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Study: Beer is Good for the Bones!

Ninja Man: with Ninja Powers! — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 14:28:02 +0000

While too much beer might not be good for bonin’ as such, just the right amount can be great for bones in general (the real ones, not your blood engorged member) . Someone tell the ladies - drink more beer for better bone health!

From Foxnews.com:

But seriously, a new analysis of 100 commercial beers shows the hoppy beverage is a significant source of dietary silicon, a key ingredient for bone health.

Though past research has suggested beer is chockfull of silicon, little was known about how silicon levels varied with the type of beer and malting process used. So a pair of researchers took one for the team and ran chemical analyses on beer’s raw ingredients. They also picked up 100 commercial beers from the grocery store and measured the silicon content.

The silicon content of the beers ranged from 6.4 mg/L to 56.5 mg/L, with an average of 30 mg/L. Two beers are the equivalent of just under a half liter, so a person could get 30 mg of the nutrient from two beers. And while there is no official recommendation for daily silicon uptake, the researchers say, in the United States, individuals consume between 20 and 50 mg of silicon each day.

Full article here >>.

And speaking of drinking too much beer before attempting coitus, here’s the classic Dead Kennedy’s song “Too Drunk to Fuck”

Click here to view the embedded video.

Berkeley Scientist Recommends Pot as Treatment for Alchohol, Drug Abuse

Ninja Man: with Ninja Powers! — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 13:33:25 +0000

From the Times of India:

Putting cannabis in place of more harmful drugs may help in winning the fight against substance abuse, say researchers.

Amanda Reiman, University of California, Berkeley, USA, carried out the study at Berkeley Patient’s Group, and found that 40 per cent of the 350 cannabis users quizzed resorted to the drug to control their alcohol cravings.

The poll further discovered that 66 users consumed cannabis as a replacement for prescription drugs and 26 per cent for other, more potent, illegal drugs.

Amanda said: “Substituting cannabis for alcohol has been described as a radical alcohol treatment protocol. This approach could be used to address heavy alcohol use in the British Isles – people might substitute cannabis, a potentially safer drug than alcohol with less negative side-effects, if it were socially acceptable and available”….

Read the rest of the article here >>.

There’s probably a joke to be made somewhere about the study being done at Berkeley, but I’m not going to go there.

Putting cannabis in place of more harmful drugs may help in winning the fight against substance abuse, say

Answer to booze problems may lie in cannabis (Getty Images)

researchers.

Turn Your Apple Cider Hard

The Runs — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 17:49:59 +0000

Its Fall, and so it is apple season once again. If you are a fan of hard cider, or a fan of cheap booze, check out this tutorial on making Hard Apple Cider from scratch. It has instructions starting from the apple, or from store-bought cider.

Home Brew Hard Cider from Scratch

New Booze Limits for Aussie Race Fans

Ninja Man: with Ninja Powers! — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 13:05:19 +0000

We all know that watching race cars and swilling liquor go together like peanut butter and bananas, but authorities are asking Australian race goers to take it easy on the booze – sort of, by restricting fans to one “slab” of beer a day during the three day event.

Highlights from the BBC Asia Pacific article;

Australian police are gearing up for an annual crackdown on motor racing fans – limiting race-goers to 24 cans of beer a day.

Wine-drinkers must also show restraint, facing a four litres per day limit.

Those choosing to drink lower-strength beer will be allowed to bring in 36 cans, police said.

More here.

Skittles Infused Vodka

The Runs — Fri, 20 Feb 2009 18:42:04 +0000

Forget about hot pepper or boring ass Raspberry Vodka! Here is a tutorial on how to make SKITTLES Vodka. If anyone has some time, I would love to see something done with Starbursts.

Skittles Vodka T utorial | Mix That Drink

Origin of Booze in 2 Minutes

The Runs — Fri, 06 Jun 2008 14:43:26 +0000

Neatorama posted an Origin of Booze that provides a quick summary so that you can get your facts straight when called upon to deliver a history lesson at the bar.

This is reprinted from a box – check out the link for details. And look for the Nazi paperclip warriors.

Neatorama: The Origin of Booze

New York Online Beer Menu

The Runs — Fri, 23 May 2008 19:02:34 +0000

If you live in New York, or plan to visit anytime soon, AND you like beer, this is for you:

Beer Menus.com

These guys have put together a database of bars and beer menus, mashed-up with Google maps to give you all the info you need to plan your next NYC Pub Crawl.

Has anyone seen this for different cities?

DIY Infused Vodka

The Runs — Mon, 05 May 2008 12:42:15 +0000

I had a craving this weekend for banana vodka, but apparently this is not sold in my local liquor store. I assume SOMEONE makes this, but I haven’t really seen it. So how did I get this craving? Not sure, but it was raining outside and I couldn’t got to the zoo like I had planned, and I had monkeys on my mind, and some bananas that no one would eat and I hate throwing out food…

Anyways, this is a work in progress so I’ll have to update at a later time. For reference, though, here is the article/recipe I found that got me started:

Infuse Your Summer Cocktail Party with Flavor and Flair

Make sure to following their direction to ‘taste the infusion daily’. How can you go wrong?

Booze Kicks Teetotaling’s Ass

The Runs — Wed, 09 Jan 2008 22:23:00 +0000

Its not really news anymore, but here’s a friendly reminder that drinking saves lives.

Guardian Unlimited: Help your heart with exercise – and booze

“Moderate drinkers are at 30% lower risk of heart disease than teetotallers, according to a study of nearly 12,000 people. And those who combine a mild tipple with regular exercise are even less likely to die of the disease. Their risk is between 44% and 50% lower than couch potatoes who abstain from alcohol.”

So all those guys getting looped up and running around on COPS have the potential to outlive non-drinkers. Provided they don’t get shot, beaten, or run over in traffic. Or lick a toad. That usually gets them pretty good. Ok, I guess those particular induldgers aren’t likely to outlive anyone.

That said, the moral of the story is:

If you’re going to sit around all day, you may as well get loaded. Also, sitting around all day at your desk job can be much healthier if enhanced with a martini, glass of wine, or a cold beer.

Boozed-Up Flies Show Homosexual Tendencies

The Runs — Fri, 04 Jan 2008 14:16:00 +0000

Researchers at Pennsylvania State University ran an experiment with male Fruit Flies to study the effects of alcohol on sexual inhibitions. The researchers build a custom fly lock-down booze facility called the ‘Flypub’ in which to run the trials. There is a video too, for all you fly-voyeurs out there.

Randy flies reveal how booze affects inhibitions

“The first time they were exposed to alcohol, groups of male flies became noticeably intoxicated but kept themselves to themselves. But with repeated doses of alcohol on successive days, homosexual courtship became common.

From the third day onwards, the flies were forming “courtship chains” of amorous males.”

Apparently, if you lock up a bunch of males, feed them booze, they will form an impromptu conga-like line, dance around, and get a bit touchy-feely.

Interesting enough, there was no mention that when males are forcibly locked up in a large group, even without booze they have a tendency to perform sexual acts they might otherwise have avoided.