You probably won't find alcohol listed as a
diet food on anybody's weight loss program. Alcohol contains a lot of
calories - at 7 Calories per gram! Little wonder that drinking too much
leads to weight gain. Plus, in large quantities alcohol acts like a
poison and damages the body, especially the liver.
If you do drink alcohol then there are things
that you can do to help your weight loss campaign. Limit your alcohol
intake frequency and amount. Alcohol ingestion promotes fat storage,
and provides calories of its own. If you cannot limit yourself then
you are doomed to not be able to lose any weight plus you are at risk
for some serious health consequences.
Some people should not drink alcohol at all.
Included are children and adolescents, pregnant women or women trying
to become pregnant, and anyone unable to limit alcohol consumption to
moderate amounts, operating an automobile or heavy machinery, or taking
medication that interacts with alcohol.
Alcohol is made up of carbohydrates galore,
it is like drinking pure sugar or pasta in liquid form as far as weight
loss and dieting are concerned. That's right, every time that you consume
a beer or glass of wine you are giving your body the same type of "impossible
to burn" carbohydrates that you give it when you eat a chocolate bar.
So be careful when trying to lose weight, and drink very moderately.
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