Feb 25, 2008
Beer or Wine?
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In the good-old days there was no choice, if you were posh you drank wine, if you were not you drank beer. Same goes for the Beatles-Stones debate. The Beatles were the nice clean-living, fun loving beat combo, whereas the Rolling Stones were the scare-your-mom hairies. But, making the choice between beer vs wine, Beatles vs Stones led to a societal bifurcation, it split us down in the middle, in other words.
What are the two tribes of today? Burberry vs Barbour? Twitcher vs Birder? Bling vs Blong? Do those sociopolitical barriers between groups still exist? Here’s a short list of the key life choices you must make to help you decide on which side of the fence you sit, in whose camp you reside, and whether you’re a “Lager Lout” or a “Winebar Whinger”. Check through this highly scientific list and then cast your vote in the most important blog poll ever!
- PC
- Star Wars
- Snapshot
- Windows
- Electric
- Pr0n
- Rock
- Stones
- Jogging
- Cook
- Ford
- Manchester United
- Coffeetable book
- Pop Tart
- Atheism
- Walmart
- Constable
- Cup of char
- Fingers
- Big Bong
- Plastic bag
- Pizza
- Camper van
- French fries
- Staples
- Tourist
- Alpha
- Apple
- Dr Who
- RAW Image
- Linux
- Acoustic
- Erotica
- Jazz
- Beatles
- Yoga
- Chef
- Chevy
- Manchester City
- MySQL Manual
- Pop Art
- New Age
- Harrod’s
- Warhol
- Lapsang Souchong
- Knife & fork
- Big Bang
- Luis Vitton
- Pasta fresca
- Penthouse suite
- Morrocan couscous
- Red paperclip
- Traveler
- Omega
Okay, now it’s time to vote on the single most important deciding factor in our sociopoliticoeconomico experiment. Forget Star Wars v Dr Who. Forget jogging or yoga. Forget even the pr0n-erotica debate. On which side of the fence do you sit? When it comes to Beer or Wine?Beer or Wine?
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April 17th, 2008 at 10:49 am
I would prefer Wine, Italian in particular, any day. It has enough class to blame my scientific incompetence on… ;)
February 28th, 2008 at 7:29 pm
It’s amazing as to how this thread has mutated. As to all of the healthy stuff, remember:
“Be careful about reading health books, you may die of a misprint.” Advice from Mark Twain
February 28th, 2008 at 11:50 am
@Mina – yeah, our growing kids recently discovered the wonders of chocolate fondue, it’s a great way to get fruit into them, and of course, chocolate is packed with antioxidants too ;-)
@Andrew – Ricky Gervais puts it well in referring to someone who reaches that kind of astounding mass. When they got to 50 stone, didn’t they think it was time to ease off.
db
February 28th, 2008 at 11:36 am
Coincidentally I was watching the TV last night about a half-ton man who had his stomach reduced to the size of a thumb! He was still able to get three eggs into it at breakfast!!!! Anyway in the program a doctor related a story about one of his patients who was also morbidly obese and the patient couldn’t understand why he was so overweight as he ate only fruits – 50 oranges a day!
February 28th, 2008 at 11:31 am
Interesting comments on antioxidants. Conflicting information indeed but I say yay to extras. Now, I’m all about the idea of a varied diet that incorporates an enormous range of healthy foods. That being said, I do have to add that I have been taking a mixture called Greens+ daily for over a decade now. My very unscientific claim is that it’s the best product available (other than actual foods!) to get those antioxidants. Eep, now I sound like an ad for the product. Hehe.
P.S. Strawberries simply taste heavenly regardless of how ace they are for the body. Chocolate dipped is even better.
February 28th, 2008 at 9:56 am
Interesting find Andrew. The whole antioxidant debate is not won, despite the claims of countless research papers about this or that super fruit. After all, we need “oxidants” in our bodies to help kill pathogens. Stuff your body full of antioxidants and you could deactivate these defenses and make yourself ill. No one really knows (yet) what levels we need from our diets, but I’d be loathe to supplement what I eat given the lack of evidence supporting one stance or the other. More on what I do eat in a nutritional profile post coming soon on Sciencebase – grab the fulltext newsfeed to make sure you don’t miss it.
db
February 28th, 2008 at 9:06 am
Strawberries are good for you but having them in a cocktail may make them even healthier, a study suggests. The fruit contains compounds that can protect against cancer, heart disease and arthritis.
But having them with alcohol, such as in a daiquiri, boosts these antioxidant properties, the Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture says.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/6569657.stm