Is Alcohol high in calories?

[Robboe]

Originally posted by Yanick
Also besides the shortness of breath thing, i don't think they affect muscle growth/fat loss.

You'd be suprised of the effect nicotine has on leptin.

 

[Yanick]

Originally posted by The_Chicken_Daddy



You'd be suprised of the effect nicotine has on leptin.

Fuck! Well i'm guessing this will be the kick in the ass i need to finally drop it.

Good/bad?

Lie to me if you have to, coughbadcough.

 

[Robboe]

Well nicotine can boost leptin.

If you're interested enough, do a PubMED search with the string input 'Nicotine AND leptin' (if that wasn't already obvious enough) and see what you find.

When people come off cigarettes, they tend (not always though) to fatten up a bit. This partly because a lot of people find eating takes their mind off smoking. The other part being that they no longer have the leptin boosting effects from it, that blunts appetite more (via CCK) and stimulates thermogenesis.

Still though, quit smoking. Like...now.

 

[Yanick]

Well you're no help, lol.

Anyway, i'm gonna quit. Anyone have any extra nicotine patches?

 

[Yanick]

Seems like your completely right. It seems to work via a non leptin dependant pathway though. Now i'm pretty curious about this

 

[perfecto]

Well there goes that idea down the drain!

I just came back from drinking a full bottle of smirnoff tonight, mixing it with Coke, thats right not even diet Coke, my mate wouldnt bargain on the idea of diet coke...

 

[Yanick]

Thats okay bro, i doubt you are trying to be a competitive bb'er, and drinking/smoking once in a while ain't gonna magically destroy your muscle and add pounds of fat. The key is finding the balance between your bodybuilding and your social life, because i, for one, am not ready to give up my whole life for bodybuilding, especially since it just a habit.