Everyone knows that drinking has many benefits, but some say it can help you lose weight, while others say the calorie content of alcoholic beverages is very high. Does drinking alcohol every day help you lose weight or cause a surge in weight gain?
Analyzing the caloric content of red wine
Among ordinary alcoholic beverages, red wine has a relatively low calorie content. The calorie content of dry red wine fluctuates between 70 and 130 per 150ml, depending on the alcohol content of the wine. Dessert wines have a higher calorie content.
Red wine is particularly low in carbohydrates
Red wine is made from grapes that are rich in carbohydrates. During the fermentation process, yeast consumes these carbohydrates (glucose, fructose, etc.) and produces alcohol, calories and carbon dioxide. The remaining sugars are the main source of carbohydrates.
It is easy to see that a dry red wine with very little residual sugar is usually very low in carbohydrates. Red wine typically contains no more than 5g of carbohydrates per 150ml, which is about a third of the carbohydrate content of beer.
Again, if you like sweet wines or fortified red wines with high residual sugars, you should be careful about the amount of carbohydrates you consume.
Compared to other red wines, dry red wine is higher in antioxidants and plays a huge role in beauty and weight loss. When choosing red wine, it is best to choose a bottle with less than 13.5% alcohol, which is best for our health.
Alcohol is a “useless calorie” and does not cause obesity
Although the calories in alcohol is very high, but they are “useless calories”, will not directly lead to obesity.
The body does not digest alcohol in the same way as it digests food. In short, our body prioritizes the elimination of energy from alcohol because the body can store large amounts of nutrients, proteins, carbohydrates and fats, but not alcohol.
The body’s ability to metabolize alcohol varies from person to person and will be affected by age, weight and gender. The ability to metabolize alcohol varies from region to region. Generally speaking, yellow people have a slower metabolism rate than Caucasians.
Reasons why drinking makes you fat: Increased appetite
However, we find that regular drinkers tend to gain weight, in fact, because alcohol interferes with how our bodies manage caloric absorption:
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1 lower blood sugar
Drinking dry red wine lowers the body’s blood sugar levels because our bodies focus on metabolizing calories from alcohol and relegating calories from food to the back burner. The result is that our brain interprets this information as a blood sugar deficit and we need to eat something to quickly replenish our blood sugar. So after drinking, we all want to eat something salty and high-calorie food.
2. Feeling hungry
Alcohol can deceive the hypothalamus in our brain and cause hunger. Red wine itself is very difficult to make people fat, but some people feel a great increase in appetite after drinking red wine, so they will eat unrestrained, which is the reason for obesity.
In addition to bringing hunger, red wine will make you feel better about food. According to a study by the American University, consuming a certain amount of alcohol will make you feel that food rich in salt and fat tastes better. In other words, the more wine you drink, the more appetizing it will be and the more high-protein foods you will be tempted to eat.
In order to reduce energy intake, you must control your diet when drinking.
