"I haven’t been drunk in 3 years... and I’ve been partying way more than you."

Re:"I haven’t been drunk in 3 years... and I’ve been partyin... by _delirium on Saturday February 04, 2012 @06:02PM (#3552514)

For college students I think that's true, but I wouldn't say for most people alcohol consumption is mainly for getting drunk/buzzed. Most people are somewhere between 0 drinks and "bottle of wine", along the lines of "a beer or two while watching a football game" or "a glass of wine or two with dinner".

I mean I guess you could drink soft drinks with dinner, but to me that's a weird unnatural thing to do (super-sweet, and doesn't fit well either taste- or culture-wise with traditional European cuisine). Water is ok, and I do drink that sometimes.

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Re:"I haven’t been drunk in 3 years... and I’ve been partyin... by dariusmonsef on Saturday February 04, 2012 @06:21PM (#3552599)

I've done this a couple of times and it isn't helpful for the discussion, but in my head I was picturing a certain kind of people... those who are going out to bars / clubs regularly. Those that are drinking the 3+ drinks. To say most people that drink do that isn't probably true. But most of the people out in bars/clubs "partying" I would say are the people who are going for buzzed/drunk. And they don't have to be in college.

And I just drink water at dinner, but that's because I really like water. (some nutritionalists would actually suggest drinking a lot of anything while eating a meal is actually hard on digestion.)

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Re:"I haven’t been drunk in 3 years... and I’ve been partyin... by Locke1689 on Saturday February 04, 2012 @10:32PM (#3553195)

(some nutritionalists would actually suggest drinking a lot of anything while eating a meal is actually hard on digestion.)

Woah, where did you get that? If by a lot you mean drinking whenever you feel thirsty that's definitely not true. If by "a lot" you mean too much, well... obviously. That's why it's called "too much."

There's a reason you often feel thirsty while eating: liquid helps to turn the food you eat into the nutritious slurry which actually can be digested by your body.

Do a literature review. Also, stop listening to nutritionists: many of them don't even have degrees in medicine.

http://ajpregu.physiology.org/content/258/2/R436.short http://gut.bmj.com/content/29/3/306.abstract

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