If you love to drink but are prone to hangovers, white spirits are the way to go because it’s been proven that you’re less likely to suffer a hangover after drinking white spirits like vodka.
So depending on your tastes, here are 2 equally awesome vodka cocktails -The Harvey Wallbanger and the Cosmopolitan.
A new plan from Matthew Guy’s Opposition Coalition could see Victorian teenagers who engage in risky behaviour and break the law forced to undergo mandatory residential drug and alcohol treatment by the Children’s Court.
Mr Guy believes the plan could help improve community safety with a key service in the plan being post-release care. The treatments could be an alternative to jail for the offenders.
He said the plan could help break the cycle of substance abuse and criminal behaviour in Victoria. Read more at http://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-03-05/new-plan-for-lawbreaking-victorian-teens/9507776
If you’re hosting a party or brunch, here are 10 delicious tropical cocktails that can be made even by the amateur mixologist. Some are perfect for larger groups but all sure to impress.
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Coca Cola is launching its first alcoholic drink to customers in Japan.
The canned version of Chu-Hi, is an alcoholic beverage made with Shochu. It’s a drink made with rice, barley, sweet potatoes and other ingredients.
Other than the Coca Cola company’s brief ownership of a wine subsidiary in 1983, this is it’s first soiree into alcoholic drinks.
Although Chu-Hi is considered a low alcohol beverage, it can range as high as 18 (9 per cent alcohol volume).
Read more at https://www.smh.com.au/business/companies/coca-cola-launching-alcoholic-drink-in-japan-20180308-p4z3dv.html
So it’s the 4th month of the year and the diet you started at the beginning of 2018 is going strong but you just can’t stop craving a drink, is this going to crash your diet?
Most weight loss programs don’t allow drinking even if its a light gin and tonic with a squeeze of lemon.
Dr Xand van Tulleken and Dr Vinood Patel, biochemist at University of Westminster, in the show The Diet Testers which aired on SBS recently investigated the causes of weight gain from alcohol consumption.
They believe that alcohol alters the way our body processes food. They had this to say in the show,
“Alcohol is absorbed by the stomach and goes to the liver,”
“The liver is central to metabolism: carbohydrates, protein and fat metabolism all occurs in the liver. But we don’t have a mechanism for storing alcohol. It’s like a toxin [in our bodies] and it has to be cleared. So then the metabolism of fat and sugars has to wait until we can clear all the alcohol [from our liver] first.” said Dr Patel on The Diet Testers.
Source: https://www.sbs.com.au/food/health/article/2018/03/29/why-booze-such-diet-destroyer
In a flaming experiment Dr Patel demonstrated how alcohol actively inhibits the body from burning calories. He burns cubes of paraffin to represent the body’s metabolic processes. He then examined how it behaved when tasked with metabolising sugar and fat.
Dr Xand said,
“Because fat is so slow to break down, when sugar is added to [the mix to represent carbohydrates], it jumps the metabolism queue and burns first, ahead of the fat,”
“The sugar [in this experiment] burns much more quickly, which is what happens in your body. If you eat a donut you will burn the sugar before you burn the fat.”
Source: https://www.sbs.com.au/food/health/article/2018/03/29/why-booze-such-diet-destroyer
Then Dr Patel introduces alcohol to the experiment in the form of an expensive brandy.
“If we add the alcohol to this, the alcohol burns first of all,”
“So whenever we have a drink with a meal, the alcohol will be metabolised first. Whereas the fat and sugar has to wait until we clear the alcohol from our system.” Dr Patel said.
Source: https://www.sbs.com.au/food/health/article/2018/03/29/why-booze-such-diet-destroyer
The experiment revealed that ordinarily while alcohol is being metabolised, sugar and fat is sitting in your body unused but alcohol interrupts metabolism of sugar and fats and this is what caused weight gain. You can imagine when you drink excessively how extensively the metabolic function is disrupted.
Ultimately the doctors determine that moderation in drinking is the key, combined with a healthy lifestyle. The recommended healthy drinking limit is no more than 2 standard drinks on any day, this is to not only minimise your risk of disease and alcohol related injury, but this can also help you avoid gaining weight.
The Japanese are known for their precision and expertise in any given field, so watching Japan’s greatest bartender in action is a real treat. Here he shows us how to make a delicious and refreshing Daikon Lotus Cocktail that is also pleasing to the eye and nose.
If you’re on a diet and watching what you eat, don’t forget that what you drink can be loaded with calories too.
Here are 3 classic cocktails adapted for the calorie conscious drinker without compromising on taste,
Cocktails don’t come more sophisticated than the Diamond Cocktail, sprinkled with gold and topped with edible diamonds, just the thing to top off a fancy dinner in London’s upmarket Chelsea neighbourhood but you’d better be willing to fork out the £100 (US$140) price tag.
Here’s a modern classic that can please the cocktail connoisseur and the cocktail newbie, originally made for a sophisticated Chicago bar.
A delicious and bitter blend of Amaro and whisky, here’s how to make The Paper Plane cocktail.