Which are the driest wines?

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Well, thought I might throw in my less than two cents worth. As I recall, from my biochemistry days - alcohol is metabolized mainly by your liver into acetaldehyde and eventually acetate, which is a building material your body can use in certain metabolic pathways. However, the liver must expend a lot of chemical energy to do this and hypoglycemia is one of the net results. In chronic high alcohol intake, the liver is "ramped" up to perform this chemical coversion. I surmise this explains why an alcoholic might have a high "sugar" demand following acute withdrawl of alchohol.

As far as the low carb diets, many find them quite successful. I would encourage anyone starting a low or no carb diet to see a health care professional first as there is a small segment of the population who should definitely avoid these diets.