Staying trim and healthy is important to most people and drinkers are no different. Just like food, more and more beers and wines are adding the number of calories they have on the side of the bottle. The North American market has also seen a huge increase in the number of ‘light beers’ sold. So just how fattening is your favourite drink?

Calories in popular Alcholic Beverages

One of the best websites I found for information on calories was Calorie Count. Their alcoholic beverages section has a huge list of how many calories popular drinks have however the most common drinks are :

• beer (bottle) – 117 calories
• Spirt (shot/30ml) – 64 Calories
• Wine (glass) – 79 Calories

From the above it is clear that beer is the most fattening which probably explains the popularity of low carb and low calorie beers. Spirits are the least fattening however their calorie count does not contain any mixer so you would have to factor that into your calorie count.

What suprised me was how little difference there was in calories between light beers and regular beers. ‘Light beers’ do seem to contain less calories however not as much as I would have guessed :

• Bud Light – 110 Calories
• Miller Lite – 96 Calories
• Coors Light – 102 Calories

Of course, with roughly 20 calories less per beer (on averager), switching to a light beer will cut a little off your calorie intake. Look at it this way, 4 regular beers has about the same number of calories as 4 light beers so you can have an extra light beer without feeling guilty!!

Remember, the best way to lose weight is to cut alcohol out of your diet altogether but if you don’t want to do that, just bear in mind how many calories your favourite tipple has!

Link : Alcohol Calorie Count list

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