Wednesday, March 7, 2012
The Beer Diet
My video is about a Beer Diet. The premise is that you drink three 12 ounce beers a day and all the water you want, but no other food. It was modeled after fastings of ancient monks. The nutritionist said that this is definitely not a healthy diet and the people who tried it says that it wasn't worth it. However, it did work with the participants losing about 5 pounds each. I just thought that this was an interesting idea even though I would never try it. This relates to the class theme because part of what we eat is fad diets. I think some people did their ARP's about fad diets but this has to be one of the most unique. It sounds appealing at first, but doesn't sound so good after further thought. This diet seems borderline anorexic, because you are not really getting any nutrients from the beer. Im guessing that the people lost weight for this reason and not some amazing weight loss power of beer.
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Chris, humorous video and interesting post. I don't know if anyone remembers the idea of "nutritionism" as "ideology" in Michael Pollan's book at the beginning of the quarter (the overpowering, naturalized idea that we don't know how to eat right and should listen to "experts" on the topic) - but I feel that this video, and the fact that anyone would believe in a beer diet, proves him right!
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