Ohio man's diet for Lent: no food, lots of beer

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  1. nc41

    nc41 Initiate (0) Sep 25, 2008 North Carolina
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    Atta Boy.

    If I was younger I’d go on a chicken and veg chefs salad, bourbon and sex diet, I’d forgo all others. Protein, minerals, excercise, I could do this at 23.
     
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  2. CraigHeron

    CraigHeron Initiate (0) Aug 19, 2018 Canada (ON)

    This guy’s plan hardly lives up to the Lent traditions of fasting, self-restraint, and charity. Will he be staggering, belching, and farting?
     
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  3. Buck89

    Buck89 Grand Pooh-Bah (3,718) Feb 7, 2015 Tennessee
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    This could make things worse.
     
  4. Milktoast75

    Milktoast75 Initiate (0) Oct 27, 2012 Wisconsin

    Finally!
    The diet of my dreams. Only my dreams as I will qualify for early SocSec this year.
     
  5. JohnnyChicago

    JohnnyChicago Initiate (0) Sep 3, 2010 Illinois

    Still easier than whole30...:wink:
     
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  6. hatfield02

    hatfield02 Initiate (100) Feb 7, 2019 Illinois

    Not true. Atkins diet recommends a carb intake of less than 20 grams per day to maintain ketosis, so if you’d like to take your carbs in beer form, you are permitted to do so. Sláinte!
     
  7. Houborg1

    Houborg1 Maven (1,409) Jun 4, 2016 Denmark

    I like the experiment.. I really do..

    Would I do it myself? Heck No. My wife would kill me :grin:
     
  8. rugene

    rugene Pundit (803) Mar 2, 2015 Canada (QC)

    I have watched someone drinks only water for a month and he had to stop because he was starting to have serious headaches, I can only imagine if you take beers...
     
  9. WTCrane

    WTCrane Initiate (0) Jan 30, 2019 Massachusetts

    Useless information for everyone, that I thought i'd never use.

    Did you know, that Shiner Bock was originally made and produced for lent. It was a higher calorie offering that would sustain people fasting (I learned that at the brewery). In Fact, German Monks in Einbeck invented the Bock style for fasting.

    There is precedent to what this guy is doing.
     
  10. NickTheGreat

    NickTheGreat Maven (1,336) Oct 28, 2010 Iowa
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    It'd be interesting. I also agree with the people who say this guy won't be and shouldnt' be chugging beers all Lent long.
     
  11. AlcahueteJ

    AlcahueteJ Grand Pooh-Bah (3,088) Dec 4, 2004 Massachusetts
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    Whole 3 pack?

    So he could have maybe 4 beers in a day? Maybe 1 strong Belgian ale? 1 Imperial Stout?

    20 carbs adds up fast with maltier beer.

    And then where's he getting his protein/fats like you get on Atkins?
     
  12. AlcahueteJ

    AlcahueteJ Grand Pooh-Bah (3,088) Dec 4, 2004 Massachusetts
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    Theoretically our body processes one beer per hour. However he'll have no food in his stomach, so that math is out the window.

    Maybe he could have 1 beer every 1.5 to 2 hours? And if he keeps electrolytes in his system by taking supplements and drinking water, he might be ok I guess?

    The catch 22 is that he needs more beers for calories, but he can't drink them so quickly that he gets drunk.

    Life, she is full of compromises.
     
  13. beer_beer

    beer_beer Pooh-Bah (2,162) Feb 13, 2018 Finland
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    I recommend he drinks relatively low ABV beer. Why not throw in a NA now and then? He needs to have a varying diet, at least 20 different beers.
     
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  14. AlcahueteJ

    AlcahueteJ Grand Pooh-Bah (3,088) Dec 4, 2004 Massachusetts
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  15. jmdrpi

    jmdrpi Grand High Pooh-Bah (8,245) Dec 11, 2008 Pennsylvania
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    In the articles I posted about the guy that did this in 2011:
    He was drinking a 6.6% doppelbock that he brewed with a local brewpub.
     
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  16. Pnotuner

    Pnotuner Aspirant (229) Jan 6, 2017 Texas

    Good to know
     
  17. slangtruth

    slangtruth Initiate (0) Jan 8, 2012 Kentucky

    I tried to give those three up for Lent, but it didn't last long.
     
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  18. AlcahueteJ

    AlcahueteJ Grand Pooh-Bah (3,088) Dec 4, 2004 Massachusetts
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    Crap, I meant Whole 30 pack.

    Oh well.
     
  19. HorseheadsHophead

    HorseheadsHophead Grand Pooh-Bah (3,708) Sep 15, 2014 Colorado
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    ...What? This is insane. You need vitamins and minerals that aren't in beer to live. A man cannot live on (liquid) bread alone!
     
  20. beer_beer

    beer_beer Pooh-Bah (2,162) Feb 13, 2018 Finland
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    I think he mentioned multivitamin pills in the video.
     
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