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Diet Weight Loss

To move onto a new topic and some new information we’re going to touch on how wine and beer will impact your diet and weight loss.  There are many different factors and arguments that are voiced when it comes to alcohols affect on your ability to help or hinder weight.  The biggest factor will depend on what type of drink you are going to have.  A glass of red wine will be far less calories then a pint of Guinness.

That is probably the key.  What are you drinking and how much are you having.  Someone said everything in moderation; they were probably on to something.  If you are consuming 500 calories in drinks a day you are eating an extra meal.  So number one would be to watch how much you are drinking calorie wise.  It’s only fact that if you are taking in more calories than you are burning then you will be adding to your waist line not removing it.

Now the other pro to having ‘a’ drink is the antioxidants that are contained in some drinks.  Red wine is regarded as having the most antioxidants per ounce.  But again, this is something that should be talked over with your doctor before you start “drinking for health”.  There are so many factors to weigh and you have to be so careful with your body.  As much as you can argue the positive facts about having a drink there are three negative arguments for each positive.

Daily use of alcohol can lead to long term problems with addiction.  It’s easy to go from one drink to two drinks a day.  With increasingly tighter laws on drinking and driving two drinks could put you in legal trouble.  Cost is another large factor as regularly consuming alcohol is not cheap.  By doing this you need to make sure you’re not sacrificing anything that IS necessary to your daily life.

Well there is today’s food for thought.  Cheers.