Practical info for the smarter drinker
Hydrating With Alcohol? A lot of people like to drink alcohol, but it’s hard to imagine a time when people chose to drink alcohol over water. Throughout history, a strange blend of cultural influence and survival has resulted in this kind of reckless behavior, although perhaps with good reason. Much like the creation of fire …
Understanding Acetaldehyde and Glutathione Fermentation and the creation of ethanol is really only half the story in the chemistry of alcohol. The other half occurs once it is consumed and the ethanol reacts with chemicals in the body, which results in a pretty gnarly metabolite that makes ethanol look like Kool-Aid. Fortunately, there is an …
We know it’s more expensive and almost always tastes better than factory-made swill, but is craft beer actually healthier than the assembly line offerings of the big-box breweries? It depends on how you define “healthy.” Beer in any form is a drink made up of little more than calories. There are no vitamins or nutrients …
Alcohol Incites Gender Inequality Gender equality is the admirable goal of any progressive society, but alcohol seems to disagree, at least as far as it’s concerned. Alcohol unequally affects men and women, getting women intoxicated more quickly and in less amounts than men. It is commonly understood that this is caused in part because women …
There is no doubt that alcohol is an integral part of the traditional bachelor party. More beer, more strippers, more everything!, cries the proudly party-driven host. In fact, some organizers may feel a certain amount of social pressure to deliver the Craziest. Blowout. Ever. The secret that stubborn bachelor party aficionados will never admit is …