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Second, there is evidence that alcohol may cause physiologic changes to appetite and metabolism that may drive women to lose weight as they drink more. Women may metabolize alcohol differently from men, using a more inefficient, high-energy process that causes them to burn more of the calories from alcohol than men, which in turn leads to a net loss in caloric intake. But more research is needed to determine exactly how women process alcohol and the different ways in which the liquid calories are absorbed by the body. "It's very likely there is a combination of physiologic, metabolic...
...worth noting that while replacing some foods with alcohol may seem like an enticing weight-loss loophole, it isn't necessarily good for health. "Displacing 200 calories or so from food with alcohol probably has a detrimental effect on diet quality and on overall health," notes Dr. David Katz, director and co-founder of the Yale University Prevention Research Center. "If you look meticulously at nutrient intake, there might be important deficiencies there...
That underscores the complex effect that alcohol has on the body, especially in women: excess alcohol can lead to a greater risk of developing breast cancer, while moderate consumption of a glass of wine a day may help reduce heart disease risk. So whatever potential gains a nightly beer or glass of red may have on slimming down love handles, the benefits must be balanced against the other potential gains and risks of alcohol consumption. (Watch TIME's video "How to Lose Hundreds of Pounds...
...sinking Titanic. The focus on internal challenges when the real threats are external is the first of three strategic errors Europe is making. One does not have to be a geopolitical genius to figure out where Europe's main long-term challenges are coming from. The E.U. may be a comfortable oasis of peace now, free of the threat of wars between member states. But an aging Europe cannot ignore the rising population and Islamic anger in North Africa and the Middle East, the divisions in the Balkans and the Caucasus, and an angry Russia. Europe has not worked...
...combined with economic shifts of power - determines destiny. America's interests in Asia are rising while its interests in Europe are declining. A growing Hispanic population will make Latin America more important. This is why the time has come for Europeans to think the unthinkable: the "natural" transatlantic partnership may someday come...