2006-11-02 04:15:01 · 10 answers · asked by Whos your mama? 3 in Health ➔ Diet & Fitness
Two words: empty calories. Meaning, there's absolutely no nutritional value to alcohol.
2006-11-02 04:22:53 · answer #1 · answered by Nitnit 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Many alcoholic beverages contain sugar. Beer, for instance contains carbs - so the effect it will have on your weight is no different than consuming white flour bread or pasta. It's easy to consume a few glasses of alcohol without even noticing the amount - and before you know it, you ingested 350 calories (or more) just from a one beer and a pina colada. Also, those drinks which have milk in them, syrup, etc, obviously have an even greater caloric content. And, since it takes much less time for liquid to get into your bloodstream and be absorbed by your body, as opposed to when you're eating food, the faster all that sugary/carb infested alcohol gets stored in your body as fat - not to mention many alcoholic beverages make a person bloated, hence the term "beer belly."
2006-11-02 04:36:24 · answer #2 · answered by Angie A 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Actually there are no studies that prove this.
Acohol consumed is similar to any other food, except that it provides calories but no other nutrients (like vitamins, minerals, proteins, etc). This is called empty calories. Eating white sugar by itself also gives you empty calories.
Alcohol is broken down much faster by the body than other food types and is stored as fat faster. This is one of the reason that people say that alcohol makes you fat.
There are other effects which are not nutitional
Most alcoholic beverages contain carbs - a pint of beer usually contains 130-150 calories. Also the inebriation causes you to eat more food
2006-11-02 04:57:09 · answer #3 · answered by Existentialist_Guru 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Alcohol in your body, turns into sugar, which then stores in the body as fat!!
2006-11-02 04:24:24 · answer #4 · answered by bdcolditz 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Lots of calories in alcohol and people also eat fatty junk when out drinking.
2006-11-02 04:28:43 · answer #5 · answered by WheeeeWhaaaaa 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because, alcohol affects your brain. ;-)
You loose all sense of eating and keep on gulpping stuff in.
So your appetite goes up abruptly. and u keep on eating and eating. I experienced this a number of times.
2006-11-02 04:28:55 · answer #6 · answered by Sandy 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
believe it or not alcohol is full of sugars.
hard liqour is worse in sugar then beer,
2006-11-02 04:22:47 · answer #7 · answered by kikiaboo29 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because of the calories and carbs...
2006-11-02 04:24:28 · answer #8 · answered by iampamtoo 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
High sugar - low calories - then you get the munchies !!!!!!!
2006-11-02 04:30:18 · answer #9 · answered by I'm A Believer 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
sugar intake, very high
2006-11-02 04:27:44 · answer #10 · answered by bonnie 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋