April 8, 2010

Your body uses the calories in alcohol as a source of energy in the same way it uses the calories in other kinds of food.

Alcohol is metabolized by the liver into an acetate that can be used as a source of energy. However, alcohol holds very little nutritional value and the acetate from alcohol is used immediately and cannot be stored for future energy use. Because your body uses the fuel from alcohol before it uses fats and carbohydrates, you may not metabolize (burn) the fats and carbohydrates you would normally. This may increase the amount of fat in your body. (source: https://interwork.sdsu.edu/echug2/can/results.php) So, in essence, as long as you don't consume food and only alcohol, you'll still have energy to do stuff, and you WON'T GAIN WEIGHT! (unless you mix it with pop or something sugary. You must drink your whiskey straight!) I don't know about you guys, but I'm thinking that the government has been hiding things from us...