can i drink beer and lose weight?
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Can I Drink Beer and
Lose Weight?
29 August, 2012 | www.leangainsguide.com
Can I Drink Beer and Still
Lose Weight?
Aug29
Can I Drink Beer and Still Lose Weight?
on August 29, 2012 at 1:59 pm
Drinking beer and losing weight aren’t traditional allies but does
beer really inhibit weight loss or is it another dieting legend
that’s been blown out of proportion?
At first glance, it seems that beer would be the worst possible
thing for a body. After all, you never hear someone refer to your
“frito-pie belly” or “doughnut belly”. The ubiquitous “beer belly”
description stands alone in a caloric expression that conjures up
an image of sole blame.
Beer Science
Let’s start with a video that delivers the beer science faqs in
a most humorous way.
Beer and music. That’s just good stuff.
Let’s further explore the science….
Beer is a toxin. A toxin is anything you ingest that has
a physically, harmful effect on your body. Our bodies get rid of
toxins through processes such as sweating and going #1 and #2.
The liver and kidneys have to process the toxins before they are
excreted. Hangovers are actually negative reactions to an
over-abundance of toxins ingested.
I’m not jumping off track so stay with me. Toxins are the link
between beer and fat.
1 unit of alcohol equals 10ml of ethanol so a can of Budweiser
has about 1.5 units of alcohol and your liver can process about
one unit of alcohol per hour.
The good news is that alcohol has a theromogenic effect on the
body, which is the amount of energy (through the production of
heat) your body spends to use food and store it. The result is
a raise in your metabolic rate.
“Whoa!.. I can raise my metabolism by drinking beer?!”
How much beer do you drink? Even though the theromogenic
effect lowers the “true” number of calories in a gram of alcohol ,
your liver has plenty of toxins to turn away, releasing them into
your bloodstream where they do damage with any cells
they meet.
What is Fatty Liver?
When the liver is busy breaking down toxins for hours at a time,
it can’t effectively perform all it’s other jobs (of which there are
over 500!). This results in fatty substances sneaking in and
building up on the liver. ”Fatty liver” is the result of this buildup
and it’s stage 1 of liver disease ( stage 2 is liver fibrosis and the
final stage being cirrhosis).
Does Beer Turn to Fat?
There’s still much controversy surrounding beer being
fattening. What is known is that beer and alcohol do not turn to
fat. Alcohol is primarily turned into acetate, which is
metabolized. Acetate does inhibit lipolysis (fat burning), but like
eating a high-carb meal, this is only for that period while you’re
drinking and the alcohol is being processed.
I doubt it’s much of a surprise to read that you’re body is not in
“fat burning mode” while drinking beer.
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The Beer vs Weight Verdict
There’s no arguing that beer metabolizes more slowly than it is
absorbed. While alcohol doesn’t seem directly responsible in
turning to fat and getting stored as fat, the slow rate of
absorption into the blood means you’re likely to store both
exiting carbs and fat as fat!
If you’re looking to lean up for a body building contest, drinking
beer is obviously not going to work for you, but if you’re drinking
sensibly and just having the occasional beer, you CAN drink beer
and lose weight.
All things in moderation, right?
Here’s some other myths about beer you might find interesting:
Dark beer is heavy
Ale is stronger than lager
Beer makes you fat
Cold-filtering
Draught gets you drunk faster than bottled beer (or
vice versa)
Imported beer is better than domestic beer
Wine is more complex than beer
Ales are better than lagers
Canadian beer is stronger than American beer
Bottoms Up!
Lean Gains Guide was created for 2 reasons:
1) To create unique and useful diet tools while chronicling my fat
loss from 25% body fat to 6%. I started my journey on January 1,
2012 and am currently at 10%.
2) To inspire. I want to encourage a lean and muscular
“Hollywood Look”, while keeping the content engaging and
entertaining for the readers.
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