Why Alcohol Makes You Fat

I recently purchased the TNT Diet Jeff Volek and Adam Campbell. I haven’t read much, but while skimming I found a nice page on alcohol and how it makes you fat. Since I have posted before on the negative health effects of drinking alcohol, I figured that I would share a little from the book.

The authors state that the liver breaking down the alcohol creates acetate and acetaldehyde as waste products, both of which tell your body to stop burning fat. Furthermore, the liver generates another waste product, acetyl CoA, which causes the body to generate fat.

Alcoholic drinks with carbohydrates are a double edged sword, because they cause a rise in insulin levels, which prompts your body to store fat.

If you are serious about losing fat, alcohol should not be a part of your diet. So far this looks like a great book, and I plan to write a review once I finish reading it.

Reference: Men’s Health TNT Diet: The Explosive New Plan to Blast Fat, Build Muscle, and Get Healthy in 12 Weeks

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This is so true. Most of my weight gain was from the consumption of alcohol, particularly beer. I want to lose 40 lbs this year. I’m abstaining for the time being, but will allow myself one mardi gras day if I exceed 5 lbs in a month. By then I might not want to drink as much, but either way it gives me a workable plan.

Thanks!

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I nolonger drink alcohol. But unfortunately, I drink soda and eat lots of sugar. So obviously I need to work on cutting a few other things from my diet on top of the alcohol.

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Hence the term beer belly :D

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Exercising does not only lose weight but also helps in building a healthier lifestyle. We really have a lot in common when comes to body building. :D
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Very nice information. Thanks for this. By the way, did you create this layout yourself?

I quit drinking in 2006 and if anything I weigh more now than I did when I was drinking. I suppose other factors need to be taken into account too, like a changing metabolism as one ages. However I may be fatter, but I’m a lot happier than I was when I was drinking :)

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Of course, what a great site and informative posts, I will add backlink – bookmark this site? Regards, Reader.

This is so very true! Unfortunately I have been drinking a little more than usual over the last few months (stress months) and have noticed myself using the next hole on the belt buckle :-(

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Very true, alcohol also make me hungry. AFter few drinks i don`t care what i eat so i end up eating some high calories garbage.

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