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I wish I could see these studies, because chances are these studies were done on different individuals with set caloric requirements for their diets in which case any macronutrient could be substituted for ethanol and the results would be nearly identical.
I think that has been accounted for. In 1.2.2 of that book, they mention a study where additional calories from ethanol or chocolate were compared. Ethanol, no weight gain. Chocolate, 3kg gain. But there were some other abstracts I read where it did cause weight gain and I think a lot of them show a change in lipogenesis/lysis with ethanol even when there's no net weight gain. I'm not saying drinking is a good diet

but a search turned up some counterintuitive information that interested me.