Is guinness really good for you or just old wives' tale ?

[tom_e]

Whoah there, thought small amounts of red wine were supposed to be good for your heart? Hardly a poison. Anyway with all the **** you breath in walking down the street, a bit of alcohol isn't going to do much harm.

all alcohol is a poison once it enters the body it gets converted to a dodgy alcohol our body doesnt like thats why we get hangovers and why hair of the dog works to help clear one.
Its made my boobies grow, though mine are prob also slightly more hairy and unattractive than yours

 

[A.N.Other]

all alcohol is a poison once it enters the body it gets converted to a dodgy alcohol our body doesnt like thats why we get hangovers and why hair of the dog works to help clear one.

No. The 'dodgy alcohol' is ethanol itself. Ethanol is a poison.

Alcohol metabolism in the liver: oxidation of ethanol to ethanal > ethanal is further oxidized to acetic acid > further oxidation to CO2 and water.

Ethanal is also poisonous, but is broken down relatively quickly in caucasians, africans and indians (though not so in Japanese and Chinese).

http://www.elmhurst.edu/~chm/vchembook/642alcoholmet.html

 

[kefkef]

From what i remember of my grandads old tales, it was only supposed to be the bottled guiness that was good for you, a bottle a day keeps the doctor away. Found this little tid-bit on the net also: 'In England, post-operative patients used to be given Guinness, as were blood donors. Sadly, this is no longer the case in England. In Ireland, Guinness is still made available to blood donors and stomach and intestinal post-operative patients.'

Before we started to get treated water, breweries used to give staff beer to take home and drink for themselves and their families as it was better for you than the un-treated water (going back to 18-1900's here) you got to drink. That's where the beer allowances originally stem from for people working in the brewing trade.

 

[helpimcrap]

I've also heard that it makes boobies bigger

Maybe I should give it a bash for a while and test this theory!

BB x

before and after pics required. and updates at regular intervals. thanks.

 

[gumbald]

I've also heard that it makes boobies bigger

Maybe I should give it a bash for a while and test this theory!

BB x

I've noticed no man boob increase... Let us know if yours do...

 

[Docaroo]

it is good for you due to it's high Iron content...

A friend of mine was basically "prescribed" it by a doctor! He was told to drink a pint a day because of a series intestinal/bowel problem he had = the iron in the guiness helps!

Also if you are aneimic (spl? lol) then it will help as this is a deficiency of iron in the bloodstream.

Of course it has a HUGE number of calories per pint!!

 

[Gaygle]

it is good for you due to it's high Iron content...

A friend of mine was basically "prescribed" it by a doctor! He was told to drink a pint a day because of a series intestinal/bowel problem he had = the iron in the guiness helps!

Contrary to popular belief, Guinness is not a good source of iron, containing only 0.3 mg per pint. Given that the RDA (recommended dietary allowance) of iron is between 11 mg and 18 mg, the amount contained in a pint of Guinness is trivial. In comparison, a bowl of Weetabix contains 4.2mg of iron, meaning that a person would have to drink 14 pints of Guinness to get the same amount of iron contained in one bowl of Weetabix. Source: VHI (VHI Healthcare)

Which doctor was that?!?!

 

[Docaroo]

That's fairly odd... are you sure the other guy is correct? Maybe he prescribed it for something other than the iron content??

Either way it was most definately benefitial to his health!

 

[MasterMike]

I think it's more of an advertising slogan than an old wive's tale

 

[BrightonBelle]

Meh.. should have figured i would get comments like that

Will keep you posted guys

BB x

 

[Morlan]

Guinness is a British drink - the HQ is in London.

 

[Snash]

Guinness rools but only in Ireland. Apparently the stuff in the UK is now concentrate shipped across then with the water added here. Used to be the stuff we got in the UK was brewed in Park Lane. Nothing IMHO beats the creamy Guinness you get in Ireland. Me is booking Dublin next year for the 6 Nations match - much Guinness goodness

 

[IceBus]

Also, Guinness you get in England tends to look like this:

 

[MasterMike]

Also, Guinness you get in England tends to look like this:

What bars have you been visiting?? I was a barman for a couple of years, I prided myself on my Guinness pour ... and alwyas asked the customer if they wanted a shamrock or not, some folk found it rather patronising to put one in for some reason.

 

[pyro]

Guinness is the only beer I can drink without my gut complaining, I get stomac aches drinking lager or cider! Plus I used to love pouring one when I was working at a bar, couldn't get the shamrack perfect, it looked like something esle The effort counts, though

Also, Guinness you get in England tends to look like this:

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Move out of Nottingham :p

But I do agree that not all Guinness tastes the same, if the pub hasn't been cleaning their lines properly, or have issues with their chiller, it could taste a bit bad.

 

[pyro]

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[rayer]

Guinness is very good for me, makes me feel really good !!!

 

[jellybeard999]

Bad guiness is really bad, but good guiness is goooood

Lager has much less a degree of quality in relation to the lines, its pretty much the same...

I work in a bar that isn't quite as stringent as it should be... beer drinkers notice, lager drinkers dont