Lowest Calorie Alcohol

Lose weight with the lowest calorie alcohol. With the growing awareness of what you consume reflects your body size, its time to look at which alcohol is your best choice if you still want to consume alcohol and lose weight. However, lets take a look at a few facts.

In addition to calorie intake, alcohol increases appetite and speeds up digestion, making us feel hungry faster. Furthermore, alcohol interferes with the body’s metabolism to reduce the amount of fat the body burns.

Studies have shown that consumption of alcohol can reduce the metabolism of fat up to 73%. Therefore, consumption of alcoholic beverages high in fat increases storage of fat in your body.

One gram of alcohol contains 7 calories. Beer has the highest alcohol therefore the most calories.

Table of calories of beer

Beer	Calories (Per 12 ounce servings)
Anchor Porter	205
Sierra Nevada Porter	195
Foster Lager	155
Tuborg Export Quality	155
Stroh Beer	150
Red Dog	147
Budweiser	145
Beck	143
Cooler	132
Aspen Edge	95

 

Go for light beer, 12 oz around 95 calories.

Table of calories in wine

Wine	Calories (For 4 oz)
Ginger Wine	190
Port	170
Sherry	140
Champagne	95
Sutter Home Chardonnay	95
Shiraz	92
Sparkling wine	92
Dry red wine	83

 

Stick to 4 to 5 oz servings to keep your wine calories low.

Table cocktails and mixed drinks calories

Drinks / Cocktails	Calories
Vodka Martini	210
Screwdriver	180
Margarita	145
Between the sheets	140
Bacardi and Coke (single serving)	130
Vodka and Coca-Cola (175ml)	120
Tom Collins	120
Vodka and Tonic Water (175ml)	90
Bloody Mary	90

 

For the mixed drink category you will have to be smart with what you mix your drink with. Substitute high calorie soda for diet soda or diet tonic water at zero calories. Use freshly squeezed juice versus can juice to reduce the calories. Avoid consuming more than 1 alcohol type in a drink and keep liqueurs and syrups to a minimum.

Consuming the lowest calorie alcohol will save you hundreds if not thousands in calories depending upon how much alcohol you consume.

The most important fact to remember is that alcohol is simply sugar. To ensure you have the best chance to lose weight you should eliminate alcohol from your diet or occasionally choose the lowest calorie alcohol.

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