Alcohol: Any Nutritional Usefulness?

Diet and Nutrition
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I know we have covered the topic of alcohol and it’s detrimental effect on training. But from a biochemical prospective, does it have any nutritional usefulness? I know it is 7 kcal per gram. I know it does not fit into the CHO, protein, or fat categories. But does it have any positives metabolically or nutritionally, or is it just metabolic poison?

Jayhawk (who has a biochemistry degree and should know the answer already! I must skipped that lecture…)

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Alcohol, in small quantities, is quite good for your health.

Amongst the good stuff is beer (the best is the dark kind) and wine (with red being better than white). A glass of whiskey can’t be too bad either once in a while.

Pretty much anything that’s sweet = bad, because it usually has glucose-fructose.