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Absent of a sapient in which to direct this somewhat paradoxical query of mine: re: a particular physiological effect that beer has on some men while not on others – and failing to receive any informative feedback as a thread-starter into that peculiar if not pathetic practice of attempting to interact with fellow members of a message board comprised of hundreds of users – I took to conducting a brief and informal survey of sorts with useful family and friends, so as to get their opinion on the matter. Each man and woman that was surveyed was most responsive and was neither a mindless mute nor had donned a milk moustache.
Additionally, the few women that were surveyed were discerning enough to understand that – despite there obviously being members of their gender into beer consumption, and regardless that sudsy and skimpily attired women often appear in beer commercials – the primary curiosity of this beer-related posing specifically concerns the comparative effects of the beverage on other beer-drinking men; specifically, the mystery of why some guys gain beer bellies while others do not. That no oversight was committed, these women had the mental ability to grasp.
Here were the results:
-- One of the respondents was of the opinion that the matter likely had to do with a difference in metabolism.
-- Another opined that in the case of moderate beer-drinkers who never gained weight from their imbibing the brew, that perhaps they are such tiny eaters that in the end it all balances out; that there is never any excess of calories being ingested.
-- One respondent mused as to whether some fellas consume the ale or the lager in much the same way that a bulimic takes in food.
-- Another thought that maybe it had something to do with the alcohol content. Would non-alcoholic beer give a man a gut, she wondered? She added that, as far as she knew, light beer was less fattening than dark beer.
-- Still, another respondent thought it might have something to do with whether the beer-drinker led a physically active life or not; that exercise or lack of it likely played a key factor in this mystery. He added that from what he understood, a beer gut was very hard to get rid of, compared to other forms of fatty bulges.
-- Finally, one of the women surveyed concurred with this, and added that why she felt a protruding gut of any kind looks so bad on men is because, unlike women, they can never use the excuse that they’re pregnant ... and that it is probably easier for a mother to lose a maternal tummy via the aid of special wastebands, liposuction, or other forms of tummy tucks, than it is for a man to lose those beery monstrosities.
If nothing else, what I gleaned from this survey was that, at least for some people, the topic of beer remains an enjoyable and easily conversational one, and that beer remains a very popular drink in at least one corner of the world.
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