It's science, folks, remember that.

Reading carefully, surely this is implausible.

"Professor Manuel Garzon, a member of Granada's medical faculty, made the finding after tests on 25 students over several months"

"Half of the subjects were given two half pints of Spanish lager to drink, and the other half were given just water."

1. How many students amount to "half of 25"?

2. Are there "half pint" measures in Granada even, say, in Paddy's Irish Pub in Granada?

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3. Isn't beer a diuretic precisely because it contains alcohol? I doubt even Spanish beer rehydrates more than water.

4. It doesn't say how much water was given to "the other half".
 
originally posted by Warren Edwardes:
Reading carefully, surely this is implausible.
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I have no further info but I can poke holes in your hole-poking, too.

1. How many students amount to "half of 25"?
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He could have run several tests on each of the 25, thus generating a larger -- and even -- number.

2. Are there "half pint" measures in Granada even, say, in Paddy's Irish Pub in Granada?
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That translation could have been done by the reporter.

3. Isn't beer a diuretic precisely because it contains alcohol? I doubt even Spanish beer rehydrates more than water.
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The claim was that water uptake was improved by the presence of dissolved carbon dioxide and carbohydrates. The article did not discuss water retention.

4. It doesn't say how much water was given to "the other half".
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I think even a schlock scientist would know that the quantities should be equal.

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