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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Hmmm, am I wrong in assuming thay the calories in wine derive from carbs/sugar? Much in the same way that grape juice has “natural” sugars?

Not sure how much sugar is in the standard pour of wine, but I’d wager its not a little ammount.

If you are trying to loose weight and find yourself having difficulty doing so, pin pointing where your calorie intake occurs is a good first step.

I would think the calories with a glass of wine ar especially problematic since we typically consume wine in the evenning right? This requires the sugars to be metabolized over night while we sleep. Instead of a soda in the morning which at least can be burned off through daily actovity…activity…. to some extent at least.

But, I’m not really sure.

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