Will Drinking Alcohol Break A Fast? Keto Diet Q&A with Health Coach Tara (& Jeremy)

Will Drinking alcohol break a fast? What about vodka, beer, wine? Can I have a little bit of alcohol while fasting?

Transcript: Absolutely! So alcohol is, you can think of alcohol as the fourth macro nutrient, the other three being carbohydrates, proteins and fats.

Alcohol is actually a separate macronutrient because the body does not have a storage system for alcohol. On the other hand, the body does have a storage system for glycogen and a storage system for fat.

So, the body can't store alcohol. When you consume alcohol your body shuts down lipolysis which is the fat burning process. It prioritizes alcohol and says "I've got to address this alcohol that's in the system" and so it does that and it gets back to its other processes. So if you're fasting and you have a shot of alcohol, let's just say you have a shot of vodka. Immediately, your body will stop lipolysis there's calories in alcohol, and yes, it will break your fast. So the answer is yes. Drinking alcohol will break a fast.

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