Anyone drinks Wine during Atkins Introducting?

"joanne" wrote in message
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On Nov 12, 11:46 am, "Jeri" wrote:
One more thing to add about alcohol/wine......no matter what weight loss
diet you choose to follow, alcohol is burned first before fat, protein,
or
carbs. It usually doesn't contribute nutrients so it's basically empty
calories.

Understanding how alcohol is digested might help. Your liver, whose
primary role in the digestion process is to delegate fats to storage or
for energy use is compromised when you drink any sort of alcohol. The
liver stops its usual job and switches modes to rid the body of the
alcohol which it perceives as a toxin. While doing this priority job,
the liver has its 'fat switch' in standby mode - whether its bodyfat
thats broken down into your bloodstream or fats you ingest from foods,
its all going back into storage for later use. Depending on how much
you drink, it may take up to four days for your liver to cleanse itself
of the alcohol. So even if you are eating well and exercising each day,
it may be for naught as you shot yourself in the foot/sabotaged your
weightloss by drinking.
So choices choices ...which is your priority?


joanne

Calories are calories. Whatever your liver is up to with the alcohol, you
still need the same number of calories for the activity - whether they come
from alcohol, fat or spinach makes no difference.


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Rachael

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Rachael Reynolds wrote:
"joanne" wrote in message
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On Nov 12, 11:46 am, "Jeri" wrote:
One more thing to add about alcohol/wine......no matter what weight loss
diet you choose to follow, alcohol is burned first before fat, protein,
or
carbs. It usually doesn't contribute nutrients so it's basically empty
calories.
Understanding how alcohol is digested might help. Your liver, whose
primary role in the digestion process is to delegate fats to storage or
for energy use is compromised when you drink any sort of alcohol. The
liver stops its usual job and switches modes to rid the body of the
alcohol which it perceives as a toxin. While doing this priority job,
the liver has its 'fat switch' in standby mode - whether its bodyfat
thats broken down into your bloodstream or fats you ingest from foods,
its all going back into storage for later use. Depending on how much
you drink, it may take up to four days for your liver to cleanse itself
of the alcohol. So even if you are eating well and exercising each day,
it may be for naught as you shot yourself in the foot/sabotaged your
weightloss by drinking.
So choices choices ...which is your priority?


joanne

Calories are calories. Whatever your liver is up to with the alcohol, you
still need the same number of calories for the activity - whether they come
from alcohol, fat or spinach makes no difference.


I have not found this to be true. My current diet includes 2 martinis
(517 calories). I have increased and decreased alcohol consumption with
no change in my weight. Increasing or decreasing food by that same
caloric amount does change weight and very quickly I might add. I have
no scientific explanation, merely personal experience that shows alcohol
calories are somehow different. Perhaps the mixers or munchies served
with the cocktails can cause a significant gain, but so far the vodka
has not shown the changes that 500+ calories should.
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Cheese

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But what about Atkins during the induction? This was my point of asking
about alochol during the first phase of four phases. Can you tell me whether
or not if I could still have alochol during on Atkins Induction?

Cheese wrote:
One more thing to add about alcohol/wine......no matter what weight loss
diet you choose to follow, alcohol is burned first before fat, protein,
[quoted text clipped - 20 lines]
still need the same number of calories for the activity - whether they come
from alcohol, fat or spinach makes no difference.

I have not found this to be true. My current diet includes 2 martinis
(517 calories). I have increased and decreased alcohol consumption with
no change in my weight. Increasing or decreasing food by that same
caloric amount does change weight and very quickly I might add. I have
no scientific explanation, merely personal experience that shows alcohol
calories are somehow different. Perhaps the mixers or munchies served
with the cocktails can cause a significant gain, but so far the vodka
has not shown the changes that 500+ calories should.

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Message posted via WeightAdviser.com
http://www.weightadviser.com/Uwe/For.../diet/200611/1

wjanni via WeightAdviser.com wrote:
But what about Atkins during the induction? This was my point of asking
about alochol during the first phase of four phases. Can you tell me whether
or not if I could still have alochol during on Atkins Induction?

Cheese wrote:
One more thing to add about alcohol/wine......no matter what weight loss
diet you choose to follow, alcohol is burned first before fat, protein,
[quoted text clipped - 20 lines]
still need the same number of calories for the activity - whether they come
from alcohol, fat or spinach makes no difference.
I have not found this to be true. My current diet includes 2 martinis
(517 calories). I have increased and decreased alcohol consumption with
no change in my weight. Increasing or decreasing food by that same
caloric amount does change weight and very quickly I might add. I have
no scientific explanation, merely personal experience that shows alcohol
calories are somehow different. Perhaps the mixers or munchies served
with the cocktails can cause a significant gain, but so far the vodka
has not shown the changes that 500+ calories should.

Sorry, not following a low carbohydrate plan so no, I cannot offer you
experience one way or the other.

How hard do you want to push your liver? Assuming you're planning to
use your liver to generate glucose for the length of your low carb diet
(ketosis) do you want to also make it metabolize alcohol?

Bottom line, check the book. If you don't have the book, I suggest you
get one since assuming you're on the Atikins diet without the book is a
mistake.

--

Cheese

http://cheesensweets.com/contacts/cheese.php

You can't not have a drink for two weeks?

They are asking for our permission to tell them it is okay to drink. That
is what they are fishing for. No, it is not okay to drink alcohol while on
induction, whether you do the two week induction or choose to stay on it
longer. I have a feeling you are going to do whatever you want anyways. So
be it.