From: sbharris@ix.netcom.com(Steven B. Harris)
Newsgroups: sci.physics
Subject: Re: Carbohydrates
Date: 4 Dec 1998 06:47:05 GMT

In <F3FFwr.4Gw@midway.uchicago.edu> meron@cars3.uchicago.edu writes:

>In article <3664013A.45DC@erols.com>, "David L. Rosen"
><d-j-rosen@erols.com> writes:
>>	Question:  does alcohol have a caloric content in terms of our
>>metabolism?  Can we metabolize alcohol to get energy?
>
>Of course.  Quite well.
>
>>The reason I wonder is that I find the strongest drinks usually have the
>>most calories. I don't know if this is residual sugar or the alcohol.
>
>Primarily the alcohol.


True enough for strong (distilled) drinks, but in beer, a large
fraction of the calories are in starches.  The so-called "Lite beers"
don't cut calories by taking out alcohol.