Drinking alcohol stops your body from burning fat, so fat builds up in your liver.
Scientific Claim
Ethanol metabolism prioritizes hepatic clearance over fatty acid oxidation, leading to de novo lipogenesis, hepatic triglyceride accumulation, and elevated serum triglycerides.
Original Statement
“When you drink alcohol, your liver makes processing it the priority. Everything else, including fat oxidation, gets paused while the alcohol is dealt with. Liver fat accumulates, triglycerides rise...”
Evidence from Studies
Supporting (2)
When mice and human liver cells were given alcohol, their bodies stopped burning fat properly and started storing more fat in the liver, which is exactly what the claim says happens when you drink alcohol.
Interaction between fatty acid oxidation and ethanol metabolism in liver
When you drink alcohol, your liver prioritizes breaking it down, which messes up how your body burns fat. This causes fat to build up in the liver and spill into the blood as triglycerides.