Even though alcohol makes your body stop burning fat, it doesn’t stop your blood fat levels from rising — they go up just as much as if you ate a fatty meal.

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Meals with similar energy densities but rich in protein, fat, carbohydrate, or alcohol have different effects on energy expenditure and substrate metabolism but not on appetite and energy intake

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2003 Jan

The study found that after eating a meal high in alcohol, fat levels in the blood went up just as much as after eating a fatty meal—even though the body stopped burning fat. This means alcohol doesn’t stop your body from having high fat levels after eating.

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Meals with similar energy densities but rich in protein, fat, carbohydrate, or alcohol have different effects on energy expenditure and substrate metabolism but not on appetite and energy intake

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DOI: 10.1093/AJCN/77.1.91

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