Alcohol health question

[robfosters]

Not medical as I am teetotal now.

However, was wondering, what would the effects be of drinking more alcohol than water?

Say over a 2 week period, you drank around 2 litres of beer a night (4 cans) and a litre of water during the day, would you start to feel negative effects on your health and how would these manifest themselves?

 

[ChroniC]

From personal experience I don't think it would do much to me. I would notice it in the morning though, not whilst drinking. I think the dehydration during the night would be fairly strong. The other negative affect would be on your movements they'd probably start getting a bit runny.
I've done many a self inclusive holiday where I haven't drank anything other than beer for every drink at the pool, dinner, and evening. Didn't feel bad at all i'd say personally because there is so much water in beer anyway. A week or two of some units isn't going to kill you.

 

[Iamzod]

I don't drink 4 cans a night, but I probably do 3-4 nights a week, I notice no effects apart from I seem to get a better nights sleep when I've had a few beers as the dog moving around & the GF turning over in bed don't wake me up as easily.

I drink next to no water anyway, I've had a mouthful of water today so far.

 

[B@Th*nG]

you get more from the water in the beer than you lose from the diuretic effect of the alcohol. You could live on beer alone for a good long while

B@

 

[MrMoonX]

I don't drink 4 cans a night, but I probably do 3-4 nights a week, I notice no effects apart from I seem to get a better nights sleep when I've had a few beers as the dog moving around & the GF turning over in bed don't wake me up as easily.

I drink next to no water anyway, I've had a mouthful of water today so far.

That level of use suggests you have a problem with alcohol and you are drinking well over what you should be, you might not feel it now, but it's slowly killing your liver. I would cut down, if you can't seek help.

 

[afraser2k]

I don't drink 4 cans a night, but I probably do 3-4 nights a week, I notice no effects apart from I seem to get a better nights sleep when I've had a few beers as the dog moving around & the GF turning over in bed don't wake me up as easily.

I drink next to no water anyway, I've had a mouthful of water today so far.

My dad was similar for most of his adult life until last year when he was diagnosed with liver cancer. Fortunately operation to remove it went well just need to wait and see how recovery goes.

 

[Felon]

I used to live with an Alcoholic..........

At his peak is was knocking back 7-8 full bottles of wine per day, he was constantly destroyed, he ended up spending each morning hunched over the toilet dry heaving from 5-6am for an hour or two, then continue knocking them back - whilst dancing to John Denver in his apartment...

I used to come home to find bloody footprints all over the place, to then see that he'd cut his foot open on something, and not even known and just carried on dancing with blood coming out - used to find him asleep on the kitchen floor... those were dark times.

The biggest thing was how it distorted his mind, he became a compulsive liar, everything was lies - the moment he started to sober up, he couldn't deal with it and started on the wine again...

Thankfully, that chapter of my life was closed off a while ago.. so yeah..

 

[Haggisman]

you get more from the water in the beer than you lose from the diuretic effect of the alcohol. You could live on beer alone for a good long while

B@

This, considering most beers are between 3-6% alcohol, what do you think the majority of the remaining 94-97% of the pint is?

 

[Deleted member 66701]

Not medical as I am teetotal now.

However, was wondering, what would the effects be of drinking more alcohol than water?

Say over a 2 week period, you drank around 2 litres of beer a night (4 cans) and a litre of water during the day, would you start to feel negative effects on your health and how would these manifest themselves?

That's a lot of calories. I think youd start to feel rubbish just because of the excess sugar, let alone any effects from the alcohol. Weight gain would be a serious concern as well.

 

[Deleted member 66701]

This, considering most beers are between 3-6% alcohol, what do you think the majority of the remaining 94-97% of the pint is?

You mean beside loads of sugar?

Alchohol is a diuretic, meaning that water isn't absorbed but instead used as a medium to expel the poisons from the breakdown of alcohol ( I.e it's used to produce urine). Have you not noticed you need to go to the loo more when drinking alcohol.

 

[sprite1275]

You mean beside loads of sugar?

Alchohol is a diuretic, meaning that water isn't absorbed but instead used as a medium to expel the poisons from the breakdown of alcohol ( I.e it's used to produce urine). Have you not noticed you need to go to the loo more when drinking alcohol.

I thought that was because i was drinking way more than normal

 

[anksta]

I used to live with an Alcoholic..........

At his peak is was knocking back 7-8 full bottles of wine per day, he was constantly destroyed, he ended up spending each morning hunched over the toilet dry heaving from 5-6am for an hour or two, then continue knocking them back - whilst dancing to John Denver in his apartment...

I used to come home to find bloody footprints all over the place, to then see that he'd cut his foot open on something, and not even known and just carried on dancing with blood coming out - used to find him asleep on the kitchen floor... those were dark times.

The biggest thing was how it distorted his mind, he became a compulsive liar, everything was lies - the moment he started to sober up, he couldn't deal with it and started on the wine again...

Thankfully, that chapter of my life was closed off a while ago.. so yeah..

7 or 8 bottles a day? that has to be an exaggeration. I've been worried about doing a bottle a day.

I've cut back since but still, even 3 bottles would be enough to knock someone out of all cohesion.

 

[OhEsEcks]

You could live on beer alone for a good long while

B@

And people did once upon a time. When the Thames was too dirty to drink from, people got their liquid intake from beer. Including children.

 

[aardvark]

And people did once upon a time. When the Thames was too dirty to drink from, people got their liquid intake from beer. Including children.

yeah, and look how long they lived

 

[Quartz]

And people did once upon a time. When the Thames was too dirty to drink from, people got their liquid intake from beer. Including children.

The beer was often of a much lower alcohol content than today, of course.

 

[B@Th*nG]

You mean beside loads of sugar?

Alchohol is a diuretic, meaning that water isn't absorbed but instead used as a medium to expel the poisons from the breakdown of alcohol ( I.e it's used to produce urine). Have you not noticed you need to go to the loo more when drinking alcohol.

you haven't read what i wrote. alcohol IS a diuretic, but you will get far more sustenance/water out of drinking it than drinking nothing at all, despite it making you pee more regularly.

You could probably live indefinitely on a standard beer and never drink regular water again, though you'd be fat and your liver wouldn't thank you for it. Hell if you were dying of thirst you could drink vodka and it'd keep you going for the very short term and significantly longer than nothing at all - so what does that tell you? Beer drunk like water will not dehydrate you especially.

B@

 

[Deleted member 66701]

you haven't read what i wrote. alcohol IS a diuretic, but you will get far more sustenance/water out of drinking it than drinking nothing at all, despite it making you pee more regularly.

You could probably live indefinitely on a standard beer and never drink regular water again, though you'd be fat and your liver wouldn't thank you for it. Hell if you were dying of thirst you could drink vodka and it'd keep you going for the very short term and significantly longer than nothing at all - so what does that tell you? Beer drunk like water will not dehydrate you especially.

B@

I did read what you wrote but ignored it because you're wrong.

http://alcoholmastery.com/does-beer-hydrate-or-dehydrate-the-body/

Beyond the initial hydration phase (which does happen if you drink alcohol), the net effect is dehydration.

 

[scotty365]

Its not so many years ago when water was iffy at best and a working man would drink nothing but beer because the brewing killed bacteria, they could afford it back then! and they werent of sick from drinking dodgy water - boys bitter was the childrens alternative.
But remember, it was weak not like Stella or other 5% stuff and they needed the calories anyway especially with tough jobs. It's going to do damage no matter what - like eating a bannana has 0.1 micro severts of ionizing radiation due to the pottasium - its a risk - the more bannanas and beer you drink - the higher the risk... of flatulence.

Hope that helps...

Regards

 

[Haggisman]

I did read what you wrote but ignored it because you're wrong.

http://alcoholmastery.com/does-beer-hydrate-or-dehydrate-the-body/

Beyond the initial hydration phase (which does happen if you drink alcohol), the net effect is dehydration.

so what's the difference between drinking 500ml of 4% beer, and 50ml of 40% vodka and 450ml of water?

 

[scotty365]

so what's the difference between drinking 500ml of 4% beer, and 50ml of 40% vodka and 450ml of water?

Taste?...