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_LouSandwich_, 100%. That's actually how we got into this industry, from seeing patients who had obesity struggle with severe back pain and lower back conditions such as fractures and herniations. Here's a great meta analysis on the connection between obesity and back pain: https://academic.oup.com/aje/article/171/2/135/130619?login=true. TL/DR obesity increases the risk of LBP by about 53% (OR 1.53).

Hi u/Charlie_Im_Pregnant, I'm Rohit, one of the founders. If I said I didn't do that as a kid and even occasionally now, I'd be lying! To be honest, I'm not sure why we do it - maybe because it is just fun! Also probably because we don't have breasts to obstruct the cupping of water?

I also did the old 'I'm a waterbender' technique too, by putting my hands in the spray of the shower and letting the streams of water run off my individual fingers.

Hi u/JustMakeMarines, alcohol and sugars do end up as similarly metabolized products that are later metabolites of glucose - the basic sugar required for all of our metabolic pathways as humans, but the process alcohols like ethanol and sugars like maltose and longer oligo/polysaccharides get there is different. Your liver uses specific enzymes to transform alcohols into molecules called Acetyl CoA, which comes from glucose, and traditional sugar carbs get made into glucose and then Acetyl CoA.

So in a sense, you do get more calories by drinking alcohols and sugars. For beer, it not only has ethanol, which is usually 4-6% of the volume, but also has lots of un-fermented sugars like oligo/polysaccharides from the hops. So beer usually has many more calories than a scotch, which has much fewer saccharides but a lot more alcohol. Saccharides are a lot more calorically dense than ethanol. If you're trying to lose weight, drink less beer and more scotch, but always remember to drink in moderation.

Absolutely! Cutting out alcohol entirely is usually the best option for weight loss because of how it affects your overall metabolism and your overall behavior for living a healthier lifestyle. This is the same reasoning that applies for cutting out sodas, even if they are Diet or 0 calories. However, if you felt that no matter what, you need a drink or two a day due to other reasons, drinking scotch in lieu of beer would be significantly fewer calories.

Muscle mass tends to improve health and is correlated with increased longevity00138-7/fulltext). I can't find any real research that supports the theory that excess muscle strains the body's organs in any manner similar to obesity's effect on the body.

Generally, a safe bet is moderation with all health related choices.