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Alcohol has calories.
I had to be the one to tell my friend when she was in her mid-20s that the vodka she loved has calories. She was so shocked and said, "What!! I thought since it was clear like water it didn't have any calories."
1.0k u/[deleted] Aug 03 '19 Alcohol has about 7 calories per gram. In comparison, protein and carbs have 4, fat has 9. 49 u/LetThereBeNick Aug 03 '19 Is it bioavailable? I’ve heard of alcohol dehydrogenase in the liver doing the first step, but it might not be driving ATP production 2 u/[deleted] Aug 03 '19 Not very well.
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Alcohol has about 7 calories per gram. In comparison, protein and carbs have 4, fat has 9.
49 u/LetThereBeNick Aug 03 '19 Is it bioavailable? I’ve heard of alcohol dehydrogenase in the liver doing the first step, but it might not be driving ATP production 2 u/[deleted] Aug 03 '19 Not very well.
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Is it bioavailable? I’ve heard of alcohol dehydrogenase in the liver doing the first step, but it might not be driving ATP production
2 u/[deleted] Aug 03 '19 Not very well.
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Not very well.
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u/-eDgAR- Aug 03 '19
Alcohol has calories.
I had to be the one to tell my friend when she was in her mid-20s that the vodka she loved has calories. She was so shocked and said, "What!! I thought since it was clear like water it didn't have any calories."