2007-01-18 02:15:16 · 20 answers · asked by Anonymous in Food & Drink ➔ Beer, Wine & Spirits
Alcohol does contain a lot of sugars. If you are a casual drinker then the alcohol will add fat just like candy bar will.
BUT:
Alcoholics who are thin have drunk enough that they no longer use good judgement about eating.
In addition, alcohol over time will damage the stomach and it's ability to signal hunger (along with the ability to absorb nutrients.)
If the alcoholic continues over a period of time they get Beri-beri a form of malnutrition. The alcohol affects their ability feel hunger, and what they do eat can't be broken down appropriately by the body.
2007-01-18 02:27:38 · answer #1 · answered by yardchicken2 4 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Alcohol doesnt make you fat...it is what you mix with it that does
most alcoholics are skinny becuase they drink so much they dont eat and if they have drank for years their body is starting to shut down and doesnt produce the nutition the body needs...most alcoholics's liver shut down then kidneys because their body cant turn the liquior/beer into waste and it posions their bodies.
Now to much beer and 3 am after the bar meals will make you fat
2007-01-18 02:42:25 · answer #2 · answered by aprilntex 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Some alcohols (like beer) have a lot of calories because they're full of sugars. If you aren't consuming anything but beer and pretzels, though, you aren't going to gain a ton of weight.
Alcoholism is a disease, and alcoholics often don't eat right, or don't eat much at all. There could be a lot of different reasons, lack of money, lack of interest in food, etc.
2007-01-18 02:20:49 · answer #3 · answered by AM_Dove 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Ever hear of Al Capone? Last time Alcohol was made illegal, gangsters became ridiculously powerful. Why dont you brush up on some history. The gangsters selling illegal alcohol will be 100x more powerful and violent than a few potheads selling illegal weed. We would create a million more problems than we would solve.
2016-03-29 03:03:11 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
hi, ok 1st: they drink rather than eat,at 90 calories per shot of spirits 10 drinks without a mixer is 1/2 your daily requirement roughly of calories
2nd in the last 10?? years? theres a good chance they "speed" also.
3rd i know personally 5 alcoholics, and they all are overweight women -all over, men -the belly!
2007-01-18 02:31:09 · answer #5 · answered by amicus curiae 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
alcoholic's want to attain the high food reduces the effects of alcohol and and an alcoholic will need more alcohol to get the high but those who gain weight are those who roast meat as they drink their wine or bear
2007-01-18 02:30:03 · answer #6 · answered by biamuali 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They may take in 1500 Calories a day in booze and zero in food. And they throw up a lot. A great weight loss plan, huh?
2007-01-18 11:42:31 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Korsecoffs syndrome (spelling might be off) alcoholic woman can get it from being malnourished
2007-01-18 02:42:43 · answer #8 · answered by Stephanie 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
we alcoholic's don't eat,we just drink.
2007-01-18 02:21:34 · answer #9 · answered by ken 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They don't have $$$ to buy real food? Then they vomit from drinking too much....
2007-01-18 02:18:43 · answer #10 · answered by Nicky 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋