>>First lets start with a definition:
>>Calorie: a standard unit of heat equal to the amount of heat required to raise one gram of water one degree Celsius.
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>>Take one can of beer out of your fridge and lets say it's temperature is 4 degrees Celsius. Depending on what kind of beer it is the contents of the can contain a certain amount of calories, lets use 100 calories.
>>Lets say 1 ml of beer is 1 gram (reasonable approximation), and lets say a can contains approximately 300ml of beer.
>>Now to the interesting part. The body of the person drinking a can of beer will have to heat the liquid from 4 degrees Celsius to 37 degrees Celsius, this will according to the definition above consume 9900 (30*300)calories. This means you will have a net loss of 9800 (9900-100) calories for each can of beer you drink.
>>Throw some ice in the beer (heaven forbid) you will loose even more calories.
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>>I might go on a diet tonight :)
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>Did you know that in the United States the beverage of choice of the majority of alcoholics is beer?

If I ever become an alcoholic I would become an ice-cream drink (grasshopper, pink cadilac) alcoholic. <s> Those drinks are great.