Another look at beer

Alright. So basically I weigh 145 and trying to go up. First off, for guys who are as thin as me and are trying to gain muscle mass, very few things work. What seems to work for me though is to take in protein right before a workout (usually chicken and an oatmeal shake). Then after the workout give my body a rush of carbs to prevent cortosol.

Now about the beer. Beer is basically liquid bread. Its cramed with carbs, which unlike all other alchohol (except Sake which is made from rice) is packed with carbs rather than sugar. So often I begin drinking a beer right near the end of my workout and continue to drink two before I goto bed. It has been only 3 weeks and my max has gone up 35 lbs.

BUT: I also started working at a Mechanic shop about 4 weeks ago. I also live in Florida. And ALSO the heat index is 100+ every day, so needless to say I sweat my ass off.

So what I want to hear everyones input on this. Im not sure if its going to have this effect forever being that Im 18 right now (shhhhhh....).
 
Ok, first of all, just because beer is made from barley and other grains, doesn't make it 'liquid bread'. Saying that is like saying vodka is 'liquid potatoes'...its just not true.

I've made beer...a lot of beer in fact...so let me clue you in: the yeast in beer ferments the SUGAR in the barley malt into alcohol. So beer, like EVERY OTHER ALCOHOL, gets its carb count from alcohol, not complex carbs.

Lots of studies have shown how alcohol inhibits muscle growth when drank to the extreme. 1 beer ain't bad, but 3 is going to slow you down, and give you empty carbs which will likely be stored as fat.

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read this post: http://www.fitness.com/forum/showthread.php?t=6647
 
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