Hello friends, today's article is about a very sharp topic, that is, when alcohol meets fitness, how should we choose? Then in this article, I will objectively tell you what alcohol is and what kind of influence it will have on our human body's function.

There may be a question in our hearts, that is, we know that all foods are composed of three major nutrients. At this time, if we are no strangers to alcohol, we may find that alcohol does not belong to any of the three nutrients. What is this?

Alcohol is the fourth largest nutrient element. Now I want to explain to you that alcohol, as the fourth nutrient element, is different from the other three elements. The first difference is the number of calories. As the fourth factor, what is the calorie per gram of alcohol?

Guess, well, the answer is 7 calories. The calories per gram of alcohol are higher than carbohydrates and protein, second only to fat. The second difference makes the nutritional value of their food sources different. Having said that, we first need to distinguish a concept, that is, all food ingredients include trace elements in addition to macro elements.

Macro elements are actually our old friends, that is, the four nutritional elements we just mentioned. Their main function in food is to provide energy and heat, while for trace elements, their main responsibility is to provide nutrition. We can probably understand that they do not carry any heat by themselves.

Trace elements are mainly divided into two categories, they are vitamins and minerals. For example, if we compare two foods, such as apples and bread, they may have the same macro elements.

But we have the impression that fruit is healthier than bread because fruit is rich in trace elements, that is, vitamins and minerals, and apples are more than bread.

Knowing this, we will find that the source of alcohol is basically zero, that is to say, the content of trace elements in all kinds of alcohol is extremely low. It is for this reason that people in the fitness circle have nicknamed alcohol blank calories.

The third difference lies in the difference of human metabolism. We know that when we ingest these four nutrients, of course, our purpose is to get the calories contained in them, but they all play their very valuable metabolic functions.

For example, carbohydrates supplement sugar, protein promotes the synthesis of our muscles, and fat mainly provides energy for our important organs, such as our brains. So what is alcohol? The answer is only energy. Do you have a better understanding of alcohol now?