why does it seem like alcohol makes people put on fat at a much

Drinking alcohol=Eating shit food

>>41250740
All of my alcoholic friends are scrawny

>>41250740
Water retention and muscle relaxant. Beer belly is mostly about your abs relaxing.

>>41250749
this has to do with it probably. alcohol goes hand in hand with binging on food AND sedentary lifestyle (underrated aspect of how your body looks)
>go to restaurant / have guests at home
>alcohol with salad
>alcohol with main course
>alcohol with nuts etc
and then they fukin go to sleep and do the same shit all over again 2 days later

>>41250740
Because alcohol has calories. Also, most drinks are loaded with sugar on top of that.

A shot of vodka is 100 calories.

>>41250740
drinking your calories is less noticeable than eating them

>>41250740
>go to party
>get drunk
>eat kebab
>repeat

>Alcohol promotes accumulation of fat in the liver mainly by substitution of ethanol for fatty acids as the major hepatic fuel. The degree of lipid accumulation depends on the supply of dietary fat. Progressive alteration of the mitochondria, which occurs during chronic alcohol consumption, decreases fatty acid oxidation by interfering with citric acid cycle activity. This block is partially compensated for by increased ketone body production, which results in ketonemia. Thus, mitochondrial damage perpetuates fatty acid accumulation even in the absence of ethanol oxidation. Alcohol facilitates esterification of the accumulated fatty acids to triglycerides, phospholipids, and cholesterol esters, all of which accumulate in the liver. The accumulated lipids are disposed of in part as serum lipoprotein, resulting in moderate hyperlipemia. In some individuals with pre-existing alterations of lipid metabolism, small ethanol dose may provoke marked hyperlipemia which responds to alcohol withdrawal. Inhibition of the catabolism of cholesterol to bile salt may contribute to the hepatic accumulation and hypercholesterolemia. The capacity of lipoprotein production and hyperlipemia development increases during chronic alcohol consumption, probably as a result of the concomitant hypertrophy of the endoplasmic reticulum and Golgi apparatus. However, this compensation is relatively inefficient in ridding the liver of fat. This inefficiency may be linked to alterations of hepatic microtubules induced by ethanol or its metabolites, which interfere with the export of protein from liver to serum, promoting hepatic accumulation of proteins as well as fat. As liver injury aggravates, hyperlipemia wanes and liver steatosis is exaggerated

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/87483

tl;dr alcohol is metabolized differently from food, and promotes fat gain in this process. A calorie /= a calorie in this situation

>>41252560
This

Also, alcohol is a source of estrogen, so if you want to develop bitch tits keep drinking

>>41250740
Because alcohol is liquid carbs.

Alcohol also decreases testosterone (above a certain threshold) it also fucks whit your sleep which also negatively impacts bodyfat ratios or whatever