{"id":694,"date":"2009-04-29T16:12:19","date_gmt":"2009-04-29T16:12:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cocktailians.com\/2009\/04\/i-am-roughly-21-depending-on-the-evening.html"},"modified":"2009-04-29T16:12:19","modified_gmt":"2009-04-29T16:12:19","slug":"i-am-roughly-21-depending-on-the-evening","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cocktailians.com\/?p=694","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;I am roughly 21, depending on the evening.&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>For what it&#8217;s worth, which may not be much, the idea that being an avid Cockatilian is somehow incompatible with being body-conscious is a canard that&#8217;s quickly losing steam. We&#8217;re not all slovenly slobs &#038; soused sots in search of some sweet slack. (Not, in case it needs be said, that there&#8217;s anything wrong with that.)<\/p>\n<p>In fact, combining an active lifestyle, or even a strenuous workout regimen, with an appreciation of fine imbibage is not only possible, but even desirable. All that you as a future fitness freak &#038; festivity fetishist need to know is what drinks are better than others for filleting your form to its finest.<\/p>\n<p>I always thought beer &#038; liquor and wine were all pretty much the same in terms of effect and intake, accounting for the different portion sizes, but according to <a href=\"http:\/\/answers.google.com\/answers\/threadview\/id\/34259.html\">this thread on Google Answers<\/a>, gin should be the imbiber&#8217;s bevvy of choice. G&#038;T&#8217;s, it seems, are almost guilt-free! (Honestly, though, unless you&#8217;re having like nine of these things a night, none of the choices seem like a huge nutritional investment. In other words, it&#8217;s not the booze, it&#8217;s what the booze does to you that screws you up. (<i>Mmmmm, cheese fries at 2am.<\/i>))<\/p>\n<p>(Yes, I know the link is almost seven years old. Our parents weren&#8217;t even born when that thread was posted, but I&#8217;m guessing the nutritional value of things hasn&#8217;t changed that much since the Clinton era. I&#8217;m willing to go with it. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.calorieking.com\/calories-in-alcohol.html\">Calorie King<\/a> concurs, and throws sake in as another alternative, which I&#8217;m all for. And if you want to get your hands dirty in the whats and hows, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.medicinenet.com\/alcohol_and_nutrition\/article.htm\">MedecineNet<\/a> goes into great detail about how various alcohols work on the body. If, however, you just want a straight-up chart, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.weightlossresources.co.uk\/calories\/calorie_counter\/alcohol.htm\">this British site<\/a> is fairly good.)<\/p>\n<p>We at Cocktailians always advocate staying in control, even if we don&#8217;t always (or, well, frankly, let&#8217;s face it, ever) practice it ourselves. And certainly, if you&#8217;re a type who&#8217;s got 2% body fat and are obsessed with your lats and splecs and delts and reps or whatever, we&#8217;re going to be stuck in smalltalkville for a long time if we meet at the pub. But we strive to be a full-service site, and it&#8217;s important to include the more buff of youse in our great cocktailian equation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For what it&#8217;s worth, which may not be much, the idea that being an avid Cockatilian is somehow incompatible with being body-conscious is a canard that&#8217;s quickly losing steam. We&#8217;re not all slovenly slobs &#038; soused sots in search of some sweet slack. 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