>>>>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.
>>>>
>>>>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?
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>>This reminds me of two favorite slogons
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>>"Beer, 4 out 5 alcoholics reccomend it."
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>>and
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>>"Beer, it not just for breakfest anymore."
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>Should we have beer in our corn flakes or just replace the entire breakfast with a beer? :)
I thought it was Wheaties and beer.
Oh, here’s another one…
" I woke up this morning and got myself a beer. For the future uncertain, and end is always near." The Doors.
Truly words to live by.
Greg Reichert