This, I think a few beers are equivalent to a meal.

Lio · on March 10, 2022

The problem is that alcohol is easily absorbed in the gut and ready to use by the body, a bit like sugar.

I saw a good Giles Yeo talk on it[1].

He explained why food processing is bad for us.

If you eat 400g of raw sweetcorn you’ll see a load of it again undigested next time you go to the loo.

If you grind it up first and make something like cornbread out of it your body will absorb much more of that 400g.

Both will have the same calories listed on the packet but one form is clearly going to make you fatter.

Any liquid calories will be easily absorbed like that.

1. This is just what I half remember I’d suggest having a look on YouTube for some of Giles Yeo’s Royal Institute lectures.