mg_health
05-13-2005, 01:10 PM
I would like your opinion on whether or not you think I'm drinking too much beer.
I don't drink any alcohol at all during the weekdays: Mon. - Thurs.
Friday: 1-4 beers (light/low-carb)
Saturday: 2-6 beers (some light; some dark [Stout/Ale/etc])
Sunday: 1-4 beers (light/low-carb)
Total Weekend drinking: 4-14 beers
Also, I don't (usually) drink the beers all at once and I like to drink them slowly and make them last as long as possible. I drink at a rate at about one beer per 0.5 - 1.0 hours.
Does anyone think this is too much? I wouldn't want to mess up my liver over this.
I don't drink any alcohol at all during the weekdays: Mon. - Thurs.
Friday: 1-4 beers (light/low-carb)
Saturday: 2-6 beers (some light; some dark [Stout/Ale/etc])
Sunday: 1-4 beers (light/low-carb)
Total Weekend drinking: 4-14 beers
Also, I don't (usually) drink the beers all at once and I like to drink them slowly and make them last as long as possible. I drink at a rate at about one beer per 0.5 - 1.0 hours.
Does anyone think this is too much? I wouldn't want to mess up my liver over this.
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wimzie
05-13-2005, 01:42 PM
I think you're fine, however I think one to two drinks everyday is healther than binge drinking on the weekend only. That's what I was told anyway.
TheHappyMan
05-13-2005, 01:45 PM
I would like your opinion on whether or not you think I'm drinking too much beer.
I don't drink any alcohol at all during the weekdays: Mon. - Thurs.
Friday: 1-4 beers (light/low-carb)
Saturday: 2-6 beers (some light; some dark [Stout/Ale/etc])
Sunday: 1-4 beers (light/low-carb)
Total Weekend drinking: 4-14 beers
Also, I don't (usually) drink the beers all at once and I like to drink them slowly and make them last as long as possible. I drink at a rate at about one beer per 0.5 - 1.0 hours.
Does anyone think this is too much? I wouldn't want to mess up my liver over this.
I think youre fine there...... :) :) :)
I don't drink any alcohol at all during the weekdays: Mon. - Thurs.
Friday: 1-4 beers (light/low-carb)
Saturday: 2-6 beers (some light; some dark [Stout/Ale/etc])
Sunday: 1-4 beers (light/low-carb)
Total Weekend drinking: 4-14 beers
Also, I don't (usually) drink the beers all at once and I like to drink them slowly and make them last as long as possible. I drink at a rate at about one beer per 0.5 - 1.0 hours.
Does anyone think this is too much? I wouldn't want to mess up my liver over this.
I think youre fine there...... :) :) :)
greeneyes100
05-13-2005, 03:10 PM
Although they say it's better to just have a couple of drinks per day, a lot of people do drink like yourself. They don't drink during the work week and then like to party a little on the weekends. I don't think you are hurting your liver by doing this, since you are giving it a rest during the week. Also, taking a lot of vitamins, includng Vitamins B and C, reallly helps keep your liver healthy. Milk Thistle is an excellent liver cleanser. I drank a lot more than that for a longer period of time, and after I cut back, I had my liver checked and it was fine. I don't think you have anything to worry about.
mg_health
05-13-2005, 03:53 PM
Although they say it's better to just have a couple of drinks per day, a lot of people do drink like yourself. They don't drink during the work week and then like to party a little on the weekends. I don't think you are hurting your liver by doing this, since you are giving it a rest during the week. Also, taking a lot of vitamins, includng Vitamins B and C, reallly helps keep your liver healthy. Milk Thistle is an excellent liver cleanser. I drank a lot more than that for a longer period of time, and after I cut back, I had my liver checked and it was fine. I don't think you have anything to worry about.
I do take Milk Thistle daily. My latest blood test revealed the following liver related results:
ALT: 24 [15-50]
AST: 24 [10-40]
Alkaline Phosphate: 63 [30-115]
Globulin: 3.2 [2.0-3.5]
A/G ratio: 1.5 [1.0-2.4]
Albumin: 4.8 [3.3-5.5]
Bilirubin: 0.6 [0.2-1.2]
I do take Milk Thistle daily. My latest blood test revealed the following liver related results:
ALT: 24 [15-50]
AST: 24 [10-40]
Alkaline Phosphate: 63 [30-115]
Globulin: 3.2 [2.0-3.5]
A/G ratio: 1.5 [1.0-2.4]
Albumin: 4.8 [3.3-5.5]
Bilirubin: 0.6 [0.2-1.2]
greeneyes100
05-13-2005, 05:04 PM
I don't know what the different levels mean. I just know that when I got my results, they said there was nothing wrong. Looks like yours are fine; nothing is high.
If you are really worried about it, why don't you cut back on the weekends a little? Like I said, it depends a lot on your diet and other habits as well. I have heard of people getting cirrhosis just from eating a high fat diet, believe it or not.
Just keep taking the Milk Thistle and watching your diet. I think some alcoholics get liver disease or cirrhosis because they don't eat and their livers are not getting the proper nutrients. When you stop drinking, if you have a fatty liver, it does go back to normal. It's when the fatty liver goes into cirrhosis that it's permanent.
If you are really worried about it, why don't you cut back on the weekends a little? Like I said, it depends a lot on your diet and other habits as well. I have heard of people getting cirrhosis just from eating a high fat diet, believe it or not.
Just keep taking the Milk Thistle and watching your diet. I think some alcoholics get liver disease or cirrhosis because they don't eat and their livers are not getting the proper nutrients. When you stop drinking, if you have a fatty liver, it does go back to normal. It's when the fatty liver goes into cirrhosis that it's permanent.
mg_health
05-16-2005, 12:03 PM
Well, I had a get-away weekend with my family and friends and did it again:
Friday: 2 beers at dinner
Saturday: 2 beers at lunch; 2 beers at the pool; 1 beer at dinner
Sunday: 3 beers at the pool; 2 beers at dinner
Total: 12 beers
Most were the 3.7% alcohol light beers except for 2 of them, and most were taken while eating (lunch, dinner, etc.).
It's hard not to drink when a bunch a people around you are having fun and drinking as well!
Friday: 2 beers at dinner
Saturday: 2 beers at lunch; 2 beers at the pool; 1 beer at dinner
Sunday: 3 beers at the pool; 2 beers at dinner
Total: 12 beers
Most were the 3.7% alcohol light beers except for 2 of them, and most were taken while eating (lunch, dinner, etc.).
It's hard not to drink when a bunch a people around you are having fun and drinking as well!
TheHappyMan
05-19-2005, 10:58 PM
Well, I had a get-away weekend with my family and friends and did it again:
Friday: 2 beers at dinner
Saturday: 2 beers at lunch; 2 beers at the pool; 1 beer at dinner
Sunday: 3 beers at the pool; 2 beers at dinner
Total: 12 beers
Most were the 3.7% alcohol light beers except for 2 of them, and most were taken while eating (lunch, dinner, etc.).
I'm no Doc but the amount of Alcohol you are talking about is really minor..... I really wouldnt worry..... if you were drinking 6 to 10 beers a day, 7 days a week, that would be another story....... :) :) :)
Friday: 2 beers at dinner
Saturday: 2 beers at lunch; 2 beers at the pool; 1 beer at dinner
Sunday: 3 beers at the pool; 2 beers at dinner
Total: 12 beers
Most were the 3.7% alcohol light beers except for 2 of them, and most were taken while eating (lunch, dinner, etc.).
I'm no Doc but the amount of Alcohol you are talking about is really minor..... I really wouldnt worry..... if you were drinking 6 to 10 beers a day, 7 days a week, that would be another story....... :) :) :)
mg_health
05-23-2005, 12:55 PM
Well, this weekend I was a good boy: Friday = 2 beers, Saturday = 2 beers, Sunday = 2 beers, Total = 6 beers!
actudan
05-25-2005, 10:03 PM
I had to chill for two months on beer to see if that is why my enzymes were high. I did my bloodwork today so we will see. I am also a 99.99% weekend beer drinker and my drinking is about in your range. My doctor says my level of drinking can cause my ratios (can't remember ast/alt or vice versa) to be > 1 which is why he wanted me to quit all alcohol for awhile. I have been taking milk thistle and add in my abstinence, I hope my levels are back to normal. My doc did say that binge drinking can cause damage but he didn't say what was binge. I would say binge is more than 8 beers but I bet I will get different answers on that one.
wimzie
05-26-2005, 11:51 AM
I drink red wine everyday, and have
alt 10
ggt 24
alt 10
ggt 24
mg_health
05-26-2005, 06:13 PM
I drink red wine everyday, and have
alt 10
ggt 24
What are your ALT, AP, Albumin and Bilirubin numbers - if you don't mind?
alt 10
ggt 24
What are your ALT, AP, Albumin and Bilirubin numbers - if you don't mind?