14 Worst Foods for Belly Fat
12. Alcohol
A “beer belly” is exactly that. Think of it as a 12 pack tied around your waist.
The main problem is alcohol must be burned immediately, and this slows down your body’s ability to burn fats and sugars by inhibiting lipid oxidation.
Unable to burn these substances fast enough, your metabolism puts them in storage in your waist, buttocks and other problem areas. Further, alcohol contains more of those infamous empty calories, providing you with little to no nutritional benefit.
Alcoholic beverages also fill your stomach with liquid. Ideally, you should have a mix of solid and liquid in your stomach, so all that alcohol makes you crave solid food.
This is why alcohol is often served with food, and bars put out peanuts and pretzels. Any additives increase the beverage’s caloric content. Beer is fermented grain, wine is fruit juice and liquor is a syrup of sugar and alcohol.
Any mixer is loaded with calories, especially if it’s the frothy, milky kind. By the time the alcohol is ready to drink, it’s a weight bomb.
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If you must indulge every now and again, try to stick to one or two light beers, or choose drinks with a low calorie mixer such as gin and tonic.
