Is beer better (or worse) for you than wine?
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Re: Is beer better (or worse) for you than wine?
#2The article doesn't mention gluten which you'd normally find in beer, and which itself might affect your health.
Re: Is beer better (or worse) for you than wine?
#3The article doesn't mention gluten which you'd normally find in beer, and which itself might affect your health.
Is there any proof that it does affect your health in any way? I thought the consensus was that in people who do not suffer from Colic disease, there is absolutely no impact of gluten on anything, none whatsoever. Am I wrong?
Re: Is beer better (or worse) for you than wine?
#4The article doesn't mention gluten which you'd normally find in beer, and which itself might affect your health.
Is there any proof that it does affect your health in any way? I thought the consensus was that in people who do not suffer from Colic disease, there is absolutely no impact of gluten on anything, none whatsoever. Am I wrong?
There are plenty of articles from respectable sources saying there's no reason to limit gluten in the diet, and doing so can cause problems if it means other nutrients are omitted (e.g. vitamins, by switching from whole wheat to white rice).
Example: http://www.health.harvard.edu/blog/going-gluten-free-just-be...
Re: Is beer better (or worse) for you than wine?
#5The article refers to a "British unit", which is 1mL of pure alcohol. This is supposed to make it easier for people to know how much they're drinking, most bottles and cans state how many "units" are in a serving / the whole bottle.
Re: Is beer better (or worse) for you than wine?
#6The article refers to a "British unit", which is 1mL of pure alcohol. This is supposed to make it easier for people to know how much they're drinking, most bottles and cans state how many "units" are in a serving / the whole bottle.
Small correction, 10ml not 1ml.
Shots are also 25ml, so one shot is usually one unit.
Re: Is beer better (or worse) for you than wine?
#7The article doesn't mention gluten which you'd normally find in beer, and which itself might affect your health.
Is there any proof that it does affect your health in any way? I thought the consensus was that in people who do not suffer from Colic disease, there is absolutely no impact of gluten on anything, none whatsoever. Am I wrong?
"celiac" or "coeliac". "colic" is something else. :)
Anyway, yes, that's what I've read as well.
Re: Is beer better (or worse) for you than wine?
#8The article refers to a "British unit", which is 1mL of pure alcohol. This is supposed to make it easier for people to know how much they're drinking, most bottles and cans state how many "units" are in a serving / the whole bottle.
To get the unit content of a drink you multiply the serving size in litres by the ABV value.
125 ml of wine at 8% is one British unit.
So when people say "one glass of wine is one unit" they're often under-estimating how much they're drinking. Most wine will be sold in 175 ml servings (called a small glass) and at much stronger than 8% ABV. 12% is normal. 175 ml of 12% is just over 2 units. A more normal 250 ml serving would be 3 units.
Increased risk drinking is a significant cost to Public Health and the NHS.
Re: Is beer better (or worse) for you than wine?
#9The article refers to a "British unit", which is 1mL of pure alcohol. This is supposed to make it easier for people to know how much they're drinking, most bottles and cans state how many "units" are in a serving / the whole bottle.
To get the unit content of a drink you multiply the serving size in litres by the ABV value. 125 ml of wine at 8% is one British unit. So when people say "one glass of wine is one unit" they're often under-estimating how much they're drinking. Most wine will be sold in 175 ml servings (called a small glass) and at much stronger than 8% ABV. 12% is normal. 175 ml of 12% is just over 2 units. A more normal 250 ml servi…
From the creators of the British Thermal Unit comes the streamlined British Unit? For a country with such a long and gloried history of interesting and curious names, these two really stand out :)
Anyway, here in the antipodes, we refer to 'standard drinks', which is both better and worse than 'units'. Better, because it's more accessible to the layperson, and worse, because most normal volumes that one drinks is more than one 'standard drink' - a can of 'normal' beer is 1.4, and a glass of wine is 1.5 (certain servings of these equal 1 standard drink - it really depends on your drinking pattern)
http://www.alcohol.gov.au/internet/alcohol/publishing.nsf/co...
Re: Is beer better (or worse) for you than wine?
#10The article doesn't mention gluten which you'd normally find in beer, and which itself might affect your health.
Is there any proof that it does affect your health in any way? I thought the consensus was that in people who do not suffer from Colic disease, there is absolutely no impact of gluten on anything, none whatsoever. Am I wrong?
Anybody with any of the IBS diseases (colitis, Crohn's, etc.) is advised to be consider some moderation in their wheat consumption, I think.
Having said that, it is regrettable that so many Americans have decided to "cure" a host of physical and pshychological maladies with the "gluten-free" diet. Every moment you spend chasing a figment is a moment you don't spend fixing a real problem.