Cutting back on alcohol consumption and curious if non-alcoholic or "near beer" is ok on a PLANTSTRONG diet? Rip shares his thoughts with this insightful audience question.

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Rip 0:07

Hey, this is Rip. Welcome to another bonus episode of The PlantStrong Podcast. I'm going to try something new here and take a few minutes to answer questions from you, our PLANTSTRONG audience. So if you have a question that you want me to consider, just leave me a voicemail at Speak Pipe. It's spelled just like it sounds. Speak and then pipe one word dot com forward slash plantstrong and I'll also be sure to leave a link in the show notes. This first question comes from Carl, who asks about non-alcoholic or near beer,

Question 0:49

Hello, Karl Cooper. What's the question about near beer? Good, bad, indifferent. It's the non-alcoholic beer that's recently being marketed.

Question 0:58

Thank you.

Rip 0:59

First of all, let me say that I am I'm not a fan of alcohol. It is just empty calories. It inhibits our body's ability to burn fat by about 30%. It's a known toxin to every organ in our bodies. It causes us lapses in judgment.

alcohol. So there's still going to be trace amounts of alcohol that are in there. So for people that have a drinking issue, I recommend that you still stay away from these non-alcoholic slash near beers. So there you have it. And I realize that some people, you know, want to go to a party. They want to feel like they're socializing and having a beer. So I do understand that there is a time and a place for these non-alcoholic near beers. But as far as I'm concerned,

you're not going to find me with one anytime soon. All right. Thanks so much for listening. And you'll be sure to keep it PLANTSTRONG.