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AtlasBarfed10/11/20242 repliesview on HN

The double whammy is that alcohol is an extremely calorically dense substance.

Even worse, it is consumed in liquid form, which also bypasses some satiation mechanisms in the body.

There's a reason tour de France riders get most of their replacement calories in liquid form


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tredre310/12/2024

Indeed the average base spirit has 2-3 calorie per millilitre. This is 5-6x the amount found in coca cola or pepsi. But then again, the quantities are also much less than when drinking soft drinks (hopefully).

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aaron69510/12/2024

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