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[Rahsaan]

originally posted by Otto Nieminen:
I would agree. In fact, young Beaujolais seems to be one of the few wines that, almost as a rule, I like better on the second day. I am not so persuaded about German Rieslings being open for long in the sense that I don't see much development in most cases even though they last open admirably well.

It's like Bizarro World around here!

I ask because for some annoying reasons I started putting on enormous amounts of weight recently but increasing the km I run and decreasing wine hasn't done anything to correct the situation on my part.

How about the rest of your caloric intake?

Increasing the distance you run is one factor, but if it makes you hungrier so you eat more food then you could tip the scales too far.

 

[MarkS]

Speaking of losing weight, NPR had a story about 'brown fat' this morning and how it burns calories as the temperature moves down. Jim, you might want to think about moving back up to colder climes and leave FLA behind

 

[MLipton]

originally posted by Otto Nieminen:

Does cutting back on wine really cause such a drastic lessening of energy put into the body that weight loss happens? I ask because for some annoying reasons I started putting on enormous amounts of weight recently but increasing the km I run and decreasing wine hasn't done anything to correct the situation on my part.

Otto,
The caloric content of a bottle of wine will typically range from ~500 to ~700 depending on the alcohol and sugar levels (so the kind of wine you drink will clock in at 450 calories or so a bottle). So, if one consumes a half bottle a day, that's an additional 250 to 350 calories in your diet, or about 10% of your daily caloric intake. For the average male, reducing caloric intake from 2400 to 1900, a reduction of 500 calories a day, will result in the loss of about one pound (0.5 kg for most of the world) per week.

Mark Lipton

 

[Rahsaan]

originally posted by MLipton:
Otto,
The caloric content of a bottle of wine will typically range from ~500 to ~700 depending on the alcohol and sugar levels (so the kind of wine you drink will clock in at 450 calories or so a bottle).

How does spitting wine factor into these numbers?

 

[Arjun Mendiratta]

originally posted by Rahsaan:

How does spitting wine factor into these numbers?

No change.

 

[Florida Jim]

originally posted by MarkS:
Speaking of losing weight, NPR had a story about 'brown fat' this morning and how it burns calories as the temperature moves down. Jim, you might want to think about moving back up to colder climes and leave FLA behind

I would prefer obesity to snow.
B|est, Jim

 

[Rahsaan]

originally posted by Arjun Mendiratta:

originally posted by Rahsaan:

How does spitting wine factor into these numbers?

No change.

I assume by this you mean there is no change in the amount of calories injested. (Obviously I know it has no relationship to the number of calories in the wine itself)

Which is interesting. Because if spitting wine reduces the alcohol intake, shouldn't it also reduce the caloric intake?

 

[Arjun Mendiratta]

originally posted by Rahsaan:

originally posted by Arjun Mendiratta:

originally posted by Rahsaan:

How does spitting wine factor into these numbers?

No change.

I assume by this you mean there is no change in the amount of calories injested. (Obviously I know it has no relationship to the number of calories in the wine itself)

Which is interesting. Because if spitting wine reduces the alcohol intake, shouldn't it also reduce the caloric intake?

The calories are absorbed during spitting, only the alcohol is expelled. As a result, a spitoon-full of wine is actually calorie free.

 

[MLipton]

originally posted by Arjun Mendiratta:

The calories are absorbed during spitting, only the alcohol is expelled. As a result, a spitoon-full of wine is actually calorie free.

Ah, but think of all the muscles involved in the act of spitting itself. Why, a good vigneronesque 2 m-long expulsion of wine in a tight stream should expend perhaps 5-10 calories on its own.

Mark Lipton
(Rahsaan, do you feel a slight tugging sensation on the lower extremities?)

 

[Rahsaan]

originally posted by Arjun Mendiratta:
The calories are absorbed during spitting, only the alcohol is expelled..

Aha, efficient.

 

[SFJoe]

originally posted by Rahsaan:

originally posted by Arjun Mendiratta:
The calories are absorbed during spitting, only the alcohol is expelled..

Aha, efficient.

It's a reverse osmosis effect.