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There is some debate about the effect of alcohol in weight loss on a low-carbohydrate diet.

Dry drinks like vodka and dry wines contain no carbohydrates, but they do contain alcohol. This provides energy at 7 calories per gram and, as alcohol is absorbed rapidly by the body, this source of energy can be used as a source of fuel by the body in place of carbs. The late Dr Albert Pennington, who had considerable experience of high-fat, low-carb diets in the treatment of obesity in the middle third of the 20th Century, says that alcohol checks the combustion of fat in the body.

This is probably true. We know that alcohol does not raise insulin levels, it is not stored as fat and, thus, will not itself make us fat. However, it can stop weight loss. If the calories provided by alcohol are used preferentially, that will mean calories from both glucose and body fat will not be used until the energy supplied by the alcohol is used up. This must have an effect on weight loss. (Note that here I am talking about the alcohol in a drink, NOT the carbohydrate content of that drink. That will contribute to weight gain.)

On the other hand, there is Banting’s evidence. He took six glasses of claret a day and a glass of rum or something like that most nights when he went to bed, and still he lost weight. Read more…

by all healthy

There is some debate about the effect of alcohol in weight loss on a low-carbohydrate diet.

Dry drinks like vodka and dry wines contain no carbohydrates, but they do contain alcohol. This provides energy at 7 calories per gram and, as alcohol is absorbed rapidly by the body, this source of energy can be used as a source of fuel by the body in place of carbs. The late Dr Albert Pennington, who had considerable experience of high-fat, low-carb diets in the treatment of obesity in the middle third of the 20th Century, says that alcohol checks the combustion of fat in the body.

This is probably true. We know that alcohol does not raise insulin levels, it is not stored as fat and, thus, will not itself make us fat. However, it can stop weight loss. If the calories provided by alcohol are used preferentially, that will mean calories from both glucose and body fat will not be used until the energy supplied by the alcohol is used up. This must have an effect on weight loss. (Note that here I am talking about the alcohol in a drink, NOT the carbohydrate content of that drink. That will contribute to weight gain.)

On the other hand, there is Banting’s evidence. He took six glasses of claret a day and a glass of rum or something like that most nights when he went to bed, and still he lost weight. Read more…