Alcohol can prevent erectile dysfunction
What would happen if all the commercials they show during NFL games got mixed together? My current vision is of macro-brewed American light lager and pickup trucks helping old guys get it up.
Well, that may be partly true. A new study out of Australia suggests that moderate drinking may reduce the incidence of ED.
NewScientist: Alcohol stops men being a flop in bed
There is good evidence that excessive drinking can hinder sexual performance after a night out – a phenomenon sometimes called “brewer’s droop”. [We call it "whisky dick" - Ed.] The effect has been noted for many years: “[Drink] provokes the desire, but it takes away the performance,” Shakespeare reminds us in Macbeth.
But over longer periods, moderate drinking doesn’t seem to be linked to erectile dysfunction, says Kew-Kim Chew, an epidemiologist at the University of West Australia in Nedlands, whose team conducted an anonymous postal survey of 1770 West Australian men.
After accounting for differences due to age, smoking and heart disease – all risk factors for ED – Chew and colleagues found that drinkers experienced rates of impotence 25% to 30% below those of teetotallers.
I wonder if this plays into the psychosis of Neo-Prohibitionists?
(via Boing Boing)
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Beer hydrates better after exercise than water
June 15, 2009 - 9:39 AM
Tags: exercise, hydration, research, spain
Posted in Beer, Health, News | 2 comments
I guess I’m out of excuses for not exercising.
Researchers in Spain have discovered that beer after a workout re-hydrates the body better than plain water.
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Demon of Ale
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Moderate drinkers happier, more successful, and healthier than teetotalers
February 4, 2009 - 12:00 PM
Tags: alcohol, happiness, Health, income, moderation
Posted in Health, News | 1 comment
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Drinking to Success
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A new study links a high-activity monoamine oxidase A (MAOA) gene with violent behavior, triggered by alcohol.
This genetic sparkplug has already been linked to violent behavior, but alcohol seems to bring out the worst in otherwise not-so-violent people.
Alcohol and a polymorphism of the monoamine oxidase A gene predict impulsive violence
“People react quite differently to acute [...]
Heavy drinking damages eyesight
December 11, 2008 - 12:25 PM
Tags: australia, macular degeneration, research
Posted in Beer, Health, News | 6 comments
No, this isn’t about that old expression about being “blind drunk” or about “beer goggles”. No, a group of Australian scientists have linked heavy drinking to increased risk of age-related macular degeneration (AMD).
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October 27, 2008 - 12:00 PM
Tags: cancer, research, resveratrol, rice university
Posted in Beer, Health | 1 comment
Resveratrol is getting a lot of press lately. It is the miracle compound which apparently allows the French to enjoy a cuisine loaded with saturated fats and yet avoid heart disease. Its cancer-fighting properties have also been documented.
Some researchers at Rice University are trying to genetically engineer some brewing yeast in order to create beer [...]
Better living through chemistry: fresh(er) beer
Over on ZDnet’s Emerging Tech blog, there’s an article about some scientists in Venezuela who have discovered the chemical compounds that contribute to the “the decline in fresh flavor that occurs as beer ages”.
Secrets of a fresh beer
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Beer goggles explained
April 7, 2008 - 9:09 AM
Tags: bbc news, beer goggles, manchester university, research
Posted in Beer, Humor, Off-topic | 1 comment
It’s an effect most of us have encountered at one time or another. The hour is late, someone new is looking mighty attractive to you, and then when you sober up you wonder “what the hell was I thinking?”
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How Brewers Measure Alcohol in Beer (Part 7)
March 10, 2008 - 6:29 AM
Tags: alcohol, Beer, brewing, fermentation, hydrometer, specific gravity
Posted in Beer, Homebrewing | 3 comments
Brewers measure the amount of alcohol in beer by comparing the density of the wort (liquid before fermentation) to the density of the beer (liquid after fermentation). The difference between the two is the result of the creation of CO2 and alcohol during the fermentation process.
To measure density, brewers use a measurement known as “specific [...]
Session #13 – Organic Beer, by Ron
March 7, 2008 - 6:12 AM
Tags: alcohol, anheuser-busch, magic hat, organic, rice
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This edition of The Session is sponsored by Chris O’Brien’s, The Beer Activist. (I just love his tag line, “Drink Beer. Save the World.”) Session #13 is titled Organic Beer
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