ELi5: Are calories from alcohol processed differently to calories from carbs/sugar?

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I’m trying to lose weight and occasionally have 1-3 glasses of wine (fitting into my caloric intake of course). Just wanted to know if this would impact my weight any differently than if I ate the same calories of sugar. Don’t worry, I’m getting enough nutrition from the loads of veggies and meats and grains I eat the rest of the time.

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Your body will process and metabolize the alcohol, before it metabolizes your food, so every time you drink wine, you gain weight..
Dont believe me? Weigh yourself every morning. When you drink, you gain FAST. It has nothing to do with calories and everything to do with your body prioritizing what it metabolizes first.

I took a weight management course, and ONE night I went out and had ONE glass of wine and a little lunchbag sized bag of cheetos for my night time dinner, lol, and gained a pound overnight. A pound!!! I was flabberghasted about it, so I called my nutritionist, and he said it was because of the wine and how your body processes alcohol first.

Get a nutritionist and start a weight management course, and walk daily for 30 mins, and you will have far more lasting results.

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