[Sca-cooks] Binge drinking

[Radei Drchevich]

Statisrics are not a reliable measure of the actual intake.  Do you have
sources that indicate actual daily consumprion?

Not trying to be confrontaional or anything like that, I would really
like to know. Some people seem to take offense at how I phrase things, I
do not mean them that way, when I ask a questions it is really because I
would like to know.  So anyone that I have or may offend by
misunderstanding my intent, I am sorry.  Sometimes I just do not
communicate well.

modern numbers for north america say the average person drinks 12 gallons
of beer, 2 gallons of hard liquor, and 3 gallons of wine per year. That
is based on sales not actual person to person counts. 

  ----- Original Message -----
  From: "Terry Decker"
  To: "Cooks within the SCA"
  Subject: Re: [Sca-cooks] Binge drinking
  Date: Mon, 21 Nov 2005 20:18:18 -0600


  I don't know about the "binge." That suggests extended gaps
  between bouts of intoxication. The general use of alcohol in
  period sounds more like the steady imbibing of the alcoholic. One
  of the studies I read calculates that the average person drank a
  gallon of ale or beer per day or slightly under a pint an hour and
  that it was a large part of the day's calorie count. Besides,
  everyone knows binging is unhealthy while such drinking was
  healthy, contributing to the "phlegmatic" personality.

  Bear

  > Binge-drinking an age-old problem
  > http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/4455912.stm
  >
  > Johnnae
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