Comments on: Pouring on the pounds? http://drinkboston.com/2010/02/14/pouring-on-the-pounds/ Bars, bartenders and imbibing in Beantown. Tue, 06 Sep 2011 00:49:55 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: JG http://drinkboston.com/2010/02/14/pouring-on-the-pounds/comment-page-1/#comment-79606 JG Tue, 16 Feb 2010 16:49:15 +0000 http://drinkboston.com/?p=2035#comment-79606 My somewhat dated (about 9-10 years ago, things change) understanding is that drinking is a real triple whammy when it comes to weight gain. One, as you note it is pretty dense in terms of Kcals. Two, alcohol causes hormones like estrogen to increase which in turn causes the body to more preferentially push energy to fat production. And the third whammy being that your body's first priority when drinking is to process alcohol over other food, which also causes a lot of the food energy to be more likely to be converted to fat. Throw in the drunk food/fourth meal effect, of which I have a very bad habit with, and it can become a real problem, particularly as we age and our base metabolism slows down. Hell, throw in the hangover helper meals the next day, those typically aren't all that low cal either :) My somewhat dated (about 9-10 years ago, things change) understanding is that drinking is a real triple whammy when it comes to weight gain. One, as you note it is pretty dense in terms of Kcals. Two, alcohol causes hormones like estrogen to increase which in turn causes the body to more preferentially push energy to fat production. And the third whammy being that your body’s first priority when drinking is to process alcohol over other food, which also causes a lot of the food energy to be more likely to be converted to fat.

Throw in the drunk food/fourth meal effect, of which I have a very bad habit with, and it can become a real problem, particularly as we age and our base metabolism slows down. Hell, throw in the hangover helper meals the next day, those typically aren’t all that low cal either :)

]]> By: ljclark http://drinkboston.com/2010/02/14/pouring-on-the-pounds/comment-page-1/#comment-79595 ljclark Tue, 16 Feb 2010 16:21:19 +0000 http://drinkboston.com/?p=2035#comment-79595 Ha! Good point, John. Adam, I'm guessing that, calorie-wise, the Zombie is the cocktail equivalent of the Baconator. Ha! Good point, John. Adam, I’m guessing that, calorie-wise, the Zombie is the cocktail equivalent of the Baconator.

]]> By: Adam http://drinkboston.com/2010/02/14/pouring-on-the-pounds/comment-page-1/#comment-79583 Adam Tue, 16 Feb 2010 15:33:11 +0000 http://drinkboston.com/?p=2035#comment-79583 I wonder which version of the Zombie has the fewest calories? I'm hoping it's the 1934 version. No doubt drinking results in weight gain, but on the plus side if you drink enough you won't care. And there is nothing more fun than a hard workout to beat back a hangover. So it all balances out in the end. Cheers! I wonder which version of the Zombie has the fewest calories? I’m hoping it’s the 1934 version.

No doubt drinking results in weight gain, but on the plus side if you drink enough you won’t care. And there is nothing more fun than a hard workout to beat back a hangover. So it all balances out in the end. Cheers!

]]> By: MC Slim JB http://drinkboston.com/2010/02/14/pouring-on-the-pounds/comment-page-1/#comment-79486 MC Slim JB Tue, 16 Feb 2010 03:09:14 +0000 http://drinkboston.com/?p=2035#comment-79486 I drink the 12-oz Gansetts at Fenway Park: no GIQs for sale there. I drink the 12-oz Gansetts at Fenway Park: no GIQs for sale there.

]]> By: john http://drinkboston.com/2010/02/14/pouring-on-the-pounds/comment-page-1/#comment-79448 john Mon, 15 Feb 2010 22:48:59 +0000 http://drinkboston.com/?p=2035#comment-79448 Who drinks 12oz Narragansetts? Who drinks 12oz Narragansetts?

]]> By: ljclark http://drinkboston.com/2010/02/14/pouring-on-the-pounds/comment-page-1/#comment-79435 ljclark Mon, 15 Feb 2010 21:18:04 +0000 http://drinkboston.com/?p=2035#comment-79435 I hope so, too, modern serf. Slim, that's one of my favoritest meals in the world. I hope so, too, modern serf. Slim, that’s one of my favoritest meals in the world.

]]> By: MC Slim JB http://drinkboston.com/2010/02/14/pouring-on-the-pounds/comment-page-1/#comment-79268 MC Slim JB Mon, 15 Feb 2010 03:48:01 +0000 http://drinkboston.com/?p=2035#comment-79268 I don't worry so much about the calories in the cocktails I drink, it's how I eat when I'm drinking (and worse, afterward) that's the danger. I cooked up a fourth meal of the day after tipping back a few the other night, a lovely plate of spaghetti with garlic, EVOO, and dried chili that I most certainly did not need, though I thoroughly enjoyed it. Sober, I would likely have gone to bed without it. I don’t worry so much about the calories in the cocktails I drink, it’s how I eat when I’m drinking (and worse, afterward) that’s the danger. I cooked up a fourth meal of the day after tipping back a few the other night, a lovely plate of spaghetti with garlic, EVOO, and dried chili that I most certainly did not need, though I thoroughly enjoyed it. Sober, I would likely have gone to bed without it.

]]> By: the modern serf http://drinkboston.com/2010/02/14/pouring-on-the-pounds/comment-page-1/#comment-79253 the modern serf Mon, 15 Feb 2010 02:16:40 +0000 http://drinkboston.com/?p=2035#comment-79253 oh man, I hope Boston Shaker starts carrying that book. oh man, I hope Boston Shaker starts carrying that book.

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