The Main Reason Why People Lose Weight When They Stop Drinking Alcohol

It’s no secret that alcohol is often the greatest nemesis to the waistline and since many alcoholic drinks are high in empty calories, lacking any nutritional value, it’s no wonder why. This leaves many people reaching for a light beer

or a cocktail. While lower on calories, these can still throw a wrench into your diet plans.

How the Body Processes Alcohol

Those empty calories alcohol contains supply the body with no nutritional value. You’re better off eating a cheeseburger, which has macro nutrients like proteins and fats. Not only are they void of nutrition, these types of calories can make it easy to up your overall caloric intake.

Alcohol reduces the ability of the body to burn fat, your body views alcohol like the toxin it is.

According to a 1999 study from the Universities of California at Berkeley and San Francisco, the liver quickly converts alcohol into acetate, the chemical most commonly found in vinegar, and releases it into the bloodstreama, this process inhibits the metabolic system.

So, when an alcoholic beverage is consumed alongside a calorie-heavy meal, the liver, which plays an important role in fat digestion, getting rid of the poison first, leaving the meal laden with carbs, proteins and fats in the stomach. This delays the fat-burning process, contributing to more fat storage. If you think a slow metabolism is hard on body weight, imagine how much worse a stalled one can be.

Drinking presses 'pause' on your metabolism, shoves away the other calories, and says, 'break me down first.

In theory, low-calorie drinks are healthier alternatives to high-calorie drinks. And, depending on how they are consumed. Low calorie drinks obviously contain fewer empty calories, and that’s always a good thing.   

A drink with fewer calories is better than the same drink with more calories, but alcohol does have the same effect.

 Low-calorie alcoholic drinks are still alcoholic drinks and the metabolic system will stop what it’s doing to deal with these drinks accordingly. Whether an alcoholic drink is high or low in calories, the postponement of the metabolic system is inevitable.

It’s also important to eat a healthy meal or small snack packed with protein before consuming