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Alcohol in Low Fat Diet

Alcohol in Low Fat Diet

Alcohol is high in calories. Decreasing your alcohol intake can promote weigh loss. Alcohol increases triglycerides; therefore, you should reduce or eliminate it from your diet.

Although moderate drinking of alcohol may have some health benefits for some people, most health practitioners in North America will not promote alcohol consumption as a way for people to improve their health.

A drink is:

  • a 12-ounce bottle of beer;
  • a 5-ounce glass of wine; or
  • a 1½-ounce shot of liquor.

The Dietary Guidelines for Americans defines "moderate use" of alcohol as no more than two alcoholic beverages a day for men and no more than one alcoholic beverage a day for women. Women are generally more sensitive than men to the harmful physical and mental effects of alcohol.

According to the NIAAA (National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism), men may be at risk for alcohol-related problems if their alcohol consumption exceeds 14 standard drinks per week or 4 drinks per day, and women may be at risk if they have more than 7 standard drinks per week or 3 drinks per day.


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alcohol is a factor in the three leading
causes of death among 15- to 24-year-olds:
accidents, homicides and suicides.
youth who begin drinking before the age of 15
are twice as likely to abuse alcohol and four times
more likely to develop dependence on the drug

Destructive Alcohol

If we pour a little quantity of strong spirits upon a growing plant in our garden or greenhouse, we shall soon see it shrivel and die. If we apply it to insects or small reptiles, which we capture for the purpose of this test, the same potent poison will procure for them a speedy death. If we force one of our domestic animals to take habitual doses of it, the animal will not only strongly protest against the unnatural and nauseous potion, but it will gradually sicken and lose all power for usefulness.