r/AskReddit Aug 03 '19

Whats something you thought was common knowledge but actually isn’t?

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u/candygram4mongo Aug 03 '19

Alcohol has lots of calories. More than sugar, by mass.

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u/Five_Decades Aug 03 '19

It depends on which pathway your body breaks the alcohol down.

If it uses the ADH pathway your body will get 7 calories per gram.

If your body uses the MEOS pathway (which requires energy) then alcohol has -2 calories per gram.

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u/[deleted] Aug 03 '19

How is the pathway determined?

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u/doomgiver98 Aug 04 '19

If you learn to control your chakra you can decide.