How much alcohol will stop weight loss and ketosis?

Depending on how much alcohol you drink, it can literally block fat burning for two days or more and most alcohol has added carbohydrates.

Ethanol: 7 cal/grams

• It does not spike the insulin directly.

• It is not stored in the body

• It has to be removed by enzymes made by the liver.

• It is highly oxidative (it creates a lot of stress in the liver) – it also causes inflammation that could lead to cirrhosis and a fatty liver.

• The body considers it a toxin.

• It BLOCKS fat burning. *if there’s alcohol in the body, it is going to stop burning the fat and it switches focus to the danger situation through the use of enzymes.