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<blockquote data-quote="Marguerite" data-source="post: 330207" data-attributes="member: 1991"><p>In our family it's also known as "talking to Ralph on the big white phone".</p><p></p><p>What constitutes a binge? Some doctors call it a binge if you drink only occasionally and lightly, then one day you have a significantly greater amount. So by that definition, two drinks COULD be a binge... in which case, I binged last night, I had one and a half glasses of champagne. It means I'm going to have be very watchful of my diet for the next few days especially, because of the added calories I've taken on board.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Actually, beer is quite high in calories. I don't drink the stuff so I can't say how it tastes, but it does contain some sugars, or it wouldn't be able to form the alcohol. When you drink it, that alcohol gets metabolised back into calories. However, it can lower blood sugar levels because of the complex way the liver responds to a combination of alcohol and blood sugar.</p><p></p><p>So the picture here is complicated. From what i have been able to dig up, beer itself doesn't have any special properties not found also in other alcoholic beverages. I guess the stories arise because people in some countries (yeah, like Australia!) tend to drink beer more than other alcoholic beverages, and so when the research is done and the write-ups happen, the word "beer" gets used. Also, there is a wider range of beers more readily available in such places. Yes, there are low carb wines and low-alcohol wines, but they are harder to find, at least here in Australia, than their beer equivalent. </p><p></p><p>If what you drink has a significantly different calorie/carb/sugar balance to what you normally ingest, then chances are, if you're susceptible to effects of such a change, you will feel the difference.</p><p></p><p>Marg</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Marguerite, post: 330207, member: 1991"] In our family it's also known as "talking to Ralph on the big white phone". What constitutes a binge? Some doctors call it a binge if you drink only occasionally and lightly, then one day you have a significantly greater amount. So by that definition, two drinks COULD be a binge... in which case, I binged last night, I had one and a half glasses of champagne. It means I'm going to have be very watchful of my diet for the next few days especially, because of the added calories I've taken on board. Actually, beer is quite high in calories. I don't drink the stuff so I can't say how it tastes, but it does contain some sugars, or it wouldn't be able to form the alcohol. When you drink it, that alcohol gets metabolised back into calories. However, it can lower blood sugar levels because of the complex way the liver responds to a combination of alcohol and blood sugar. So the picture here is complicated. From what i have been able to dig up, beer itself doesn't have any special properties not found also in other alcoholic beverages. I guess the stories arise because people in some countries (yeah, like Australia!) tend to drink beer more than other alcoholic beverages, and so when the research is done and the write-ups happen, the word "beer" gets used. Also, there is a wider range of beers more readily available in such places. Yes, there are low carb wines and low-alcohol wines, but they are harder to find, at least here in Australia, than their beer equivalent. If what you drink has a significantly different calorie/carb/sugar balance to what you normally ingest, then chances are, if you're susceptible to effects of such a change, you will feel the difference. Marg [/QUOTE]
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