Alcohol and Weight Gain

Alcohol and Weight Gain

Alcohol is a special case. Alcohol is metabolized mostly in the liver. Some 80 % of the calories from a shot of vodka, for instance, will go straight to the liver to be converted into a small amount of energy and a large amount of a molecule called "citrate". The citrate then fuels the process that makes fatty acids  out of our glucose we ingest. So alcohol will increase the production of fat in the liver , which probably explains alcoholic fatty liver syndrome. It might also make us fatter elsewhere, although whether we store these fats as fat or burn them might depend on whether we eat or drink carbohydrates with the alcohol, which we usually do. Roughly a third of the calories in a typical beer, for instance, come originally from maltose - a refined carbohydrate - compared with the two-thjirds from the alcohol itself.
A beer belly is the conspicuous result.

From Why We Get Fat by Gary Taubes  pages 138-139

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Importance of Protein Quality

The importance of Protein Quality
Proteins are very important molecules in our cells. They are involved in virtually all cell functions. Consideration of protein quality is especially important while on a diet because all of your cells function through their proteins. Your diet must provide the proper balance of amino acids and nitrogen essential for your body to satisfy protein synthesis and glucose production, basic biological functions needed for cell growth and maintenance. A high quality protein provides the essential amino acids in the proper balance. The protein in all meal replacement products manufactured by our supplier ( Robard Corporation ) has a perfect amino acid score of 1.0 according to the Protein Digestibility-Corrected Amino Acid Scoring ( PDCAAS) by the FDA to ensure optimal nutrition for optimal health.
Remember if you do not protect your body with high protein ingestion during weight loss you lose muscle mass and this is not only arms and legs but your heart.
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Marching Throught Weight Loss

ABSOLUTELY MAD ABOUT MARCH!!

MARCH 1/6 -           MARCHing Through Label Madness 

-       Label reading - Karen

MARCH 8                MARCHing Through the Buffet Line....

                                                Eating-out - using Calorie King Books - Lori

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                                                On Making Good choices - for LIFE - JoAnn & Dave

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                                                On Exercise You Can Live With - for LIFE 

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Soooo!! How many calories in alcohol

Sooo! how many calories in alcohol
Percent (%) alcohol on label refers to volume of alcohol.
1 Fluid oz. = 30 milliliters (ml)
1 ml  alcohol weighs 0.8 grams
1 gram alcohol = 7 calories
THEREFORE
Start with 1 12 fl.  oz. can of beer
5% beer means alcohol volume is 0.05 X 12 fl. oz. = 0.6 fluid oz.
0.6 fluid oz. X 30 milliliters / fluid oz =  18 ml.
18 ml X 0.8 grams alcohol / ml = 14.4 Grams
14.4 grams X 7 Calories / gram alcohol = 101 calories alcohol per 12 oz bottle of 5% beer

You can figure your other drinks by knowing % alcohol and what the mixer is.
Alcohol is the Second highest calorie density after fat.


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