Well Beer is alcoholic drink and alcohol makes our body warm. So why many uncle and boozers say drinking chilled beer during hot days are the best & cools the body & that they are Western's version of Herbal Tea?

I personally hate Beer due to the amout of gas they carry.

This post has been edited by advocado: Jan 8 2010, 09:54 PM

Wahahahaha, reminds me of this fella always order Anchor Ice. He claimed that this can help him to chill. Beer is served cold, of course when you drink, you feel cooling la.

Just drink iced water for cooling.

ya,beer actually cool our body....

but not good for our liver lo...

This post has been edited by Pain_37: Jan 8 2010, 10:38 PM

drinking excessive beer leads to big belly

lol i heard oso.chinese old people like to say beer is gwai lou leong cha.I think coz it makes you pee more,thus the water carries away your body heat.I'm not sure about this,can anyone correct me?

yea i have beer when i feel im going to fever ...but not sure whether it works for everyone...

Herbal tea? nutritional? beer?

Isn't it the last thing that will cool the body?

all this cooling/heaty ying/yang ching/chong is just chinese nonsense.

I thought beer warms you up, cause last time I remember holidaying in Beijing during winter, they served beer with all their meals :S

i tot is wine that warms your body??

Alcohol usually warms body up, esp spirits. Westerners take Brandy (or similar drinks) in extreme coldness to warm themselves up.

As for beer... it's an alcohol so I guess it does warm you unless you drink it cold

Weightlifters in Russia and Bulgaria and China take alcohol after training sometimes, when they have a hard time sleeping (due to extreme over-training but still have to train)

It's just a mere saying.

Regards, Joey

i heard tat u actually dun get a big belly from drinking beer alone..
d big belly is caused by d snacks, peanuts, etc.. tat u always take when u go for beer..
apparently, if u drink beer alone, then u wont get big belly..
cos i know of frens, who dun haf a big belly/belly... n they always drink beer...

yes, is time u gonna practice drink more, later during ur wedding sure "knock down" by those uncle uncle... LOL

in terms of science, as long as you consume something that is of lower temperature than your body, heat is transferred to it hence temporarily cooling the body.
the reason you look reddish and feel hot after drinking alcoholic drink is that there is dilation of skin vessels hence heat is brought to the surface of skin making you feel hot. in actual fact, the core temperature actually drops. so drinking lots of alcoholic drinks in very cold weather can be deadly.

as for beer belly, beer is high in calories and excess calories in the body is stored as fat and hence the beer belly.

probably beer itself causes ur body mechanism to cool down a bit


i feel cooler too after having beer

I tried. Drinking cold beer does makes my body cools down

Beer is the most widely consumed alcoholic beverage and the third most popular drink overall after water and tea.