There are three fat depots in your body. The first one is called subcutaneous fat, or big butt fat. Subcutaneous fat can be from gluco that can be from fatty acids and protein. Big belly fat is much more metabolically dangerous than the subcutaneousfat. Alcohols seven calories per gram; Fat is nine calories per gram. So if calories are important, then you would say that drinking alcohol is better than eating fat. Is it? Definitely not.
Robert Lustig, MD, MSL is Professor emeritus of Pediatrics, Division of Endocrinology at the University of California, San Francisco. He specializes in the field of neuroendocrinology, with an emphasis on the regulation of energy balance by the central nervous system, and his research and clinical practice has focused on childhood obesity and diabetes. His latest book, Metabolical: The Lure and the Lies of Processed Food, Nutrition, and Modern Medicine, is out now. Full show notes: https://maxlugavere.com/podcast/243