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Best time to drink red wine?
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When the kids are home because of a snow day.9
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Not ideal to drink alcohol of any type before bed. You burn the most body fat for fuel at rest and sleep is usually your longest rest time. But if you have alcohol in your system, it has to be metabolized completely before any other fuel source can be used. So having alcohol in your system would deter any fat from being burned until it's metabolized.
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When you haven't eaten in a while - it's more effective that way.7
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If I'm drinking, I try to avoid calorie dense foods before/during/immediately because of the reason posted by @ninerbuff above.0
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There are two best times to drink wine - when with friends and when eating good food.7
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I'm thinking now is a good time.10
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In terms of weight loss, I think the best time to drink red wine would be just before bed. That way you will have no opportunity to replenish any fluids before your morning weigh in (assuming you empty your bladder before stepping on the scales), and the scales will reward your dehydrating ways.3
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It makes absolutely no difference when you drink it. Enjoy!2
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Well.. wine is extra calories with little to no satiety effect so the best for weight loss would be to switch it for a zero calorie beverage such as water. That would give you a greater deficit and therefore more weight loss (assuming you kept the rest of your calorie intake constant).
There is nothing magic about red wine that helps weight loss, if that was your question.
What wine may do for your heart it does the opposite for your liver so in terms of other health benefits... not sure there are any.0 -
Well.. wine is extra calories with little to no satiety effect so the best for weight loss would be to switch it for a zero calorie beverage such as water. That would give you a greater deficit and therefore more weight loss.
There is nothing magic about red wine that helps weight loss, if that was your question.
Satiety is very individual -- I personally find a glass of red wine very satisfying.
Anything that you skip and don't replace is going to create a larger deficit. Wine is no different from salad dressing or a bowl of soup or cream in coffee in that regard (of course, individuals may find those things more or less satisfying and that's a factor too).
If one's goal is to create a larger deficit, absolutely skip the wine. But if you have a set number of calories within a day, I find that spending 120 calories on 5 ounces of wine can be very satisfying and I know some other people feel the same way.6 -
It's 5 pm somewhere!0
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I find that it usually pairs well with dinner.2
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Why stop at red? I'm a whine *kitten*. I'll drink any kind at anytime in any occasion. It's never helped my physical weight loss, but it sure does make me feel all relaxed and sexy after a couple of glasses. That outta count for something!5
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Water weight isn't real weight. And as I mentioned above, alcohol in the system inhibits fat burning. So is the concern about losing water weight or fat weight?goldthistime wrote: »In terms of weight loss, I think the best time to drink red wine would be just before bed. That way you will have no opportunity to replenish any fluids before your morning weigh in (assuming you empty your bladder before stepping on the scales), and the scales will reward your dehydrating ways.
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Yes it does.CasperNaegle wrote: »It makes absolutely no difference when you drink it. Enjoy!
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Not ideal to drink alcohol of any type before bed. You burn the most body fat for fuel at rest and sleep is usually your longest rest time. But if you have alcohol in your system, it has to be metabolized completely before any other fuel source can be used. So having alcohol in your system would deter any fat from being burned until it's metabolized.
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So if I drank nothing but red wine,theoretically I'd lose weight?
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I find anytime to be a good time to drink red wine! Usually with dinner though1
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Anytime you want to and when it fits into your calorie count.
That last part is something that contributed to me gaining 20-25 pounds over the past 10 years. A couple of glasses of wine (white is my wine of choice) in addition to slight overeating sure did add up over the years. These days I am much more aware of those little bits & pieces and have cut out the wine to maintain a calorie deficit - but that's my choice for now.
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When is it not a good time?1
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