Why is wine bad on a diet?

Answer 1

Actually, you can drink wine while dieting. In fact, medical research has found that women who begin to drink wine often lose a slight amount of weight, for reasons that are unclear. The weight loss has not been found for men. (See below)

Wine typically has about 80 calories per four ounce serving, depending on the type and it is mostly sugars which are carbs. Some say that alcohol lowers your inhibitions which may translate to a complete loss of "will power" when resisting food. In reality, drinking four ounces of wine wouldn't lower inhibitions.

If you are going to drink wine while dieting, select dry wines as opposed to sweeter ones. They tend to be lower in calories.

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Answer 2

Drinking wine, especially a dry wine, is compatible with a diet. The same is true of beer and distilled spirits or liquor.

Answer 3

Contrary to common belief, alcohol (beer, wine and distilled spirits or liquor) is not bad on a weight reduction diet.

Answer 4

neither