> Bland Allison removeswiperthefox.com> wrote in
> news:Xns9B0AC65FF7C82super14@216.196.97.131:
>

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

> Yep yep - I'm not sure which is the biggest mission - losing weight, giving
> up smoking or reducing SMW consumption.