It’s kind of a running joke among those of us who love their beer. “I’m on a liquid diet!” is the usual refrain, somewhat slurred, after turning down some sort of morsel. I mean, we know that beer is chock-full of vitamins. Heck, there’s some who say that a man could live on nothing but Guinness and milk¹ and, indeed, someone tried it (site no longer exists). When something is delicious, the idea of subsisting on only that has some appeal.

Well, Chris from SudsPundit is trying it. At the time of this writing, Chris has spent three days eating nothing, but drinking beer and water. He’s documenting his progress at The Liquid Diet.

Now, I know that it wouldn’t be too difficult to get enough calories from only beer. It’s the other nutrients that are lacking. There’s not nearly enough protein, or B vitamins, to sustain a person exclusively. There’s certainly not enough vitamin C, not to mention the other items one needs.

Still, it’s an interesting experiment. I wonder how long he’ll last.

Update: Alas, he didn’t last long at all. There are no entries after day 3, which was 11 days ago. Either he’s dead (unlikely), too drunk to post, or has given up and is too embarrassed to return to blog about it.