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Originally Posted by cathy07
After week two, is a couple of glasses ok? and will it slow down my loss if I cut back on other carbs?
One other thing, sorry for being a pest, but are pork skratchings ok to eat instead of crisps as a snack? not a whole bag, but just something to crunch on.
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Hi and welcome from a fellow Brit
The occasional glass of wine is fine, but be warned, many lowcarbers find that their tolerance for alcohol drops, meaning it will take fewer drinks to get drunk. Make sure you drink plenty of water along with your wine and plenty afterwards, otherwise you will become dehydrated and have a terrible hangover the next day.
Also, it can slow your weight loss due to the fact that your body will burn the alcohol in preference to fat.
Ketones are made in your liver from the fatty acids made when you burn fat cells. However, your liver can make ketones out of alcohol too, and in fact the process is much simpler than making them out of fat. So each time you have some alcohol the fat-burning will get put on hold until all of the alcohol has been metabolized in the liver. So, although you shouldn't put on weight because of the alcohol, your weight loss will slow because the alcohol is being used first.
You should also be careful, because too much alcohol can lead to a carby binge - mainly because you lose your 'inhibitions' and start craving carbs. Too many, and you will gain weight.
However, if you are sensible, then there shouldn't be a problem.
As for the scratchings (aka pork rinds), yes they are fine, though watch out for the salt content, which can cause water retention.
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