When i read preservatives, I didn’t understood first, but was disgusted.
It means condoms in French.
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Time for Soylent Green? 
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That really is in bad taste 
BTW alcohol doesn’t equal carbohydrate. Beer contains carbohydrates from the grain that is used as a primary ingredient that in turn is part fermented. The amount of carbohydrate typically is indirectly proportional to the alcoholic strength. For more alcoholic beer, more of the carbohydrate is fermented into alcohol. Low alcohol by volume beer is typically higher in carbohydrate.
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- « look guys ! «
- « he transformed the wine in pee ! «
- « he is very strong ! «
- « hosanna ! «
- « ok, ok, continue to laugh at my face . «
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10 years for me. Chocolate is my drug
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Don’t go to Belgium or Switzerland then. 
Chocolate with cream inside for me too.
Haggen Das with chocolate brownies. My god.
I succeeded in one thing, I don’t eat sugar on evening. ( after dinner). So only once a day.
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Well it’s the US that is the country in the world that consume most sugars per person, at 126 g per day average. The World Health Orgaization recommended daily intake is about 50 g per day.
Swiss people consume about 103 g per day on average and the average Brit consumes about 83 g per day and the average French person consumes about 75 g per day.
I would have to see how much I consume. Let’s say I eat 3 baguette per week, 1 piece of cake per day.
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I used to like a beer, cider and Islay type Scotch. Never really liked wine though.
However, since I had Covid in 2020, don’t like the taste of any alcohol now, so don’t bother.
Aldi cloudy lemonade for me now.
DG…
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“Food and wine go hand in hand for me. I’d need a pretty compelling reason to give up wine altogether. I don’t overdo it—just about a third to half a bottle a night.”
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I used to smoke heavily and gave it up in 2011 by (according to my wife) by sheer stubbornness.
Now my only remaining vice in this life is acohol and I enjoy it. A new Whisky shop has opened up in Exeter and I intend to explore the goods (in moderation). I look forward to my evenings of wine, beer or cherry vodka… 
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Without wishing to pick, a third to half a bottle every night is 28 units pw, twice the recommended maximum.
By all means enjoy it, not for me to suggest otherwise, but there is a suggestion that this could be ‘overdoing’ it…
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Just recently had a health check, Liver ok, Kidneys ok, BP 120/77 in fact all was well except a cholesterol reading of 6% due mostly to my alcohol consumption I drink two pints of 5% lager everyday after work and have done almost all of my working life, it is of course a habit and habits can be broken though I feel neither the desire or the need to do so. I very rarely drink at home as my better half stopped drinking last year and can count on one hand the times I’ve been what I consider drunk in the past 5 years. I’m 55 years old and really enjoy those couple of pints everyday after work I do quite physical and at times quite stressful work and it is my way of unwinding.
I gave up smoking 14 years ago and can hand on heart say it was a bloody awful experience but no doubt my health and without doubt my wallet thank me for it but it was something I really had a desire to do.
I’m told because of other factors I’m not at high risk of stroke or heart attack and so don’t need to take medication for the high cholesterol but am told it is something that I should pay proper attention too so do I give up eating or drinking alcohol?
Well I suspect I’ll loose weight choosing the former which is a bonus and of course drinking on an empty stomach will increase the effects of the alcohol another bonus but then again I really enjoy cooking so lots to think about. All joking aside if alcohol is something you can do without then that is excellent and if it is impacting you negatively you definitely should stop.
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Alcohol affects individuals differently, and while my consumption may be considered high by medical standards, I’ve been drinking this amount throughout my adult life without any adverse effects. Now in my mid-70s, I have no intention of changing what has worked for me. According to my doctor’s surgery, I’m something of a medical anomaly—apparently the only person on their books at my age who has never been seriously ill, aside from the occasional cold, and has never needed prescription medication. I attribute this not to luck, but to a lifetime of daily exercise and a consistently healthy diet.
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Personally I wouldn’t change a thing unless I wanted to if all the other parameters are fine and you’re told you have no increased risk of cardiovascular disease or stroke.
The recommendations on alcohol consumption have changed significantly over the last couple of decades and your healthcare team can only advise based on current guidance, but most things we do have some element of risk and it’s a question of how we balance the risks/benefits and what we as individuals are willing to accept whether it’s driving a vehicle, crossing the road, alcohol, drinking full fat milk etc.
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It’s the brain shrinkage for me.
My starting point was pretty modest.
You can probably add a bit of fortuitous genetics to that list, and I doubt you’re much of an anomaly overall. Daily exercise is clearly sensible if you are able to do so for a multitude of reasons you don’t need tests to affirm. How do we define a ‘healthy diet’ these days as it’s often such an individual thing when there are so many food intolerances/allergies around?
So much guidance is based on population statistics and not tailored to the individual but hopefully that may well change quite soon.
We all know people who can eat to excess but remain slim and have great test results and others who can’t touch certain foods without piling on weight or being unwell. All a bit of a lottery but it is what it is. Hope that makes sense.
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