Alcohol-nutrition, slows fat-burning

Probably applicable for person who drinks often:

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Alcohol can prevent weight loss for two reasons. One is the excess calories you’re taking in -- having two or three drinks can easily add hundreds of extra calories to your daily total. These calories are “empty,” providing no beneficial nutrients. As well, alcohol reduces the absorption of vitamins A, D, E, K, folate, B1 and B2. It can also slow the process by which your body burns fat.

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http://www.vancouversun.com/health/P...237/story.html

Drinking alcohol for me is useless after a ride, since I get drunk fast..after less than half a glass of wine. (I don't like beer.) If I'm sweating after a long ride, it does not make me feel cooler at all, that's for sure combined with the effects of inebriation, etc.

Also not wise to have some alcohol the evening before a long ride, or any ride for that matter. I had a glass of wine with dinner a couple of weeks ago, and got up for my long ride the next morning. Instead of making my usual "pit stop" a hour into the ride, I was desperately looking for a bathroom about 20 min into the ride. And I felt dehydrated as well! Lesson learned...