Beer question.

[LoveFool1]

I know I read something on this a few days ago. And now I can't find it again.

My brother keeps saying he needs to lose his "gut". But when we suggest that he stops drinking beer for a while he'll say that beer does not make people gain weight, that it's basically a myth. Is that true? A few months ago he stopped drinking for a month or more and he lost weight, you could see it without even asking him. He said his pants were loose on him too. But whenever we point that out he says it had nothing to do with him not drinking.

Maybe it's just a denial thing, who knows. But what I want to know is, is the beer gut thing real or not?

 

[Steve]

Beer is usually the hurdle that takes people over they're caloric allotment for the day. Too many calories every single day = slow but steady fat gain long term.

It's really that simple.

I recently trained a close friend of mine. He would drink Miller Light every single night. He was about 245 lbs and wanted to lose fat. He kept proclaiming how he really doesn't overindulge in terms of food.

Problem is, one can of miller light has about 100 calories. He would drink 5-7 per day.

When we actually kept tabs on his food intake, he was right. He doesn't overindulge with food. But the beer certainly put him over his body's requirements, calorically speaking.

The moment he stopped drinking beer, he went down to 215 in a matter of months. And we did zero cardio. Only heavy lifting which isn't calorically expensive.

It's about the calories, primarily.

Alan Aragon wrote a cool article about alcohol too found here:

T-Nation.com | Musclehead's Guide to Alcohol

 

[LoveFool1]

Thank You!!!