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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The primary difference between alcohol calories and sugar is that processing alcohol takes about twice as much water as processing sugar does, which is part of why alcohol dehydrates you (in addition to the fact it is a diuretic.)
Processing alcohol also involves the liver to a greater extent, which can have some impacts on blood chemistry, but when it comes to things like diabetes risk, alcohol is very similar to sugar.
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