Alcohol is well known to inhibit fat usage and might promote the beer gut. That actually depends on what you do when you aren’t drinking. Moderate alcohol drinking actually has a beneficial effect on heart disease and most of the countries in the world drink more than Americans and live longer, but too much alcohol can lead to all the nasty problems you can think of. So, no more than 2 drinks a day.

If you are eating too many carbs and calories and not exercising, then alcohol is most likely adding to your waist line. Looking at international studies demonstrates this. In countries that exercise regularly and eat healthy diets, alcohol does not contribute to the classic beer gut.

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