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Texas A&M Beer-Drinker Cultures World As ESPN Zooms In On Co-Eds

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Saturday’s game against LSU ended Texas A&M football’s season on a high note. Although the Aggies didn’t make a bowl game after beginning the year ranked in the preseason Top 10, they did upset the Tigers to close out the regular season and kept their SEC West foes out of College Football Playoff contention.

That is something, I guess?

As soon as the clock hit zero, Texas A&M fans stormed the field to celebrate the monumental win (I say that flippantly) for the program. Actually, they rushed the field before the game ended and had to go back and try again. Whether the win deserved such a large on-field celebration was certainly questionable, but storming is fun and fun should always be encouraged.

Speaking of fun, one fan in particular was having a lot of it. However, his — and the state’s — beer-drinking practices came into question.

Late in the second quarter, the ESPN broadcast zoomed in on the crowd. Specifically, the camera focused on two blonde co-eds who were spinning their towels in support of their team.

While the zoom was certainly a choice, it wasn’t about the women.

Behind the two female Aggies was a bearded man with a brewski in hand. It appeared to be a Dos Equis tall boy.

Before he took a sip of his beer, the Texas A&M fan pulled out some sort of tiny bottle and dumped something on the rim of his can. Here is the entire sequence:

Although the bonk-worthy camerawork was one point of emphasis, so was the beer-drinker’s bottle. Was he pouring hot sauce in his Dos Equis? Was it a liquor shooter? Why did he have that in hand?

As it would turn out, the Texas A&M fan was spicing up his cerveza with some Mexican blend seasoning.

The exact condiment was unclear. However, he was either putting beer salt or Tajin chili pepper blend in the mouth of his can.

Basically, he seasoned his own rim. While it may have looked strange on TV, the Aggie beer-drinker was putting the rest of his suds-sucking classmates to shame. What a legend!

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A Urologist Explains How Much Water You Should Actually Drink

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We’ve all heard at some point that we should be drinking eight glasses of water per day to meet our hydration goals and stay healthy—but is that really true? In a recent video on her YouTube channel, urologist Dr. Rena Malik addresses some myths around water and hydration, starting with the misconception that if you drink less, you will need to pee less often.

“Drinking too little water makes your urine very concentrated,” she says. “That concentrated urine can actually act like a bladder irritant… That means you may have the sensation that you need to go more frequently or more urgently.”

That said, are the commonly cited eight glasses of water per day considered an ideal volume? Not necessarily. “You need to be having some form of fluids in that volume a day,” says Malik. “20 percent of our fluids come from our food.”

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According to the Institute of Medicine, men are recommended to take in 125 ounces (3.7 liters) of total fluid from beverages and food each day, while women are advised to consume 91 ounces (2.7 liters).

“Our bodies do an amazing job of regulating our fluids, and it tells us when we need to drink by giving us signals that we are thirsty,” she continues. “Generally speaking, your body doesn’t decide that it’s thirsty until you’ve lost about 2 percent of your body water. That’s not a lot, and it’s very easy to make up by drinking fluids.”

Malik added that in some cases, you will need to drink more fluids, such as if you get frequent urinary tract infections. In instances like these, you should follow the guidance of your doctor.

While being well-hydrated is an important part of our overall health and nutrition, and has even been linked to peak performance, Malik warns that being over-hydrated comes with its own issues. “Sometimes if you drink too much, it can lower the salt in your body too much and cause something called hyponatremia, which can make you very sick,” he says.

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Do students really eat that badly?

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Students have a reputation for eating nothing but pasta and baked beans on toast (which, in fact, is pretty good for us) – but there’s much more to students’ diets.

One survey found that one in 10 students in the UK are vegetarians, which is twice as many as the general population. Diets with low or no meat have been associated with health benefits, although the overall healthfulness of a vegetarian diet depends on what foods are eaten instead of meat. The same survey also found that a quarter of students eat convenience foods most, or every, day.

Another study concluded that only one in five students had “favorable eating behaviors”, which included moderate snacking, consuming little fast food and eating a lot of fruit and vegetables.

Researchers have also found that students are more likely to gain more weight than people of their age who don’t go to university.

Despite a brief deviation from the norm during Covid when students didn’t move out of their family homes, “the research shows that generally students don’t eat very healthily”, says Martin Caraher, professor emeritus of food and health policy at City, University of London.

On a more positive note, students are drinking less alcohol than they did 10 years ago, says John Holmes, professor of alcohol policy at the University of Sheffield in the UK. This is particularly good news because evidence suggests that we establish our drinking habits during young adulthood and maintain them, and that the risks for certain diseases, including liver disease, heart disease and some types of cancer (including breast, bowel and throat), increase based on the amount we drink over our lifetime, Holmes says.

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Students’ drinking habits can also affect their diets; they’re more likely to eat after drinking alcohol, and more likely to eat calorific foods high in salt and sugar, according to research. This behavior is perpetuated by the false belief that you have to eat something alongside drinking alcohol to help “soak up the alcohol”, says Jessica Kruger, clinical assistant professor of community health and health behavior at the University at Buffalo in New York.

“If someone’s out drinking, they’re not going to search for healthy options,” she says. “Nor do many bars or restaurants that are open late have many healthy options, especially in student areas.”

Kruger surveyed more than 250 students and found that they don’t tend to make healthy choices regarding food the day after drinking, either. While there’s no data, Kruger speculates that it may be because alcohol can dehydrate you, and in response, the body craves salty foods in order to get you to drink more water.

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