Weight Loss and Alcohol

[David Ogden]

Weight Loss

Watch what you drink

You could eat a perfect diet and exercise until your face turns blue and still have a difficult time losing fat if you're not careful with your alcohol consumption.

Did you know that alcohol has 7 calories per gram, almost as much as fat (9 calories per gram), and almost twice as many calories as a gram of carbohydrate or protein (4 calories each per gram). So even just a couple of drinks can set you back 300 - 400 calories.

In addition, when you consume alcohol at the same time as food, your body tends to burn the alcohol first, before burning fat.

Suppose, for example, you cut your calories from fat down to a recommended 20 percent. That's great. But if you consume 10 percent of your daily calories (approximately 2-3 drinks) from alcohol, it is as though your diet has 40 percent fat, proportionate to calories.

Furthermore, studies show that alcohol makes people hungrier; and at the same time, it lowers their inhibitions, so they are more likely to binge. The more you drink, the less you care about what you are eating and how it might be sabotaging your progress.

As you can see, fat loss is not nearly as easy or effective if you drink too much alcohol. This is not to say you have to cut out alcohol altogether. Alcohol, just like fat, cholesterol, salt, and sugar, may be consumed in moderation.

If you drink on a regular basis, try cutting back to one glass, or a glass every other night, or just on the weekends. Also, try a light beer with fewer calories. And when you have a cocktail, use diet soda or Crystal Lite as the mixer. you may be surprised with your weight loss result.

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