Drinking too much alcohol isn’t
good for lots of health reasons, one
problem is that drinking too much
can lead to weight gain.
Your body’s ideal number of calories
a day depends on many factors: age,
sex, size, activity, but as a guide:
Men need 2500
calories per day.
Alcohol is high in calories.
Alcoholic drinks are full of ‘empty’ calories:
they contain lots of calories but hardly any
vitamins, minerals or other essential nutrients.
Alcohol contains 7 calories per gram (almost
twice as much as carbohydrates or protein)
and so can lead to weight gain. The high sugar
content found in many alcoholic drinks and
mixers can add even more calories.
If you don’t burn off the calories you put in
then you gain weight, simple! Calories should
be from a healthy balanced diet. For healthy
eating advice go to: www.takelifeon.co.uk
Alcohol is a powerful drug and
regularly drinking too much can
cause significant harmful effects on
your physical and mental health.
It is recommended that:
Alcohol makes you eat more!
Alcohol doesn’t make us feel full, so the
calories we get from alcohol tend to be in
addition to our daily intake. Alcohol stimulates
our appetites, but reduces our self control,
making it easy to make unhealthy food
choices, often late at night and the next day!
Men should drink
no more than 3-4
units a day.
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Eating’s not Cheatin
days a week.
Binge drinking is drinking more than twice the
recommended daily limit, and there are
no safe drinking guidelines for young people.
For more advice about alcohol go to:
www.thegca.org.uk
www.alcohol-focus-scotland.org.uk
Drinkline Scotland: 0800 7314314
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In the long term, misuse of alcohol can damage
your liver and make it harder for your body to
get the nutrients it needs from your food.
Women should drink
no more than 2-3
units a day.
...including at least 2 non-drinking
Missing meals in order to drink more
can be very dangerous as drinking on
an empty stomach can increase the
effect of alcohol and make alcohol
related damage even worse.
You may become hungry later, when only high
calorie food choices are available. By the end
of the evening you may have consumed more
calories than you would have if you hadn’t
missed your meal!
Women need 2000
calories per day.
To the authors Linda McInally and
Lorraine Thomson from North
Glasgow Alcohol Support Services,
and Megan Hagger from the Health
Improvement Team in the North
Glasgow Community Health and
Care Partnership.
And for the financial assistance in
producing this leaflet:
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