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How does alcohol make you fat? I don't think I've met a fat alcoholic. Must be something else
by oblak 5y ago
How does alcohol make you fat? I don't think I've met a fat alcoholic. Must be something else
- austincheney 5y agoAlcohol temporarily halts sugar metabolism as the body views it as a digestible poison and grants alcohol digestive priority. Sugars not metabolized by the liver must either be pissed out or stored as fat, but passing excess sugars to the kidneys takes time all the while the priority for the kidneys is passing alcohol not metabolized by the liver using as much stored water as it takes.
- _8j50 5y agoThe same way pizza and bread make you fat. I tried anything from wine to vodka, if I drink enough to get drunk, unless I compensate with a really good food diet and a ton of workout, I will gain weight. What makes you gain weight is not just the raw calories but relative to food, it is very efficient in delivering most of those calories to your blood. "Don't drink your calories"
- almost_usual 5y agoBeer alcoholics can be fat, hard liquor not gonna happen.
- friedman23 5y agowhiskey has 70 calories in an ounce, you can absolutely get fat from hard liquor, the only liquor that wont get you fat is the disgusting kind
- almost_usual 5y agoThey’re probably not an alcoholic. Hard liquor alcoholics throw up, have diarrhea, and struggle to eat. Chances of getting fat increase if you’re drinking 15-20 beers a day.
- convolvatron 5y agoreal alcoholics don't throw up. they do struggle to eat. in fact its pretty usual to to forget, or just not. when I quit drinking I was _appalled_ at how much I had to eat. probably twice what I had been. and I lost quite a bit of weight.
- rajin444 5y agoCan your body fully process those calories? I know nuts are calorie dense but you don’t get the full caloric value.
- oblak 5y agoI didn't even consider beer alcoholism. It would still have to be just bad eating habits, though. I know skinny people who drink several litters beer a day and the fatsos whole like this stuff have always been somewhat big. It's not the alcohol, no
- _8j50 5y agoDepends on how many calories you burn. If calorie intake is 1 and calorie burn is also 1, you have 0 surplus calories. Let's say you have 1 extra calorie (keeping it simple) , the source is important. Alcohol > sugar > oil > bread/carb foods > veggies/fiber,etc... in terms of how much of that 1 cal your body can extract and convert to fat for long term storage. I wish there was diet alcohol lol.
- nickthemagicman 5y agoEach beer is like 300 to 400 calories. And then you eat bar food when you're drunk which is not known as the worlds healthiest.
- oblak 5y agoHaving shit food afterwards is alcohol's fault? Sounds like fat people blaming anything but themselves.
- nickthemagicman 5y agoYeah seriously people should eat more of the celery and salad options at bars when they're smashed out of their mind.
- beardedman 5y agoWhat on god's-green-earth kind of beers are these? A pint is usually between 200/250 - strong beer (10%) usually hit's in the 350 range - but are you really saying that's normal at a bar?
- nickthemagicman 5y agohttps://www.menshealth.com/uk/weight-loss/a744496/drink-beer-lose-weight-44706/ https://www.menshealth.com/uk/weight-loss/a744496/drink-beer...
- tibbydudeza 5y agoTook me a few days to realize why the huge salty pretzels were "free" at the German bar.