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[Rods2]

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-2510434/Does-face-turn-red-drink-You-greater-risk-high-blood-pressure-heart-attack-strokes.html

[Vamps]

Nope....

Despite comments by swmbo who seems to be counting bottles in the recycling......

[chrisgixer]

Nope. Not that I've noticed.


I'll pay more attention next time.

[cleggy]

Surely they means 8 alcoholic drinks a day not a week don't turn red tho'

[Field Marshal Dr. Opti]

I've actually  checked my blood pressure on a home monitor after a bottle of 14% ABV red wine, and it was far lower than before I indulged.

[kev2b4]

Thats because you was unconcious!http://images.omegaowners.com/forum/smf2000/Smileys/oofstd/cheesy.gif

[Kevin Wood]

Sounds like I need to do some research.

Mirror + homebrew later, then.

[Rog]

Surely they means 8 alcoholic drinks a day not a week don't turn red tho'

Some time ago went to see GP, about nothing serious and was asked about how much I drank 

I Lied  , I mean REALLY lied and said some quite low consumption (well, I thought it was low). I got seriously told off about drinking too much 

And no, my face doesn't go red . . . . yet

(I'm now waiting for a lecture from CEM    )

[Gaffers]

I've actually  checked my blood pressure on a home monitor after a bottle of 14% ABV red wine, and it was far lower than before I indulged.

It will do in the short term.  A doctor friend explained it to me once.

Alcohol thins the blood in the short term but the body, always trying to equal things out, will react by trying to make the blood thicker and use vitamins and minerals in the process.  This will of course be an over-reaction which will vary in severity of the amount of alcohol consumed and adds to the hangover effect while the body rebalances.  The more often you drink the more the body will get used to it and react less, resulting in small hangovers and more blood reaching the skin (due to the thinning which does not decrease with regular alcohol consumption only the body's response)

The 'flushing' may thus be merely a sign that you are drinking a lot and your body is getting used to the effects of alcohol in the body.  Long term it can lead to alcohol induced Rosacia which can, rather humerously, make the nose go red and itchy when drunk.  As a result the french sign-language for drunk (and used in common discourse by everyone as a signal to another person) is to put a fist-like hand on the end of the nose and then rub the nose from side-to-side as if itching it.

[Gaffers]

Surely they means 8 alcoholic drinks a day not a week don't turn red tho'

Some time ago went to see GP, about nothing serious and was asked about how much I drank 

I Lied  , I mean REALLY lied and said some quite low consumption (well, I thought it was low). I got seriously told off about drinking too much 

And no, my face doesn't go red . . . . yet

(I'm now waiting for a lecture from CEM    )

I used to drink a lot, I thought it was average until I started making a food diary for diagnosing my crohn's and realised I was consuming more than I thought I was.

I have gone from high-risk of dependancy to little/low risk based on the numbers when I do drink.  But then I do go for months of the year without drinking due to my training schedule.

[cleggy]

Surely they means 8 alcoholic drinks a day not a week don't turn red tho'

Some time ago went to see GP, about nothing serious and was asked about how much I drank 

I Lied  , I mean REALLY lied and said some quite low consumption (well, I thought it was low). I got seriously told off about drinking too much 

And no, my face doesn't go red . . . . yet

(I'm now waiting for a lecture from CEM    )

Told mine that I had the occasional sherry well I occasionally attend a wedding
It was only after the endoscopy found an Hiatus Hernia and I requested a Smoked Salmon sarnies on Brown Bread with a pint of iced cold Lager whencoming round after the anaesthetic that the consultant said " What do you really drink?"

[cem_devecioglu]

I've actually  checked my blood pressure on a home monitor after a bottle of 14% ABV red wine, and it was far lower than before I indulged.

It will do in the short term.  A doctor friend explained it to me once.

Alcohol thins the blood in the short term but the body, always trying to equal things out, will react by trying to make the blood thicker and use vitamins and minerals in the process.  This will of course be an over-reaction which will vary in severity of the amount of alcohol consumed and adds to the hangover effect while the body rebalances.  The more often you drink the more the body will get used to it and react less, resulting in small hangovers and more blood reaching the skin (due to the thinning which does not decrease with regular alcohol consumption only the body's response)

The 'flushing' may thus be merely a sign that you are drinking a lot and your body is getting used to the effects of alcohol in the body.  Long term it can lead to alcohol induced Rosacia which can, rather humerously, make the nose go red and itchy when drunk.  As a result the french sign-language for drunk (and used in common discourse by everyone as a signal to another person) is to put a fist-like hand on the end of the nose and then rub the nose from side-to-side as if itching it.

yep..

[Vamps]

Surely they means 8 alcoholic drinks a day not a week don't turn red tho'

Some time ago went to see GP, about nothing serious and was asked about how much I drank 

I Lied  , I mean REALLY lied and said some quite low consumption (well, I thought it was low). I got seriously told off about drinking too much 

And no, my face doesn't go red . . . . yet

(I'm now waiting for a lecture from CEM    )

I used to drink a lot, I thought it was average until I started making a food diary for diagnosing my crohn's and realised I was consuming more than I thought I was.

I have gone from high-risk of dependancy to little/low risk based on the numbers when I do drink.  But then I do go for months of the year without drinking due to my training schedule.

Where does that come from? cwmbo passess the odd comment, bloomin recycling bin has a lot to answer for.......

[MR MISTER]

My wife's face turns red when I drink.

[chrisgixer]

Surely they means 8 alcoholic drinks a day not a week don't turn red tho'

Some time ago went to see GP, about nothing serious and was asked about how much I drank 

I Lied  , I mean REALLY lied and said some quite low consumption (well, I thought it was low). I got seriously told off about drinking too much 

And no, my face doesn't go red . . . . yet

(I'm now waiting for a lecture from CEM    )

I used to drink a lot, I thought it was average until I started making a food diary for diagnosing my crohn's and realised I was consuming more than I thought I was.

I have gone from high-risk of dependancy to little/low risk based on the numbers when I do drink.  But then I do go for months of the year without drinking due to my training schedule.

Where does that come from? cwmbo passess the odd comment, bloomin recycling bin has a lot to answer for.......

Please tell me that's a typo.