Do the calories in alcohol work the same way as regular calories?
Alcohol are high in calories and you store the excess calories as fat. The calories in alcohol are different from calories in other foods simply because they affect your metabolic system. How? Well, alcohol actually reduces your body’s ability to burn off fat for energy since only a small portion of it is converted into fat. The liver converts the rest of the alcohol into acetate. Your body then releases the acetate into the bloodstream and replaces fat as a source of fuel. Combined with the high calories, the effect is that your body will now have to store the excess unburned fat, usually in the form of a “beer belly”. Here’s a more detailed explanation on alcohol calories: http://www.perfect-body-toning.
