If we told you about a secret way to dramatically increase your body's ability to burn fat calories, would you do it? Of course we will be asking you to make a sacrifice: Stop drinking beer and alcohol for 4 weeks.
It’s long been recommended that cutting out beer, wine, and liquor for a month can turbocharge your weight loss, especially in that land mass sliding over your belt.
Yes, alcohol is high in calories, about 7 per gram. And that's before you add sugary mixers to your rum or vodka. But drinking has a greater effect than simply increasing the number of calories consumed. Alcohol reduces the amount of fat your body burns for energy.
Consider this study published in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition where eight men each were given two vodka drinks made with sugar-free lemonade, which they drank within about an hour. Their fat metabolism was measured before and after they drank the vodka. It turned out that the amount of fat the guys burned dropped 73 percent for several hours after they finished their drinks.
Because when the alcohol in your blood is broken down by your liver, it is converted into a waste product called acetate. When acetate levels rise, your body burns acetate for fuel instead of the fat you are trying to lose.
Cutting out alcohol will make every weight-loss strategy work even faster. Plus, maintaining your new fitness will be that much easier once you experience the power of maximizing your body's natural calorie furnace.
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