Sorry all you folks in St. Louis. This video’s amusing.

Here’s a prime example of a woman who’s gone beyond her level of nutritional expertise. Claiming to be the “Director of Nutrition” at eDiets.com. Seems like a nice enough person, wouldn’t mind having a beer or two with her, but then she opens her mouth and starts talking about beer, and it becomes easy to see that she doesn’t know a thing about beer.

Just some highlights that I’ve noted and then you can watch and catch these mistakes and more as she perks her way through her video presentation.

*  “The beers nowadays range from 65 calories to all the way up.”  Up to what? 500 calories? 5,000? Notice, when you don’t know the caloric value of various beers, that’s when the general claim and sweep of the hand comes in.

*  “The type of beer you’re consuming depends on the calories.” Rubbish. I can list dozens of beers, lagers through ales, that contain the same amount of calories. You might also notice when people know nothing about beer they mention “…ales or stouts, lagers or light beers” just throwing in styles, but not understanding the real differences between them.

*  “Usually the darker the beer, the higher the calories.” Lord help me. This is one of the dumbest statements made by people with no real knowledge of beer. Now if she had said something like “Usually the higher the alcohol content, the higher the calories,” I might have agreed, but color has nothing to do with calorie content. You might notice that she also attributes color to carb content too. Remember, this is the Director of Nutrition at eDiets.com.

*  Notice how she slips in the wonders of wine, but blames overeating with beer consumption. I guess if you drink wine, you simply want to get up a run around the block a few times. If you drink beer, it’s time to call for an 18″ inch pizza and never get off the couch.

Dr. Curtis Ellison spoke at a conference on a panel called, “Beer: To Your Health!,” held by the Center for Food, Nutrition and Agriculture Policy at the University of Maryland-College Park. This conference reviewed the science on health benefits of moderate beer and alcohol consumption and the challenges of communicating a balanced message to the public.

Brewed from barley, malt and other grains, some studies suggest that beer may have heart-healthy benefits and that older adults who consume moderate amounts of alcohol may have a lower risk of heart disease, stroke, diabetes, dementia, osteoporosis – and maybe even obesity.

The key is moderation. U.S. dietary guidelines define “moderation” as one drink per day for women, and two for men. Experts say that for those who choose to drink, alcohol should be consumed with food – and that the total number of alcoholic drinks should not be averaged out for the week, a question that every “Drive Time” DJ asks me during radio interviews.

Brewers, distributors…send me a sample or two along with some tech specs and I’ll give you a FREE plug for your product and help answer the question your customers often have…”What’s in my beer?” I’ve got a laundry list of customers who want nutritional info for their usual beers but some brewers can’t seem to see this void. Let’s fill the beer nutritional information gap together. Maybe you can’t talk about the calories in your beer, but I can. I don’t have to conform to TTB requirements like you. Let me help you help yourselves and your customers.

One of the most popular Boston Beer company’s beers…Cream Stout.

Moderation, not deprivation, and you can enjoy beers like this all summer. The trick? Know the nutritional values of what’s in the beers you drink, work them into your daily menu, exercise and pick up a copy of “Does My BUTT Look BIG In This BEER? Nutritional Values Of 2,000 Worldwide Beers.”

Just one selection from the newest book, “Does My BUTT Look BIG In This BEER? Nutritional Values Of 2,000 Worldwide Beers.”

Brewers, distributors…send me a sample or two along with some tech specs and I’ll give you a FREE plug for your product and help answer the question your customers often have…”What’s in my beer?” I’ve got a laundry list of customers who want nutritional info for their usual beers but some brewers can’t seem to see this void. Let’s fill the beer nutritional information gap together. Maybe you can’t talk about the calories in your beer, but I can. I don’t have to conform to TTB requirements like you. Let me help you help yourselves and your customers. My contact info is on the www.drinkhealthydrinksmart.com site.

Let’s work together!

The book’s available at Amazon or Barnes & Noble.

Here’s a guy who gets it. It’s all about Moderation, not Deprivation. No one’s advocating chugging a sixer and then hitting the gym. But how can you realistically make room for a beer or two if your don’t know the calories, carbs or even Weight Watchers POINTS? Real easy; pick up a copy of “Does My BUTT Look BIG In This BEER? Nutritional Values Of 2,000 Worldwide Beers” on Amazon or Barnes & Noble or download a PDF of the book on this site.

BTW,  Check out Steve Turano’s website, Body Performance TV at

http://www.BodyPerformanceTV.com/.

look at the nutritional values of Warsteiner’s Premium Verum. One more selection from the newest book, “Does My BUTT Look BIG In This BEER? Nutritional Values Of 2,000 Worldwide Beers.

Brewers, distributors…send me a sample or two along with some tech specs and I’ll give you a FREE plug for your product and help answer the question your customers often have…”What’s in my beer?”

I’ve got a laundry list of customers who want nutritional info for their usual beers but some brewers can’t seem to see this void. Maybe you can’t talk about the calories in your beer, but I can. I don’t have to conform to TTB requirements like you. Let me help you help yourselves and your customers. My contact info is on the www.drinkhealthydrinksmart.com site.

Let’s work together!