Comments on: Taking an Hepatic Holiday

By: Abber

Abber — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 19:03:14 +0000

In defence of drinkers, they do at least get plenty of exercise… according to this recent article:

Study: Regular drinkers get more exercise
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/32632923/ns/health-fitness/

By: Mina

Mina — Mon, 31 Aug 2009 23:37:24 +0000

Wrong indeed! Imagine a world where genuine reporting sold newspapers?!! ;)

By: David Bradley

David Bradley — Sun, 30 Aug 2009 07:05:25 +0000

@Mina Heheh, I think the Mailograph and the Grauniad (Daily Telegraph and Guardian to non-Brits, by the way) got the story very wrong. But like you say, there’s always Cointreau. Two weeks for me without a deliberate toxic infusion, by the way, better get packed for my return trip from my hepatic holiday…

By: Mina

Mina — Sat, 29 Aug 2009 17:36:09 +0000

Sweet. So if I suffer from depression, I have some nice robust research to support a prescription to fill up my empty liquor cabinet.

Ssssh but I’ll probably just use the liquors in my baking. Sicilian Creams just wouldn’t be the same without a dash of Cointreau.

By: David Bradley

David Bradley — Sat, 29 Aug 2009 15:14:35 +0000

Yet more alcoholic news on Friday, with both the Grauniad and the Mailograph erporting on research that supposedly shows teetotallers suffer from depression more commonly than those who drink alcohol. NHS Choices as usual has the real skinny on this piece of "research":

By: David Bradley

David Bradley — Fri, 28 Aug 2009 16:23:29 +0000

@Mina Bet you’re not as bad a dancer as you claim…

By: David Bradley

David Bradley — Fri, 28 Aug 2009 16:23:12 +0000

@Mina I’m not sure yet how I feel about it, but well done you! Of course, there is some research that claims a glass or two of red wine, or a beer here and there is actually better for you than total abstinence, but I’m never sure whether that kind of research is ultimately funded by wine makers etc. It’s not like we have to get our antioxidants from red wine, there are plenty of other foods that contain polyphenols…

By: Mina

Mina — Fri, 28 Aug 2009 15:50:11 +0000

I’ve been a non-drinker for the last ten years. Whilst my friends even to this day continue to attempt a conversion of my boringly healthy ways, I remind them of all the daft things I do when sober. The horror of me having a single drink (that’s all it would take to have me waaaasted), would reverberate for…far too long.

Meanwhile, at the clubs I can at least rely on everyone else being too drunk to notice what a horrible dancer I am. :p

By: David Bradley

David Bradley — Fri, 28 Aug 2009 15:08:52 +0000

Some Brits drink weekly alcohol allowance *every day* on vacation – http://bit.ly/BxLar – @sciencebase hepatic holiday update

By: New ScienceNews

New ScienceNews — Fri, 28 Aug 2009 12:50:18 +0000

Sciencebase: Taking an Hepatic Holiday http://bit.ly/SHyNH Full http://bit.ly/b7MFy