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fadi
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Posted: 1 Aug 2006 07:38 am |
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| is 600 calories in amount of helthy food can be replaced 600 calories in amount of whiskey some times?
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fadi
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Posted: 1 Aug 2006 08:47 am |
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From http: //en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alcohol_and_weight :
Alcohol and weight is a subject relevant to millions of people who like to drink alcoholic beverages and who also either want to maintain or to lose body weight. It appears that drinking alcohol does not necessarily lead to weight gain. Most studies find no increase in body weight, some find an increase, and some find a small decrease among women who begin consuming alcohol (Colditz et al.; Cordain et al.; Hellerstedt et al.; Istvan et al.; Jequer; Kahn et al.; Klesges et al.; Landes; Liu et al.; Mannisto et al., 1996; Mannisto et al., 1997; Prentice). Some of these studies are very large; one involved nearly 80,000 and another included 140,000 subjects.
These findings are surprising because alcohol itself contains 7 calories per gram, and some alcoholic drinks also contain carbohydrates. The reason that alcohol may not increase weight is unclear, but research suggests that alcohol energy is not efficiently used. Alcohol also appears to increase metabolic rate significantly, thus causing more calories to be burned rather than stored in the body as fat (Klesges et al., 1994). Other research has found consumption of sugar to decrease as consumption of alcohol increases.
The research results do not necessarily mean that people who wish to lose weight should continue to consume alcohol. The relationship between alcohol and weight remains unresolved and will remain so until more research is conducted that can clarify any apparent discrepancies in findings.
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Nir
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Posted: 1 Aug 2006 11:46 am |
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As far as 'empty calories' go, alcohol is right up there at the top of the list. No fibre and hardly any benefits (there are some, but to get them you must restrict your consumption to one serving - i.e. 60 calories. Having 10 servings, 600 calories, negates the positive effects).
Having 10 measures / 10 units of Whisky on a single day is considered binge-drinking and isn't particularly friendly to your liver.
From a weight-loss point of view, alcohol calories are always used first. This may mean that other calories are stored as fat. It is very easy to consume liquid calories. It is also more likely you'll make poor food choices under the influence.
That doesn't mean I don't indulge in  drink on ocassion, but I try to make it once a month or more rarely, and I do it knowing that I'm not doing my health or my weight control goals any favours.
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fadi
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Posted: 1 Aug 2006 12:09 pm |
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| i drink every 2 or 3 months and i like to drink at least 6 seving but i dont want to lose controle of the diet.
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Peter
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Posted: 1 Aug 2006 04:24 pm |
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I don't think it's your diet you will be losing control of. Be sure you don't  !
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Posted: 22 Aug 2006 09:10 pm |
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How can alcohol raise your metabolism? Isn't it a depressant?
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Peter
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Posted: 22 Aug 2006 09:51 pm |
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If it were a depressant bars would be filled with depressed people. I believe it makes you less inhibited. So if you're sad, you'll be sadder. But if you're happy, you'll be happier.
Eating anything increases your metabolism.
Peter
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This is just "off the top of my head." We'll see if anyone that really knows the answer corrects me.
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Chocoholic
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Posted: 23 Aug 2006 10:30 pm |
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I didn't mean that it made people depressed!  I mean that drugs are classified as stimulants, depressants, hallucinogens, etc. and I believe that alcohol is considered a depressant--it slows everything down (that's why it's easier to get hypothermia if you're drunk), and part of that is the repression of people's inhibitions. I would assume that anything that is slowing down your bodily processes would cause you to burn less calories, not more, but I really have no idea. If you got that from a reliable source, it must be true.
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Peter
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Posted: 24 Aug 2006 05:17 am |
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"Off the top of my head" is not a reliable source.
Peter
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