Can liquor make you gain weight?!

Yes!. A shot of vodka comes in at 56 calories, a glass of white wine, 85, a pint of Guinness Beer 170 calories!. The site below contains alcoholic beverage calorie information!. also, it can increase your appetite and apparently decrease the amount of fat your body burns for energy!. If you're going to drink, mix alcohol with diet drinks, and stay away from sugary/creamy drinks, as well as full calorie beer!.

http://caloriecount!.about!.com/cc/search2!.!.!.

Edit: Liquor alone won't make you gain weight!.!.!.but if the additional calories in the liquor you consume bring your daily caloric intake to higher than what you've burned over a long period of time, you can gain weight!. Www@FoodAQ@Com

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lleisa, beer does NOT equal fat, it has virtually no fat in it at all!. plus, he asked about liquor!. Probably not though, since it's ingested in such small quantities!. beer bellies really typically come from other things you do while drinking (sitting on the couch, eating cheeseburgers, etc)Www@FoodAQ@Com

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alcohol does not contain fat!. it contains calories though
one gram of:
fat has 9 calories
alcohol (ethonal) 7 calories
protiens 4 calories
carbohydrates 4 calories

so yes, it canWww@FoodAQ@Com

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yes, alcohol contains tons of empty calories that will do nothing but make you fat in the long run!. think of how much sugar is in those drinks!.Www@FoodAQ@Com

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Yes, alcohol has 7 calories/gram!. Sugar has 4!. Www@FoodAQ@Com

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well most people that i know that drink when they get drunk the usally eat greasy foods and unhealthy food but if you dont eat fatty foods beer by itself does not make you fat Www@FoodAQ@Com

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It contains a lot of sugar!. So yes but more so with beer than liquor because it take less liquor to get the same effect!.Www@FoodAQ@Com

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yes duh!. beer=fat!. any kind of alcohol Www@FoodAQ@Com

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have you ever heard of a beer gut!?Www@FoodAQ@Com

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