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by will_work4tears 4317 days ago
Oops, sorry, I didn't state my case properly, I wasn't suggesting alcohol is converted into fat (which I've been taught is exactly zero- the body treats it as a toxin and it gains priority on using it - but I guess a small percent or fraction of a percent is small enough that zero is an approximation), but that glucose can be stored as fat in the presence of alcohol. Drink a beer and eat some bread and it's likely some or most of those calories will be stored as fat. Even the carbohydrates. Also carbohydrates in the beer (though not the alcohol).

Your last point was the main gist of my post, though I didn't spell it out so well. I didn't realize that about fructose though.