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Beer sale in Delhi touches 15 lakh mark in May

June 6, 2010 By vani Leave a Comment

New Delhi, Jun 6 (PTI) It is that time of the year when chilled beer brings good cheer. With Delhi reeling under scorching heat, beer shops are out to make hay while the sun shines — more than 15 lakh beer cases have been sold in May.

“A total of 15,228,29 beer cases were sold in last month in the capital,” said a senior excise official. Simply put, with each case containing 12 bottles, Delhi”s beer consumption should touch a new high this summer.

The sale of beer had touched 14,80,951 cases in April. While there is a growth of about 30 per cent in beer market, the Excise Department is hopeful of meeting the target of Rs 1700 crore in the current fiscal.

For those not familiar with the spirit of the season, Delhi has about 37 brands of beer in the light, strong and canned segment to choose from. “Though mild beer caters to a large part of the beer consumers, the strong beer sale is also picking up,” the official said adding, “there is also a market for canned beer.

” The sale of beer generally picks up from March and the demand peaks during May-June every year. The beer market in India, including Delhi, offers vast scope for growth, the official said.

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Genes, not beer, lead to ‘beer belly’

July 6, 2009 By admin Leave a Comment

Melbourne, July 6 (ANI): It’s not the beer, but your genes, that cause that ‘not so loved’ ‘beer belly’, according to British scientists.

In a study of thousands of beer drinkers, it was discovered that although regular drinkers had a tendency to put on weight, they did not necessarily store fat around the abdomen.

For the study, the researchers examined over 20,000 people – 7876 men and 12,749 women – over an average of eight-and-a-half years.

It was found that men, who were classed as the heaviest drinkers-regularly consuming two pints of beer a day- put on the most weight.

However, after measuring hip-to-waist ratios, in order to establish which drinkers developed a potbelly, the researchers found that the results were spread across all drinkers.

The scientists concluded that genetic factors had a larger role in controlling how people put on weight than drinking beer.

The results revealed that the men who were most likely to put on weight were those who drank the most and also those who drank no beer at all.

Light drinkers saw the least variation in their waist size.

For women, drinking more beer was more directly associated with piling on the pounds.

But for all the categories, drinking beer led to overall weight gain on both the waist and the hips, and did not necessarily lead to a beer belly.

“This analysis showed the empirical basis for the common belief of a beer belly, as we found that beer drinking and waist circumference were positively associated,” the Courier Mail quoted the study as saying.

“However, our data provided only limited evidence for a site-specific effect of beer drinking on waist circumference and beer consumption seems to be rather associated with an increase in overall body fatness.

“In terms of public health relevance, it may be therefore important to focus on beer abstention to maintain body weight.

“In terms of the beer belly belief, an explanation could be that all the observed beer bellies in the population result from the natural variation in fat patterning and not from the fact of drinking beer,” it added.

The study by German and Swedish researchers has been published in the European Journal of Clinical Nutrition. (ANI)

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UK Govt. advisor asks people to stop lamb, beer consumption to save the planet

May 25, 2009 By admin Leave a Comment

London, May 25 (ANI): A Government adviser in the U.K. suggests that people stop consuming lamb and beer to save the planet.

David Kennedy, chief executive of the Committee on Climate Change, says that people should eat pork and chicken instead, as they produce fewer carbon emissions.

This suggestion follows a Government-funded study into greenhouse gases, which revealed that producing 2.2lbs of lamb was the equivalent of releasing 37lbs of carbon dioxide.

The study also found that vegetables like tomatoes only produce 20lbs of CO2, while potatoes release about 1lb of CO2, for each 2.2lbs of food.

Cows have also been found to be damaging to the environment, with the study showing that they release the equivalent of 35lbs of CO2 per 2.2lbs.

Besides, the study revealed that alcoholic drinks contributed significantly to emissions, with the growing and processing of hops and malt into beer and whisky producing 1.5 per cent of Britain’s greenhouse gases.

“Changing our lifestyles, including our diets, is going to be one of the crucial elements in cutting carbon emissions,” the Telegraph quoted David Kennedy, chief executive of the Committee on Climate Change, as saying.

The Government advisor has himself stopped eating doner kebabs, as they contain lamb.

“We are not saying that everyone should become vegetarian or give up drinking but moving towards less carbon intensive foods will reduce greenhouse gas emissions and improve health,” he said.

The findings of the research attain significance considering that Britain has determined to reduce greenhouse gases by 80 per cent by 2050.

Meanwhile, Government-funded firm The Carbon Trust is working with food and drink companies to calculate the “carbon footprints” of products. (ANI)

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Beer sale in Delhi touches 15 lakh mark in May

Genes, not beer, lead to ‘beer belly’

UK Govt. advisor asks people to stop lamb, beer consumption to save the planet

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