Drinking Calories

This is a topic on which everyone around me has a funda!!!!
What's the releationship between drinking and getting fat? Of the most common are:
1- Beer gives you a beer belly.. it is the worst culprit.
2- Whiskey makes your face bloat up... I can see your face and know whether you are drinking..
3- It's not the drink.. it's the fried snacks that you take.. just enjoy your drink
4- It's not the drink.. it's the coke.. so the cardinal rule.. drink it only with soda or even better with water.
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n- It's not the drink, people are too lazy to excercise.. that's all about it. Spend an extra hour at the gym and you are fine... haven't you heard, scientists have found that it's good for health.

The list goes on and on.. The last one is my addition :)

Well today a well wisher forwarded me a article from a more knowledgeable source than any other i know of, so I am sharing it here for all who have fallen prey to this sin. See this article and make up your own mind. (click on the hyperlink)