Does anyone here think alcohol is poison to your body? (Page 4)

eh, who cares?

I agree, and I'd add that the studies show a much smaller reduction than what the poster said.

"What's your poison?"  = What kind of alcoholic beverage would you like?


I found I'm allergic to the stuff!  It cuases my speech to slur, I loose coordination and fine motor control, my thinking becomes cloudy and stupid things to come out of my mouth.  So I just  avoid the  stuff.  :-)

I drink water and occasionally coffee.  And when I race or go on long training ride, I'll have some Powerade.  That's it.  No consume no other fluid.  No milk, no juice, no booze, nothing....

~Mike
 

Yeah...training like a madman and still sleeping 8+ hours is poison...for the competition...

Up on the roof, oh yeah. 100 proof, oh yeah. I'm feelin' fine, oh yeah. Drink cherry wine, oh yeah.

I experience the same sort of thing.  I can certainly feel the effects of 1-2 drinks the next morning.  I think it has something to do with not sleeping quite as well.  Doesn't seem to matter if I go to sleep at 9:30 or 11:30, still feels the same.  Oddly enough, since I started training, I crave chocolate milk (and ice cream) and don't really have a desire to have a beer/glass of wine.  I used to have a glass of wine or a beer with dinner almost every night. Who knows....    

Regarding the OP, it may not be the alcohol in the beer that is making you feel that way. In fact, IMO, it is most likely not. Could be the hops/gluten/etc that you are sensitive to.
I try to get all my clients (Boot Camp and tri coaching but mostly Boot Camp) to switch from beer to wine, if for no other reason than to stop the bloating so many people experience from gluten. The next time you indulge, try wine instead of beer and see if you feel better the next day.

Well, technically alcohol would be a poison. If you can OD on something and die, there's a good chance it's poisonous.

That said, penicillin is poison too, but that doesn't mean it's bad. You know your body and know how much it can handle.

In all honesty, I'm a genetic mutant who can't process alcohol without getting violently ill, so to me it definitely is poison.

Edited by tissuedigester 2010-08-23 3:57 PM

Alcohol dehydrogenase deficiency?

A great man once said
"alcohol the cause of and solution to all of the worlds problems"

On side note:
My best 5k time ever came off a all night cheap red wine bender and 3 hours of sleep.  I ran with anger that day and have never been able to duplicate it.

Ahh, the cheap red wine bender training diet.
Little used, but known around the world. 

haha i ave more like 6 or 7 hours a night, but i'm also a lot younger than bryan

i'm working on that one as we speak!!!

although in ts defense its good, just cheap cost wise.

Yes it does slow me down, but wine is another of my passions, so I won't let that stop me. I do avoid having a glass of wine (or two) the night before an important race though... otherwise I have pretty much one glass a day.

I often times drink beer as a recovery drink.  Usually one or two and not noticed any issues.  I do drink Select 55 which is basically water.  

I don't think having a beer after a workout is going to cause most people any issues.  But alcohol does effect people differently.  I would suggest whatever works for you.

Matter of fact swam 3 miles this evening and having my 2nd beer right now.  I will swim tomorrow morning without any problem. 

Hahaha, ran wit anger love it.  I've come to an agreement with myself that Jack Daniels and Coke Zero actually improve my performance in all aspects of my life.

In my opinion, every small detail affects the final result, including alcohol consumption. Of course, this thing is subjective. To me it hinders more than it helps, especially in psychological way that I have towards sports. For a discipline that includes proper and constant trainings, approving your result and thinking how to resist stressful stages of the battle,  it can often be compromised by minor things.
If I consumed alcohol, it doesn't necessary mean that my next training will be less excited and I will have a weaker result, but this often occurs.

Here and there, I have a beer. If any alcohol, I would recommend consumption of red wine with dinner every now and then.

Feels like putting poison into my body? Sometimes definitely.

Edited by Gladiador 2010-08-24 12:56 AM

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