According to a study in the Archives of Internal Medicine, the risk of women becoming overweight was almost 30 per cent lower for women who were light to moderate drinkers.

This is not surprising given that alcoholic beverages can be equally high in calories as any meal.

For example a margarita and a cheeseburger have the same amount of calories and a pint of lager has the same amount of calories as a slice of pizza.

Recent studies found that moderate drinking was not associated with weight gain, but according to Professor Jean-Philippe Chaput of the faculty of medicine at the Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario moderate drinking itself does not maintain weight but the healthy behaviour associated with it.

Read more at: https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2017/mar/20/will-alcohol-ruin-my-diet-calories