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Gin increases the metabolic rate and enhances the body's ability to burn calories within an hour of drinking, reveals a new study.
Gin is made from antioxidant-rich juniper berries, which is good for your metabolism and in fact, the mice who were fed regular doses of the spirit, saw a 17 percent increase in their metabolic rate, according to researchers from the University of Sigulda in Latvia.
The study, published in the iJournal Food (and) Nature,/i assessed how the alcoholic beverage affected calories in mice....