After thinking about my favorite drinks and their names, I decided to analyze calorie content and blog about my results.
She’s right: Drinks with fancy names, such as a Mai Tai (9 oz.), are loaded with calories (620 to be exact.)
Check out this link “High Calorie Cocktails To Watch Out For”
Obtaining from alcohol is a great way to avoid consuming unnecessary calories (and damaging your liver), but if you are going to drink alcohol, keep your drinks simple and stick with hard alcohol only, or light beer.
My recommendations:
(Note: Calories in a shot of vodka depend on the proof and if it’s flavored.)
“vodka +water with lemon” (64-100 calories per shot of alcohol)
“(hard alcohol such as rum, whiskey, gin)+water” (64-100 calories per shot)
“vodka+soda” (64-100 calories per shot)
Light beers (around 100 calories per 12-ounce serving. That’s a bottle or a can--not a pint.)
Wine, red (127 calories for 5 oz)
One exception to the light beer rule: Guinness (126 calories per 12 oz)
Did you know that Guinness beer has less calories then skim milk and orange juice per 8-oz serving?
1 comment:
Wow... I always thought Guinness had like 500 calories a glass since it's like drinking chocolate milk but I'm very pleased to know that I don't have to feel as guilty when I indulge. Also, it's a very filling drink so you can save the calories of that next round if you drink slow =) Red wine is still my drink of choice if it's available because it has a high anti-oxidant content and as everyone knows, is thought to help reduce heart disease and cancer by quenching all those free radicals that are munching at our DNA. Fuller bodied wines have more of the good stuff but even for those 'I don't like red wine' people, consider trying sweeter, full bodied wines like Ports.. they taste like really good grape juice and have a higher alcohol content (more bang for the buck!)
Thanks for the info Libby! Do you like how my longest comment is on the alcohol post... lol
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