Why people say that alcohol is bad for diet?
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Foods That Raise Triglyceride Levels
The following foods and beverages contain nutrients that raise triglyceride levels and should be limited.
Alcohol: Beer, wine, hard liquor and liqueurs.
Saturated fats: Fats solid at room temperature, including animal fats, lard, butter and shortening. Also, fried foods, whole milk, whole milk dairy products, cheese, cream cheese, high-fat meats and fast foods.
Trans fats: Hydrogenated fats found in margarine, vegetable shortening, fried foods, fast foods and most commercial snack foods such as pastries, cakes, pies, crackers, etc.
Sugar: Concentrated sweets such as sugar, honey, molasses, jams, jellies and candy. Desserts such as pies, cakes, cookies, candy, doughnuts, ice cream, frozen yoghurt and sweetened gelatin.
Beverages: Fruit juices, fruit drinks, fruit punches, regular sodas, smoothies, sports drinks and sweetened coffee drinks.
Other foods: Sweetened cereals, flavored yogurts and sports or energy bars
Starch: Concentrated starchy foods -- Bagels, pasta, rice, potatoes, large rolls, pizza, pretzels, popcorn, chips, many fat-free foods and ready-to-eat cereals.
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yeahh alcohol is like liquid calories. if you want too theres light beer instead of regular. im not so sure about the other stuff tho.
empty calories
Alcohol has a lot of calories with almost no nutritional value. Plus, it can mess up your metabolism and generally slow your body down just when you're trying to get into shape.
Well, aside from being high in calories, alcohol is a kind of sugar. You do the math.
High sugar content in alcohol.
it's not bad, just drink in moderation, thats the best advice in the world right now, dont go crazy over drinking alcohol, it is bad for the liver too
Alcohol is very high in calories and gives the body no nutrition.
it's the calories. here's how many carbs are in your drinks:
http://www.weightlossresources.co.uk/cal...
a lot of people think that only beer has carbs, but if it's an alcoholic beverage, you're filling yourself with empty calories.
oh well. cheers!
High calorie high carbohydrate.
It's the yeast and or sugar because sugar turns into strach which turns into carbs with turns into fat and calories turn into fat also.
It is bad because it has a high calorie content. Even though some alcohol has a nice antiseptic to kill germs, it's calorie content is so high and who can just stick to a 2 oz. serving.
When you are dieting, you want to reduce your calorie intake and still get vitamins minerals and nutrients to stay healthy. (you don't lose weight effectively if not healthy) This means eating foods that pack the most food value per calorie. Since alcohol is large in calorie and zero in food value, it's got NO place in a diet for losing weight or staying healthy.
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