Evidence-Based Nutrition For Chronic Disease Prevention

Keys to a Healthy Body Weight: Avoid Liquid Calories

The impact of alcoholic and sugar-sweetened beverages on calorie intake, body weight, liver fat, and insulin resistance

Alcoholic and sugar-sweetened beverages are a major metabolic double whammy: they spontaneously induce excess calorie intake and weight gain, and also lead to the accumulation of fat in the liver, potentially leading to fatty liver disease. In this blog post, we are discussing the evidence and mechanisms through which alcoholic and sugar-sweetened beverages adversely affect these major determinants of metabolic health.