Can I drink a few beers after diving?
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doesn't anyone else here smoke pot? I nice fat joint after a long day of diving while browsing through the day's photos sitting in the backyard or roof of the rental home is freaking awesome.
never smoke before diving, though. I imagine task loading would escalate to a whole different level.
never smoke before diving, though. I imagine task loading would escalate to a whole different level.
Pot? Are you kidding? I barely drink.
First thing I grab after getting out of the water is either water or Gatorade, whatever I have. But on the way home? A nice ice cold Coke from McD’s.
I am grateful for cheap pedialyte and coconut water in Mexico.
I don't really drink alcohol unless I'm drinking too much alcohol.
I don't really drink alcohol unless I'm drinking too much alcohol.
"A study published in The Journal of Applied Physiology explored the hydrating quality of alcohol after exercise-induced dehydration. In the study, 2.2 liters of an alcohol-free beer, along with a 1, 2, and 4% ABV beer, were consumed across the study. The study suggests that beverages with low alcohol concentrations have “a negligible diuretic effect” when consumed in a state of exercise-induced dehydration, meaning that hydrating with water or a low-alcohol beer (~2% ABV) is effectively the same. They also found that a 4% ABV beer had the same hydrating qualities but just took longer to achieve the same results. That’s good news considering you won’t find too many 2% beers.
So the next time you’ve worked your way into a sweat, go ahead and grab yourself a cold session beer and hydrate yourself."
Pot? Are you kidding? I barely drink.
First thing I grab after getting out of the water is either water or Gatorade, whatever I have. But on the way home? A nice ice cold Coke from McD’s.
Cold, cold I go for a nice warm drink when getting out of water up here. Especially in winter or I actually dive wet.
The best in winter is a nice hot soup with the hot tea.
Yuck, filthy tasting sugar water to mess with your blood sugar levels
A nice cuppa tea. Or water.
A beer would be nice, but the driving home makes that rather difficult.
Hoping this weekend's going to be different: staying 50m from the boat so should be able to leave the car and walk to the pub. Just typing those words makes me feel like a session on the lash...
Yuck, filthy tasting sugar water to mess with your blood sugar levels
A nice cuppa tea. Or water.
A beer would be nice, but the driving home makes that rather difficult.
Hoping this weekend's going to be different: staying 50m from the boat so should be able to leave the car and walk to the pub. Just typing those words makes me feel like a session on the lash...
I LOVE a cuppa. However when the air temp is 90F with very high humidity has it has often been this summer, I want something cold. In the winter when cave diving at the WI mine, 0F air temp and -20F wind chill, a cuppa is lovely.
mcohen1021
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I've never had a beer after diving. Honest. 
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