eli5: What is actually causing the “beer belly” appearance?

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I was wondering how people get beer belly just by frequent drinking. Is it just body fat? Are your organs getting larger or something? Is beer actually making your stomach large and round or are you just gaining weight?

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Fat tissue doesn’t just store fat cells. It stores toxins, vitamins, minerals, water, hormones, etc. Alcohol is particular nasty for fat storage because not only do the calories in beer ad water get stored as fat but also the acetaldehyde toxin that build up when body isn’t clearing it.

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