Alcohol Has Calories, So When You're Planning to Go Out

question 17

Multiple Choice

Alcohol has Calories, so when you're planning to go out and have a few drinks, why is it a bad idea to eat less first in order to minimize your caloric intake?

• A) The Calories in alcohol don't really stay with you like regular Calories, so it doesn't add enough to your caloric intake to worry about
• B) If you drink alcohol on an empty stomach, you're going to get drunk and potentially incapacitated very quickly.
• C) Food absorbs alcohol so if you eat, you won't get drunk.
• D) This is a symptom of an eating disorder.
• E) It isn't really a bad idea because alcohol is fattening and this way you can make up for that and not gain weight.

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