BEER BELLY

THE AVERAGE BEER DRINKER CONSUMES 44,200 EXTRA CALORIES A YEAR . . . AND PUTS ON 12 EXTRA POUNDS:

If you're trying to lose some weight . . . (--and who isn't?) . . . then the first thing you might want to cut out of your diet is . . . ALCOHOL.

Why? Because, according to Britain's Department of Health, the average wine drinker takes in 2,000 extra calories a month . . . or 24,000 extra calories a year . . . just from alcohol.

Over the course of a year, those extra calories add up to SEVEN extra pounds of FAT. And drinking just FIVE BEERS a week adds an extra 44,200 calories a year from alcohol . . . which is the equivalent of eating 221 doughnuts.

Overall, that adds up to 12 extra pounds of fat a year . . . or one pound a month. And listen to this . . . If you drink an average of two glasses of wine every day . . . which is about one bottle every two days . . . then by the end of the year you'll have packed on an additional 28 POUNDS in fat just from alcohol. (Daily Telegraph)

(--If you're wondering, an average 4-ounce glass of wine generally has about 100 calories . . . and an average beer contains about 170 calories.)