Alcohol and Weight Management

Alcohol contains calories and can slow down weight loss in a few ways: it adds extra calories, lowers your willpower around food, and your body burns alcohol before it burns fat. Cutting back on alcohol is one of the simplest changes you can make to support your weight goals.

Alcohol provides approximately 7 kilocalories per gram, and because ethanol is oxidised preferentially by the liver, its metabolism suppresses fat oxidation while it is present in the body. Alcohol also stimulates appetite, reduces dietary restraint and is often consumed alongside energy-dense foods, contributing to a positive energy balance and weight gain.

Reducing alcohol is a high-impact, low-effort step that can accelerate your results. As part of your personalised plan at Accord Medical Clinic, we help you identify and remove hidden sources of extra calories such as alcohol.