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Drink as Much as You Want and Live Longer: The Intelligent Person's Guide to Healthy Drinking

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This book highlights that drinking can done in a safe manner, if you know how to do it. Let's face it, for all the "demonization" that occurs regarding alcohol, the medical community is increasingly admitting the positive health benefits of drinking (it reduces dangerous blood clots and thins the blood, thus preventing heart attacks and heart disease).

But I think it is funny how the medical community in the U.S. states that the maximum you should drink a day is two drinks if you are a man, and 1 if you are a woman. At the same time, the same medical community admits that alcohol has tremendous heart benefits, but that those heart benefits only kick in "at two drinks, minimum". So, according to the medical community, the minimum for health effects is two, which is - shazam ! - simultaneously the maximum you can allow yourself. Pardon me if That results in me not really believing them, and I think the author does a good job at highlighting the way they play with the statistics and data and conclusions.

My only caveat to this book is that I have done a lot of reading on milkthistle and other herbs that supposedly "protect the liver". From what I have read, for instance, such things as milkthistle are, at best, only moderately supported by evidence as to their "liver detox", or "liver-protecting" qualities. The studies that show that milkthistle protects the liver, are mostly very old, European studies that are not designed well. Also, stuff like licorice and artichoke is, as far as I have read, unproven in its liver-promoting qualities. (note: I have read one doctor who is a liver specialist say that dandelion, far from protecting the liver, can perhaps even hurt the liver !). [note that recent studies have shown one substance to really be protective of the liver, and that is coffee. There is now a lot of hard science that shows clearly that drinking 2+ cups of coffee a day protects the liver from cihrosis and liver cancer, and the more you drink [up to 4 cups], the more it protects !!].


Other than that caveat, I think that the idea of drinking water and taking vitamins are good ideas, and the book is full of a lot of good ideas. Also, the author has a lot of other good ideas about having "drink-free days", and treating the liver like a muscle in the sense that when you "overwork it", you have to "give it a rest". I think most doctors who are liver specialists would support that idea. My advice is read this book, but don't also try to pick up a book written by a doctor who is a liver specialist.

Contrary to its title, this book gives an overall program for healthy eating, especially useful in its compendium and explanation of supplements and their use.

Amaze you friends with statements like, "Always drink on an EMPTY stomach!", and have the facts to back them up!

Well written in a simple, factual style, with case studies of why and how to be healthier in all ways, including self-defense against the evils of alcohol.

No, we aren't talking fairy tales. This is more a situation where someone a long time ago said something was true and its been repeated for so long that everyone believes it. Beyerlein explodes a few of these old wives tales along the way. Helpful charts tell you how long to wait after eating to begin drinking, what foods are okay to eat while drinking, what are liver killers and other helpful information. This book is intended to be a guide for drinkers. It isn't intended to help people who don't drink or want to quit, although some of the information on supplements would be good info for anyone. Loompanics has a real wide variety of books that they publish. Check out their site or call 8003802230.

I'm a total alcoholic so I appreciate the concept of this book. I even applied the principles of the book last night while I drank 6 beers. On an empty stomach. I do feel pretty great today and rode my bike in; but, in all honesty, I never get hangovers anymore. He makes very few references to those that have actual problems with alcohol and anyone that needs a supplement chart for drinking 4 to 9 drinks or *gasp* OVER ten drinks, probably has a problem. And no mention that alcohol destroys your brain. No supplement can help you there. Also, I was confused as to when i can actually start eating normal food again...And if you really drank every day, i don't think you'd have TIME to eat, since you can only drink on an empty stomach!! HOWEVER, all that being said, i will continue to drink and use the information i've gained from this book. It might even cut down on my drinking since his program really is a lot of work...cheers!

I do drink more than I should but I have no intention of quitting. I have been taking my vitamins like advised in this book. I can't say I feel any better or worse. I think the point is to NOT get sick, that would be the only way to know if it's working.
As for the person who said they have a drinking problem and need to abstain, the authur makes no qualms about the fact the book isn't suppossed to address these kind of problems. It is only to help you to drink as healthy as you can, if you choose to drink.
i'm glad I bought this book.

I was fat, sick, and disgusted with myself. I did not know how to lose the weight that was hanging off of me. People told me to get rid of my "Beer belly", but now I know that was not what it was. The most important line in this book was when the author said if you are fat you need to identify the source of unhappiness in your life. I have done that and the fat has been falling off me ever since. The author should have chosen a more politically correct title and his sales would have been ten fold. I have personally taken it upon myself to spread the word of this man to friends, co-workers, and even a few strangers. It works!

I am in no way affiliated with the author or publisher of this book. I was just in the middle of recommending it to a friend and looked it up on Amazon, at which point, I figured I should add my own "two cents". Anyone who drinks,ever, regardless of how often,should be in possession of the knowledge contained in this manual. Not only does it eliminate hangovers, it stops the damage done by drinking. My high regard for this book is obvious; do yourself a favor and buy this book!