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Weight Loss Forum / Low Carb / June 2006Vodka fattening?
Is vodka by itself fattening? :: Is vodka by itself fattening? No....if you don't eat anything else and take in only enough to supply your body's maintenance calories you won't gain weight. {Plenty of people drink a lot and aren't fat.} However, you will be very lacking in nutrition if you depend on vodka as food. Vodka and other hard alcohol is not fattening whatsoever. Your body cannot use it for anything and uses up stored energy to get rid of it through your liver. > Is vodka by itself fattening? hmmm ... it was my understanding that alcohol contains 7 calories per gram and that the alcoholic calories were used FIRST ... this if consuming alcohol AND eating regular quanities ... the EXTRA non-alcoholic calories would be stored as fat. a calorie is a calorie is a calorie Placid "I went into the store and saw a "Pet Supplies" sign ... so I did!" > Vodka and other hard alcohol is not fattening whatsoever. Your body > cannot use it for anything and uses up stored energy to get rid of it > through your liver. > > > Is vodka by itself fattening? :: hmmm ... it was my understanding that alcohol contains 7 calories :: per gram and that the alcoholic calories were used FIRST ... this if :: consuming alcohol AND eating regular quanities ... the EXTRA :: non-alcoholic calories would be stored as fat. that's correct. While the alcohol won't become fat, the other food you eat may be. :: a calorie is a calorie is a calorie :: [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] ::: Ken Bessler wrote: :::: Is vodka by itself fattening? Your body cannot use these calories. It actually burns other calories getting rid of alcohol. A calorie is not a calorie is not a calorie. Everything has calories. A marble or a steel ball bearing is loaded with calories but if you eat or swallow them, your body will not use the calories. It will just get rid of them. Gasoline is loaded with calories but your body couldn't use them. > hmmm ... it was my understanding that alcohol contains 7 calories per gram > and that the alcoholic calories were used FIRST ... this if consuming [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] >> >>>Is vodka by itself fattening? >Your body cannot use these calories. It actually burns other calories >getting rid of alcohol. A calorie is not a calorie is not a calorie. >Everything has calories. A marble or a steel ball bearing is loaded with >calories but if you eat or swallow them, your body will not use the >calories. It will just get rid of them. Gasoline is loaded with calories >but your body couldn't use them. Hmmm. Bowling balls are low carb, aren't they? Frank Lynch The Samuel Johnson Sound Bite Page is at: http://www.samueljohnson.com/ Yes but they are very hard to swallow. >>Your body cannot use these calories. It actually burns other calories >>getting rid of alcohol. A calorie is not a calorie is not a calorie. [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > The Samuel Johnson Sound Bite Page is at: > http://www.samueljohnson.com/ >>>Your body cannot use these calories. It actually burns other calories >>>getting rid of alcohol. A calorie is not a calorie is not a calorie. [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] >> >> Hmmm. Bowling balls are low carb, aren't they? >Yes but they are very hard to swallow. Even with guacomole? Frank Lynch The Samuel Johnson Sound Bite Page is at: http://www.samueljohnson.com/ I don't think you know what you are talking about ... IMHO Placid > Your body cannot use these calories. It actually burns other calories > getting rid of alcohol. A calorie is not a calorie is not a calorie. [quoted text clipped - 18 lines] > >> > >>>Is vodka by itself fattening? > hmmm ... it was my understanding that alcohol contains 7 calories per gram > and that the alcoholic calories were used FIRST ... this if consuming > alcohol AND eating regular quanities ... the EXTRA non-alcoholic calories > would be stored as fat. you are correct sir. they don't call it a beer (or vodka) gut for no reason. > Is vodka by itself fattening? Drink enough and you won't care. -Cheers For me, the calories in a little bit of vodka (or tequila) are not as much of a problem as the food that I think it is OK to eat after a few drinks<G>. An ounce of liquor has around 70 calories, but provides no nutrition so I think the best answer is that vodka is not fattening if you drink moderate amounts and make sure that you don't let it displace your good, healthy food like veggies. YMMV:)Robyn no carbs in vodka. But it's empty calories. I treat myself to some ONCE and awhile- hey, we're human & if you don't reward yourself every now & then, it's no fun! Alcohol is empty calories, your body can not use them and therefore turns it into fat. Trust me, I'm trying to loose weight and the weeks I dont drink are the weeks I loose the weight doing the same thing that I would normaly do if I did drink. So I save it for the weekends now. I'm a BIG drinker, and LOVE to have a good drink. If you dont drink everyday then of course I would say vodka is ok. But if you are trying to loose weight, dont have any during the week. er wrote: >Is vodka by itself fattening? |
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