Ben Greenfield drinks nearly every day but rarely more than two drinks. Light-to-moderate drinking isn't linked to obesity, but heavy drinking causes inflammatory belly fat. Alcohol gets burned first as energy, which can affect how your body uses other fuel sources.
"Close to 365 days a year."
He says he "rarely, if ever exceed[s] two drinks."
July 17, 2018.
Hey, this is Ben Greenfield. I thought you'd like this little clip of my latest podcast. I drink close to 365 days a year. I have a drink, and I rarely, if ever exceed two drinks because I am well aware of the spillover of acetaldehyde, the ability of alcohol to be tapped into as the primary source of energy, trumping carbohydrates and proteins and fats and anything else that might be in your body at the time. And so, yeah, there can be some trade offs when, when it comes to weight gain, but it's actually fascinating and I want to take a little bit deeper, dive into alcohol, because in some cases, it's actually been shown to speed up metabolic rate and cause weight loss. So the thing is, as far as actual research goes, when we look at actual literature and not anecdotes from different populations around the world, light to moderate alcohol intake is not a risk factor or is very often not a risk factor for obesity or being overweight. Whereas heavy drinking and binge drinking are pretty consistently linked not only with adiposity, but with inflammatory adiposity. Meaning you're not just increasing your levels of subcutaneous fat underneath the skin and your arms and your legs, you're creating more inflammatory fat in the waistline, the quintessential beer belly, for example. If you enjoyed this clip, you should check out the whole episode and a host of other topics over@BenGreenfieldFitness.com have an amazing day.
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