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Anonymous
There's really no such thing as alcohol that "isn't as bad for you". The calories in any beverage will come from the alcohol content of the beverage + whatever else is along for the ride, be it a juice/soda mixer, unfermented sugars, floating chunks of barley and hops, etc.
Whatever % of the beverage is water will obviously not contain calories, so I guess pure vodka (which is basically watered-down grain alcohol) would be marginally less caloric than a beer. However, the vast majority of the calories will still come from the alcohol content, so the advantage is minimal. That advantage is more than made up for by beer being tastier than vodka.
So whatever drink you choose, it's going to be bad for you. If you're going to drink and you want to not get fat, choose something that tastes good and savor it when you drink it so that it lasts longer and you drink less. This will also prevent you from getting the drunk munchies and tacking on an extra 800-calorie meal at 2 AM.
Drinking on an empty stomach will get you drunk on less volume of alcohol, but your body will absorb the alcohol more efficiently. That absorbed alcohol will turn into fat, so while you drink less volume you also piss out less of the calories.
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