f@ckin beer-belly!
Also, a lot of the time it's because the liver is swollen up in heavy drinkers leading to cirrhosis and cancer.
Lame explanation. - theskyman, on 12/31/2007, -4/+8This is total BS! Beer contains massive amount of carbohydrates that turn into fat, salt that retains water, alcohol that reduces your metabolism and also retains water! Buried for BS!
- inactive, on 12/31/2007, -1/+5BEEFCAKE!
- mwalker05, on 12/31/2007, -0/+4this is like saying smoking doesnt cause cancer, but the carcinogens found in cigarettes cause cancer.
- therightclique, on 12/31/2007, -0/+4yeah. that's not accurate. beer absolutely makes you fat. 150 calories per can dude. where do you think that is going?
- chicken101, on 12/31/2007, -4/+7Actually skinny kids are faster...so in a fight they'll probably land more punches on your fat ass.
/fat person btw - inactive, on 12/31/2007, -0/+3a 150-calorie punch could probably kill an elephant. if it dosn't break ur arm first.
- Ryan121, on 12/31/2007, -0/+3Whenever you drink you get really hungry and end up having takeaways all the time which is probably a lot worse than the beer.
- falcon1, on 12/31/2007, -0/+3What is confusing you? takeaways? hungry? beer?
- dn11, on 12/31/2007, -0/+3Is it Just me or Is This Article a Waste of Time?
- maexus, on 12/31/2007, -3/+6His point is doing sit ups will not burn the fat on your belly. Cardio will and you can't just target burn, it burns all over.
- CMiYC, on 12/31/2007, -9/+12This book's title covers my favorite myth. When I go to the gym, I laugh at seeing fat people doing tons of sit ups or using the ab machines. They all think that working out their stomach muscles will result in a smaller belly... That has no relevance what-so-ever. Many people have a six-pack and don't know it, because they have too much body fat.
- duser4, on 12/31/2007, -3/+5no ***** alert? Why do you alert when there is no *****? You should have a (***** alert)
- maexus, on 12/31/2007, -1/+3If I've had 10-20 beers, I start to feel full.
- yfguitarist, on 12/31/2007, -0/+2It's not just people who drink beer. Not everyone gains weight the same.
- heartcoldfusion, on 12/31/2007, -1/+3Brilliant idea. Put your trust in a doctor because they have two letters in front of their name. All of the diets you listed are extremely unhealthy and wreak havoc on the human body, not to mention, hardly any of them are effective in the long run.
- lestat1723, on 12/31/2007, -0/+2I would like to thank the person who posted this. It was a good article.
- FTLJohnson, on 12/31/2007, -0/+2and you base this on... What? I was just going through a list of diets and their creators... who are Doctors...
by the way... that... Dr. or DDS or PhD or many other acronyms which are not just two letters... account for over 8 years of education. So, yeah... I listen to the people that have STUDIED their craft. I don't listen to any idiot chucklehead who picked up a pen, dug some herbs out of their garden, polished up their crystals, made up a title, and then makes ***** claims like "beer doesn't give you a gut".
Hardly any DIETS are effective PERIOD - because people who are already fat obviously like to eat or they'd be healthy in the first place.
Besides... I didn't say TRUST. I said I'll listen to doctors... I didn't say I'd TRUST them. I was more making the commentary that it's not even worth your time to listen to douche bags who make up titles. There are plenty of ACTUAL doctors who study naturopathic medicines and remedies as well as standard western medicine... and YEAH, I'm going to trust the one's that are smart enough to make it through school, get paid, and spent the time really studying what they do for a living with others who have mastered their craft. - swingsetacid, on 12/31/2007, -0/+2Agreed. I thought it would be a good investment to stop paying the 150 a month fee and just buy equipment for home. Although, by the time I ended up buying the things I was used to using at the gym, it needs to last about 3 years before it starts to pay itself off. Which, given the quality of home equipment, probably isn't gonna happen.
In addition, going to the gym is something of a mental exercise. When you are there, you're gonna make it worthwhile and work out. When I'm at home, it's just way too tempting to lift for 10 minutes then go to the next room to eat fruit loops and watch mythbusters . . . It might be a good idea for some, but I wish I have kept the membership. - oilcan, on 12/31/2007, -0/+2beer = excessive calories.
guts come from consuming excessive calories.
math anyone? - yfguitarist, on 12/31/2007, -0/+2Fat people are faster than skinny kids at running out of breath.
- superguysteve, on 12/31/2007, -0/+2they're $1.29...whereas DEER nuts, are under a buck.
- Dylson, on 12/31/2007, -0/+2Whatever helps you sleep better tubby.
- DeFex, on 12/31/2007, -0/+2so you don't have to stop drinking beer to get a six pack.
but you have to get a six pack to drink beer. - creighton, on 12/31/2007, -0/+2Solution: drink beer only when doing something active. Play sand volleyball, drink beer. Join a softball league, drink beer. Dance, drink beer. Get it on (if applicable), drink beer.
I loves my beer, but I mainly consume it when my band is performing, so while I'll down copious amounts, I sweat it out instantaneously. Ditto for the volleyball and other activities. Makes everything better...not accounting for whiskey dick. - cuoops, on 12/31/2007, -1/+3This just in, eat and drink less calories and you will lose weight. Film at eleven.......
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