Many of my clients ask the same question most of the time.Do Alcohol calories slow down weight loss ?
And my answer is--It depends upon quantity you are consuming.Let's look at the big picture here--
According to "American Council Of Clinical Nutrition" The main effect of alcohol is to reduce the amount
of fat our body burns for energy.
So many people point the finger at alcohol,when it comes to their weight loss slowing down.
Fitness expert Martin Berkhan of lean gains explains it in a simple way.
1.Alcohol is labeled as 7.1 calorie/gm.But the real value is slightly lower.That's because
alcohol elicits a thermogenic response,which means it raises our metabolism for some time.
When we take this rise in metabolic rate in account,the true number of calories comes down to 5.7 to 6
calories/gm.
2.Less than 5% calories you drink are turned into fat.(wow...that's a good news for some of my friends)
3.Liver converts most of the alcohol into Acetate(that's a kind of sugar unknown to our bodies).
So before turning to it's normal metabolism, body has to burn acetate first.As acetate released in our blood
stream takes over the metabolism of protein,carbohydrates and fat.
4.The way our body deals with alcohol is very similar to the way it deals with excess carbohydrates.
5.One of the main effects of overfeeding carbohydrates is that it simply replaces fat as a source of
energy, by suppressing fat burning.(Just like alcohol).
6.So its a matter of portion of how much you drink and how much you eat after drink.
Please send your comments on fitness freaks fan page.
In our next post ---Fat Loss Workout Part--3.
And my answer is--It depends upon quantity you are consuming.Let's look at the big picture here--
According to "American Council Of Clinical Nutrition" The main effect of alcohol is to reduce the amount
of fat our body burns for energy.
So many people point the finger at alcohol,when it comes to their weight loss slowing down.
Fitness expert Martin Berkhan of lean gains explains it in a simple way.
1.Alcohol is labeled as 7.1 calorie/gm.But the real value is slightly lower.That's because
alcohol elicits a thermogenic response,which means it raises our metabolism for some time.
When we take this rise in metabolic rate in account,the true number of calories comes down to 5.7 to 6
calories/gm.
2.Less than 5% calories you drink are turned into fat.(wow...that's a good news for some of my friends)
3.Liver converts most of the alcohol into Acetate(that's a kind of sugar unknown to our bodies).
So before turning to it's normal metabolism, body has to burn acetate first.As acetate released in our blood
stream takes over the metabolism of protein,carbohydrates and fat.
4.The way our body deals with alcohol is very similar to the way it deals with excess carbohydrates.
5.One of the main effects of overfeeding carbohydrates is that it simply replaces fat as a source of
energy, by suppressing fat burning.(Just like alcohol).
6.So its a matter of portion of how much you drink and how much you eat after drink.
Please send your comments on fitness freaks fan page.
In our next post ---Fat Loss Workout Part--3.
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