Health and Fitness

Calories in different Alcoholic drinks 

Although it is not recommended to take alcohol regularly, the occassional drink doesn’t hurt and in todays society anyone that wants a social life will find alcohol pretty hard to avoid. Alcohol does slow your metabolism and all alcohol is very high in calories from sugary carbohydrate.

Let me tell you, alcohol gives us nothing but dry calories. It means that, apart from calories, alcohol does not really contain any other nutritional value.

Alcohol is produced after the fermentation of carbohydrates. It is the distillation process that makes the chemical changes in the mother substance causing Alcohol.

The Intake of alcohol increases your body fat as the increased amount of calories are converted to fat by the natural process of our body, turning the unused simple carbohydrate into fat for use later. 

Alcohol reduces libido, increases cholesterol, increases the pain threshold and makes you depressed in the long run.

Alcohol also reduces testosterone levels and thus reduces muscle mass as testosterone plays a vital role in developing muscle mass.

I bet you are still not convinced and wish to continue drinking alcohol, so here is the alcohol and calorie content for your favourite beverages –

Gin 25ml – 40% Alcohol 55 Calories

Vodka 25ml – same as gin

Whisky 25ml – same as vodka

Champagne 1 Glass 240ml – 18% Alcohol 180 Calories

Guinness 1 Pint – 4.8% Alcohol 170 Calories

Michelob – 5 % alcohol, 155 calories

Peroni – 6% alcohol, 170 calories

Beer 1 Pint – About the same as Guinness, it is widely believed guinness carries more nutrients than beer.

The lowest calorie drink you can order and still get drunk would probably be a single 25ml shot of Vodka and diet coke at around 55 Calories.

For more alcholic drinks that help you get drunk and stay lean see Alcohol Calories and low fat beer and Lager Calories

Low Calorie Lager to help you keep the fat off.

As promised last week in low fat low calorie alcohol heres a list of all your favourite lagers and beers with their nutritional values, how much alcohol and calories they contain starting with the least fattening first.

Values per pint

Kaliber Calories 79 Alcohol 0%
Bud Light Calories 227 Alcohol 4.2%
Stella Artois Calories 256 Alcohol 5.5%
Fosters Calories 298 Alcohol 4.9%

Calories in popular bottled beer and Lager

Budweiser (Bottle) Calories 145 Alcohol 5%
Carona (Bottle) Calories 139 Alcohol 4.6%

More Lager calories another day.

 Calories in Alcohol

As its Saturday and you might be going down the Pub I thought I’d try and find you some low fat beer, well low calorie beer anyway its the alcohol in beer which your body treats similarly to carbohydrate that makes you fat theres probably a lot of carbohydrate also mostly derived from sugar (thats how they make alcohol).

Alcohol also reduces your bodies ability to burn fat, alcohol makes you want kebabs and alcohol will also decrease your testosterone levels. Testosterone is quite an important ingredient in muscle growth, its why woman don’t get big from lifting weights unless they supplement their diets.

But your still gonna go down the pub so hears the calories for you starting with the lowest first.

Gin 25ml = 40% Alcohol 55 Calories

Vodka 25ml = Same as gin

Champagne 1 Glass 240ml = 18% Alcohol 180 Calories

Guinness 1 Pint = 4.? Alcohol 170 Calories

Beer 1 Pint = About the same as guinness but theres more nutrients in guinness so drink that instead.

I’m off to the pub now more alcohol calories next week.