alcohol

21 great uses for beer

Posted 18 weeks 11 hours ago by Paul Michael

Life Hacks, Food and Drink

Beer

I’ll make no bones about it; I love beer. From a warm, nutty pint of English bitter, to an ice-cold Belgian lager, I’m all over it. But you don’t just have to drink beer straight from the bottle or jar (although that’s the best way to use it). If you’re feeling experimental, here are 21 (the legal drinking age in most states) different uses for beer, other than just pouring it down your neck.

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Exercise (and alcohol) good for your brain

Posted 46 weeks 2 days ago by Philip Brewer

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Booze with glasses

A story in the New York Times says that exercise helps human brains build more neurons (a process called neurogenesis). It also reports on some mouse studies that show that exercise actually improves intellegence, at least in mice. Other things that induce neurogenesis: marijuana, alcohol (in moderation), sociability, and chocolate.

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Alcohol is good for your heart

Posted 47 weeks 3 days ago by Philip Brewer

Lifestyle, Health and Beauty, Food and Drink

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After quitting smoking, having one or two drinks a day is the best single thing you can do for your cardiovascular health. It's better than losing weight, better than getting more exercise, and better than lowering your cholesterol. As the evidence mounted over the past few years, I've grown more and more grumpy with the medical community's hesitance to support moderate alcohol consumption. After doing some research, though, I guess I understand.

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Beat the heat with cool summer meals

Posted 1 year 2 weeks ago by Andrea Dickson

Food and Drink

gazpacho

Some summer evenings are simple too hot to contemplate firing up the stove or using the oven. Some nights, even standing in front of the grill flipping burgers sounds like a bit too much warmth for comfort. For those nights, here are some of my favorite no-cook soups that satisfy without the sweat. These recipes serve 4, so double if feeding a larger group.

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8 Cheap Ways to Lower Your Blood Sugar

Posted 1 year ago by Andrea Dickson

Filed Under: Life Hacks, Health and Beauty

One of the many crappy things about diabetes, and there are many many crappy things about diabetes, is that it creates a vicious cycle of weight gain and medicating.

Let's say you have a sandwich for lunch. You take the appropriate amount of medication to keep your blood sugars normal. But an hour after lunch, you feel slightly ill, so you check your blood sugar level, and it's too high. So you take some more medicine to lower you sugar levels. Another hour goes by, and you feel weak and dizzy.

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Alternatives to drunk driving

Posted 1 year ago by Greg Go

Filed Under: Life Hacks

drunk driving

Party hardy tonight, but don't drive drunk!

Not only could you die (bummer) or kill someone else (unforgivable), but it could cost you financially big time (not savvy living).

MSN Money says the fines are just a fraction of a DUI's real cost:

A driving-under-the-influence conviction is a financial wrecking ball. A typical DUI costs about $10,000 by the time you pay bail, fines, fees and insurance, even if you didn't hit anything or hurt anybody.

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