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just dave said:
Ok my bad,I heard that it did. So how about the liver.Is straight alcohol worse than beer?
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According to my Nephrologist (Kidney specialist). Beer is not as detrimental as beer. She says I have stage 2 Kidney disease and that it's not uncommon in 70yo males. She knows I drink beer and has not cautioned me to not drink it.
 
just dave said:
Whaaa :confused: Sounds like your doc has had a few.
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it has to do with the amount of alcohol actually consumed. Specifically, she said, "two or three beers twice a week is acceptable". You are aware of the different percentage (proof) figures for beer over wine or hard liquor.

My last two appointments with her have been via telepresence. Talking to a doctor that way makes "visits" a little different. They are less business like and are much warmer and friendlier.
 
JoeESP9 said:
it has to do with the amount of alcohol actually consumed. Specifically, she said, "two or three beers twice a week is acceptable". You are aware of the different percentage (proof) figures for beer over wine or hard liquor.

My last two appointments with her have been via telepresence. Talking to a doctor that way makes "visits" a little different. They are less business like and are much warmer and friendlier.
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Apparently you didn't catch your typo from a couple posts back.:)
 
For the liver, the type of drink doesn't matter too much, it's the total grams of alcohol. A shot of whiskey, a glass of wine, and a can of (regular) beer has roughly about the same grams of alcohol so they are equally detrimental if someone meets the threshold for their weight. For example, a man would not get alcoholic cirrhosis from drinking 2-3 cans of reg beer a day but a woman might.
I remember being in training and seeing a guy that had decompensated cirrhosis(fluid in his abdomen) and asking him how much he drank. He told me he only drank 3 cans of beer every day. I remember thinking that someone his size shouldn't get cirrhosis from even 5 cans of beer daily. Then I asked him what he drank, and that's when he told me that he drank those 44oz cans of malt beer(double the alcohol content of regular beer) and then things fell into place.
 
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