# Would you consider beer junk food?

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**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [October 9, 2015, 1:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-consider-beer-junk-food/733983 "2015-10-09T01:23:52Z")\
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**Post date:** [October 9, 2015, 11:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-consider-beer-junk-food/733983/41 "2015-10-09T23:38:27Z")

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> [@GrumpyBunny](#):
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> Well, there are worse things out there than beer.

I sure as hell can’t think of any.

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**Author:** ![Ambivalid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a5b964/32.png) [@Ambivalid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ambivalid)\
**Post date:** [October 10, 2015, 12:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-consider-beer-junk-food/733983/42 "2015-10-10T00:05:18Z")

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I don’t see how it can be considered anything _but_ junk food. I’d define “junk food” as food with little to no nutritional value. I’d say beer fits that bill quite perfectly.

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**Author:** ![EinsteinsHund](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/einsteinshund/32/8400_2.png) [@EinsteinsHund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EinsteinsHund)\
**Post date:** [October 10, 2015, 12:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-consider-beer-junk-food/733983/43 "2015-10-10T00:09:03Z")

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With only heaving read the caption line, I say NO, in fact it’s the food of the gods. It’s liquid bread, but better.

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**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\
**Post date:** [October 10, 2015, 12:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-consider-beer-junk-food/733983/44 "2015-10-10T00:28:23Z")

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> [@Ambivalid](#):
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> I don’t see how it can be considered anything _but_ junk food. I’d define “junk food” as food with little to no nutritional value. I’d say beer fits that bill quite perfectly.

Then you would say very, very wrong.

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**Author:** ![Ambivalid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a5b964/32.png) [@Ambivalid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ambivalid)\
**Post date:** [October 10, 2015, 12:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-consider-beer-junk-food/733983/45 "2015-10-10T00:30:32Z")

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> [@silenus](#):
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> Then you would say very, very wrong.

I would say wrong. Hmm. Speaking of alcohol…😉

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**Post date:** [October 10, 2015, 1:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-consider-beer-junk-food/733983/46 "2015-10-10T01:31:32Z")

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Well, even if you think beer is junk, there’s a reason why they say “food _and_ beverage.” Beer ain’t no food.

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**Author:** ![EinsteinsHund](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/einsteinshund/32/8400_2.png) [@EinsteinsHund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EinsteinsHund)\
**Post date:** [October 10, 2015, 1:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-consider-beer-junk-food/733983/47 "2015-10-10T01:33:53Z")

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> [@Siam\_Sam](#):
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> Beer ain’t no food.

Don’t tell that to a Bavarian ;).

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**Author:** ![KRC](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/45deac/32.png) [@KRC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KRC)\
**Post date:** [October 10, 2015, 3:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-consider-beer-junk-food/733983/48 "2015-10-10T03:01:05Z")

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I’ve heard beer described as “lunch in a can”. I pointed out that if beer was your only lunch you’d die of scurvy. So I say junk food.

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**Author:** ![Sunny\_Daze](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunny_daze/32/438_2.png) [@Sunny\_Daze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunny_Daze)\
**Post date:** [October 10, 2015, 4:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-consider-beer-junk-food/733983/49 "2015-10-10T04:04:12Z")

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I like beer as much as the next woman. Well, more probably. :o

> [@monstro](#):
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> That may be true, but surely quantity matters?
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> If she had just knocked back one or two, she wouldn’t have seemed contradictory. But five beers within the span of two hours seems no different, in terms of gluttony, than the brownie and ice cream I ordered for dessert (along with the horrible beer I barely touched). Of course she gave me a hard time for making this decadent choice. But it seems to me that five beers is just as decadent, especially for a person her size. The only difference is that a brownie and ice cream isn’t as “cool.”

But, yeah, 5 beers in 2 hours for a small woman is a bunch. A too drunk to drive, probably has very few redeeming ingredients (unless she really like craft beers) bunch.

If she nags, I’d say it’s fair game to push back. Your dietary weaknesses aren’t going to hurt anyone but yourself. And you haven’t been unkind enough up to now to make a deal-io out of her habits.

I shall now go enjoy a gin & tonic in my own home. Haters can hate. 😛

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**Post date:** [October 10, 2015, 11:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-consider-beer-junk-food/733983/50 "2015-10-10T11:00:54Z")

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> [@KRC](#):
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> I pointed out that if beer was your only lunch you’d die of scurvy.

But not beriberi or pellagra. And not scurvy if you have a wheat beer with a slice of orange, or a shandy with a wedge of lemon.

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**Post date:** [October 11, 2015, 11:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-consider-beer-junk-food/733983/51 "2015-10-11T11:23:23Z")

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How about a faux innocent “Did you know that one 12 oz beer has more calories than a 12 oz can of coke?”

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**Post date:** [October 12, 2015, 1:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-consider-beer-junk-food/733983/52 "2015-10-12T13:29:00Z")

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> [@kayaker](#):
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> But not beriberi or pellagra. And not scurvy if you have a wheat beer with a slice of orange, or a shandy with a wedge of lemon.

Way to find the silver lining!

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**Post date:** [October 12, 2015, 2:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-consider-beer-junk-food/733983/53 "2015-10-12T14:08:26Z")

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> [@kayaker](#):
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> Here are just a few:
> 
> [spoiler]Abbreviation  
> Academy Awards  
> Advertisement  
> Aerobics class  
> After-dinner speech  
> Aircraft carrier  
> Airplane  
> Airplane - commercial  
> Airplane flight  
> Airplane flight - commercial
> 
> Album title  
> Alphabet  
> American State  
> Animal  
> Apartment building  
> Applause  
> Apple peel  
> Arch  
> Arm hair  
> At bat
> 
> Balancing on one foot  
> Balloon chain  
> Balloon flight  
> Banana split  
> Banzai skydive  
> Barn  
> Baseball bat  
> Baseball game  
> Baseball game - MLB  
> Baseball game - pro  
> Baseball playoff game  
> Baseball throw  
> Basketball dribbling  
> Basketball shot  
> Basketball spin  
> Battleship  
> Beach  
> Beard  
> Beard - female  
> Bible verse  
> Bicycle  
> Bicycle race  
> Bigfoot footprint
> 
> Bill  
> Birdie streak  
> Blackout  
> Board  
> Boardwalk  
> Body piercing session  
> Book  
> Book title  
> Border  
> Boxing match  
> Bra  
> Bra chain  
> Breath hold  
> Bridge  
> Bubble  
> Building  
> Bungee jump  
> Buried alive  
> Burning fire  
> Burning light bulb  
> Burrito  
> Bus  
> Butterfly migration
> 
> Cabbage  
> Cactus  
> Cake  
> Calculator word  
> Canal  
> Candle  
> Candy counter  
> Canoe  
> Canyon  
> Car  
> Card throw  
> Cat  
> Cave  
> CD  
> Cell phone throw  
> Champagne cork flight  
> Cherry pit spit  
> Chess game  
> Chicken flight  
> Chocolate bar  
> Cigar  
> Clam  
> Cliffs
> 
> Coin  
> Coin spin  
> Color  
> Coma  
> Comet tail  
> Commute  
> Concert  
> Conga line  
> Contra line  
> Contract - TV/radio  
> Conveyor belt  
> Corn maze  
> Country  
> Covered bridge  
> Cow  
> Crab  
> Crayon  
> Crawl  
> Cricket marathon  
> Cricket match  
> Crocodile  
> Cross  
> Cross-country ski trail
> 
> Day  
> Dance  
> Dance party  
> Definition  
> Desert  
> Diary  
> Dinosaur  
> Disclaimer  
> Discus throw  
> Distance from Earth  
> Dive
> 
> Dog  
> Dog tongue  
> Dog sled race  
> Domain name  
> Domino toppling  
> Dragon  
> Drawbridge  
> Driver  
> Drought  
> Drowning survived  
> Duesenberg
> 
> Ear hair  
> Earth from Sun  
> Earthquake  
> eBay auction  
> eBay item sold  
> Eclipse  
> Egg drop  
> Elevator fall survived  
> Elevator - time trapped
> 
> Engagement  
> Erupting volcano  
> Escalator  
> Escalator ride  
> Experiment  
> Eyeballs  
> Eyebrows  
> Eyelash
> 
> Fall down stairs  
> Fall survived  
> Family tree  
> Feathers  
> Feet  
> Fence  
> Fingernails  
> Firecracker display  
> Fish  
> Fish name  
> Fjord
> 
> Flag - American  
> Flower  
> Foot race  
> Foot sniffing career  
> Forest  
> Formula 1 win streak  
> Free dive  
> Free fall  
> Free fall - indoor  
> Free throw streak  
> Full-body burn
> 
> Garage sale  
> Geyser  
> Glacier  
> Goat horns  
> Gold chain  
> Goldfish  
> Golf cart  
> Golf course
> 
> Golf drive  
> Golf hole  
> Golf - 2 round distance  
> Gondola  
> Grape catch  
> Great white shark  
> Group hug  
> Gum wrapper chain
> 
> Hair  
> Half-life  
> Hammer throw  
> Hammock  
> Hands  
> Hangover  
> Harry Potter book  
> Heat wave  
> Heavyweight champ reign  
> Hedge maze  
> Hiccup fit  
> Highway  
> Hockey game  
> Hokey Pokey
> 
> Hole  
> Hole-in-one  
> Hollywood marriage  
> Home run  
> Hot dog  
> House of cards  
> Hug  
> Hula Hooping  
> Human bone  
> Human cannonball  
> Human chain  
> Human rainbow  
> Hummer
> 
> Ice bath  
> Ice berg  
> Inhabited city  
> Insect  
> Insect life span  
> Interstate
> 
> Iron man streak - MLB  
> Iron man streak - NBA  
> Iron man streak - NFL  
> Iron man streak - NHL  
> Island
> 
> Javelin throw  
> Jellyfish  
> Jeopardy win streak  
> Jigsaw puzzle
> 
> Job title  
> Joke telling marathon  
> Juggle
> 
> Kayak drop  
> Ketchup bottle  
> Kiss
> 
> Kite  
> Kite flight
> 
> Ladder  
> Lake  
> Lake name  
> Last name  
> Lasting AA battery  
> Lasting gum  
> Laughter  
> Lawn mower ride  
> Leaf  
> Lecture  
> Leg hair
> 
> Lego structure  
> Legs  
> Life  
> Life expectancy  
> Life span  
> Lightning bolt  
> Line of latitude  
> Line of pizzas  
> Lizard  
> Lockout in sports  
> Long jump
> 
> Magazine cover  
> Maggot bath  
> Mail run  
> Mall  
> Manned space flight  
> Marriage  
> Midget toss  
> Migration  
> Migration - mammal  
> Mile  
> Milk squirt  
> Millipede  
> Miniseries - TV  
> MLB drought  
> MLB hitless streak  
> MLB hitting streak  
> MLB inning
> 
> MLB losing streak  
> MLB no hitter  
> MLB player  
> MLB strikeout streak  
> MLB win streak  
> Model train  
> Month  
> Monopoly game  
> Moon walk  
> Motorcycle  
> Motorcycle jump  
> Mountain  
> Mountain range  
> Moustache  
> Movie  
> Movie title  
> MP3
> 
> Nail  
> Name  
> Name of an animal  
> Name of a country  
> Name of a State  
> NASCAR race  
> NASCAR race track  
> National anthem  
> NBA Championship drought  
> NBA contract  
> NBA game  
> NBA losing streak  
> NBA win streak  
> Neck  
> Netball marathon  
> NFL field goal
> 
> NFL game  
> NFL losing streak  
> NFL punt  
> NFL win streak  
> NHL career  
> NHL contract  
> NHL losing streak  
> NHL overtime games  
> NHL playoffs made streak  
> NHL shootout  
> NHL shutout streak  
> NHL win streak  
> Nose  
> Novel  
> NYSE trading suspension
> 
> Oasis  
> Obelisk  
> Olympic swimming event  
> Olympic torch relay
> 
> Orbit - planet  
> Origami creation  
> Opera  
> Operation
> 
> Paddleboat journey  
> Paddlewheeler  
> Painting  
> Painting title  
> Palindrome  
> Paper airplane flight  
> Paper chain  
> Paperclip chain  
> Paragliding flight  
> Parasite  
> Pencil  
> Person  
> PGA cuts made streak  
> PGA sudden-death playoff  
> PGA win streak  
> Pi  
> Pi memorized  
> Pier  
> Pink Floyd song  
> Pink Floyd song title
> 
> Pizza  
> Pizza delivery  
> Play  
> Place name  
> Playing slots  
> Poem  
> Pogo stick distance  
> Pogo stick jump  
> Poker game  
> Pole sitting record  
> Pole vault  
> Pool toy  
> Popsicle  
> Postcard  
> Prayer  
> Prime number  
> Prison sentence  
> Published newspaper  
> Putt
> 
> Quidditch match
> 
> Rabbit ears  
> Race track  
> Rafting trip  
> Railroad  
> Rain streak  
> Rally  
> Reef  
> Reigning Pope  
> Remote control  
> River  
> River - Europe  
> River - U.S.  
> Road  
> Road train  
> Rock  
> Rocket  
> Roller coaster  
> Roller coaster - wooden  
> Roller coaster ride
> 
> Roller coaster tunnel  
> Roman ring hang  
> Roots  
> Rosebush  
> Route 66 stretch  
> Running beauty pageant  
> Running Broadway show  
> Running cartoon  
> Running chat show  
> Running comic strip  
> Running film series  
> Running horse race  
> Running radio show  
> Running reality show  
> Running rock fan club  
> Running TV commercial  
> Runway  
> Run-on sentence
> 
> Salami  
> Sausage  
> Scarf  
> Scuba dive  
> Seaweed  
> Sermon  
> Serving choirboy  
> Serving police chief  
> Serving U.S. President  
> Ship  
> Shot put  
> Skateboard  
> Skateboard jump  
> Skating rink  
> Ski jump  
> Ski run  
> Skiing marathon  
> Skis  
> Slide rule  
> Slinky  
> Snake  
> Snake - venomous  
> Sneezing fit  
> Snowmobile jump  
> Song  
> Song - Beatles  
> Song title  
> Song title - Beatles  
> Space shuttle flight  
> Space walk  
> Spaghetti strand
> 
> Spanish word  
> Spider  
> Squid  
> Staircase  
> Stained glass window  
> Stalagmite  
> Standing motionless  
> Standing on one foot  
> Stanley Cup drought  
> Stanley Cup win streak  
> Static cycle ride  
> Statue  
> Stilts  
> Stolen base streak  
> Stone skip  
> Straw  
> Street  
> Street name  
> Strike  
> Structure - standing  
> Subway  
> Sugar cube tower  
> Sunflower  
> Super Bowl drought  
> Surfboard  
> Surviving headless chicken  
> Sushi roll  
> Suspension - NBA  
> Swim  
> Swimming pool  
> Swing bridge
> 
> Tattoo session  
> Tax code  
> Taxi ride  
> Team name  
> Telephone call  
> Telescope  
> Tennis match  
> Test drive  
> The Longest Time lyrics  
> Thermometer  
> Throw  
> Tiddlywinking  
> Time between children  
> Toenails  
> Tongue  
> Top spin  
> Tornado
> 
> Totem pole  
> Touchdown - NFL  
> Tour de France  
> Tour de France stage  
> Tour de France win streak  
> Traffic jam  
> Train  
> Tramway  
> Tree  
> Tree sit  
> Triathlon  
> Triple jump  
> Tunnel  
> Tunnel - railway  
> Tunnel - road  
> TV
> 
> UFC fight  
> Under water  
> Urinal
> 
> URL  
> US Presidential term
> 
> Wait on a hospital gurney  
> Walk  
> Walk - backwards  
> Wall  
> War  
> Watching TV  
> Water ski jump  
> Water ski jump - barefoot  
> Water skiing marathon  
> Waterfall  
> Waterslide  
> Wave surfed  
> Wedding dress  
> Wedding dress train  
> Well  
> Whale
> 
> Wheelchair journey  
> Windmill blade  
> Window  
> Windsurfing journey  
> Wingspan - airplane  
> Wingspan - bird  
> Without a heartbeat  
> Without sleep  
> Without water  
> Woman  
> Word  
> Words trivia  
> Working career  
> World Series game  
> World Series win streak  
> Wrestling match
> 
> Xylophone
> 
> Yard  
> Year
> 
> Yo-yo spin  
> YouTube video
> 
> Zip line  
> Zorb ball roll
> 
> Zucchini[/spoiler]

Not meaning to be critical, but you missed some stuff.

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**Post date:** [October 12, 2015, 2:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-consider-beer-junk-food/733983/54 "2015-10-12T14:56:13Z")

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> [@Gary\_T](#):
>
> Not meaning to be critical, but you missed some stuff.

I blame the beer.

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