> Thirsty Bert exclaimed in
> news:M7Wdnf5B1MA8fSrVnZ2dnUVZ_sbinZ2d@giganews.com:
>

>> To get to the point - one of the ill-effects apparently is obesity.
>> This came as a surprise - I always thought that was a result of high
>> sugar, high carb things such as beer.

>
> When I decided to lose some weight last year, I went on a low carb
> diet for a few months. One of the major changes was moving from two
> beers a night to two fingers of scotch.
>
> The diet went well and I never went back to the beer. On the rare
> occasions that I do drink a beer I seem to gain exactly one pound the
> next day.
>