True or False: Fruit Juice is About as Fattening as Beer

True.  In terms of energy content (calories), same size servings of fruit juice and beer are roughly the same.  Since alcohol cannot e stored in the body, and is never directly converted to fat, any fattening effect of alcohol is dependent on other factors.  The description 'beer belly' is really more of a 'beer plus food and drink' belly.  Therefore, fruit juice is as potentially fattening as beer.

Submitted by

Dorothy Palmer

Sr. Research Scientist

R&D Diet Cookie

Source: http://www.racgp.org.au/afp/200911/200911egger.pdf