alcoholic drinks!

Question
hi!
I would like to know which alcoholic drinks when taken occasionally 1-2 times a week not burden me with excess calories(beer,whisky,gin,wine etc).Is low alcohol or alcohol free beer really less fatenning? I am in ok shape but with bothersome flab on my sides.
i would not like to add on calories but 1-2 social rounds of drinks are inevitable.
thanks,

Answer
Hi Aseem

If you're trying to lose or control your weight, watching alcohol consumption can be essential. A couple of glasses of wine over the course of a party can easily add as many as 400 calories. Simply having one beer a night adds more than 1,000 calories per week ?an extra 15 pounds per year.

Remember, the alcohol is what contains much of the calories, so the lower the alcohol content, the lower the calories. There are seven calories per gram of alcohol, compared with four calories per gram for either carbohydrates or protein. (Fat contains nine calories per gram.) However, not all drinks are created equal when it comes to caloric excess.

Keep it light. Beer and wine are your best choices when it comes to consuming alcohol, but they still have calories. Try to choose light beers; regular beer contains 150 calories a bottle, whereas light beer has 100 (none of these beers has fat). The new low-carb beers are somewhat lower in calories than the light versions, and nonalcoholic beer is still lower, at about 70 calories per drink.
While five ounces of dry wine or champagne will cost you only 100 calories ?both relatively good choices ?watch out for sweet dessert wine, which has 226 calories (for five ounces).

Michelob (12 oz): 155 calories, 13.4g carbs.

Michelob Light (12 oz): 134 calories, 11.7g carbs.

Michelob Ultra Low-Carb (12 oz): 95 calories, 2.6g carbs.

Hard liquor. Keep in mind that the higher the proof, the more alcohol a product contains and the higher the calories. One ounce of 80-proof (40 percent alcohol) liquor contains about 70 calories.

A typical serving of Scotch on the rocks has anywhere from one to two shots or ounces (depending on who's pouring and how well you know the bartender). Also, sweet stuff is much higher in calories, such as cr閙e de menthe (a shot is 186 calories) or schnapps (159 calories).

Mix it up. Alcohol itself is packed with calories, but when you add in mixers ?soda, juice, cream, sugar and other ingredients ?watch out. Turning rum into a rum and Coke nearly doubles the calories; the same goes for a gin and tonic. Soda or juice adds about 100 to 150 calories per drink.

The average mixed drink contains at least 300 calories for an 8-ounce glass. So keep it simple and on the rocks. Don't be shy ?ask for diet sodas or seltzers for all of your mixers.

Avoid creamy, frozen, or fruity. Sweet drinks such as kahlua and cream or pi朼 colada can have as many calories as a full meal or more ?plus added fat.

Those bucket-sized margaritas easily contain more than 700 calories. A 16-ounce pi朼 colada has almost 1,000 calories; you would have to walk for six hours to burn off that one drink. Try to choose smaller drinks and avoid the creamy and frozen ones.

Alcopops. The new premium malt beverages are the latest rage targeting the younger market. With names like Smirnoff Ice, Bacardi Silver and Stolichnaya Citrona, they typically have more than 200 calories per drink.


If you need more information--let me know.

Take Care
Jackie

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