It is spring, summer (with its consequent operation bikini) is just around the corner and the goal is twofold: have a good time having a few beers on the terrace and lose weight. Are you looking for tricks to lose weight without giving up the good life? Well, ask yourself the right questions. We have considered, for example, what type of alcoholic beverages are more fattening. We all know that alcohol contains empty calories and is therefore included in the . But are all types of alcohol equally fattening? Let’s analyze it.
First of all, how much alcohol do we drink and how many calories does it have?
In Spain, it is estimated that almost five out of every hundred calories ingested on average daily come from alcohol consumption, according to data from the Spanish Nutrition Foundation. These calories are added to those that we already take in for breakfast, lunch and dinner, so, we insist, giving up alcohol can already mean that you lose kilos without realizing it. And if to all this we add the sugar from the soft drinks that are usually accompanied by vodka, whiskey or rum, the number of calories can skyrocket above the recommendation of the World Health Organization: 2,000 calories a day for a man and 1,800 for a woman.
You don’t just get fat from the calories
Alcohol prevents calories and carbohydrates from being burned, so it is not advisable in any case to abuse this type of drink. Whether or not you are dieting.
Vodka, the worst drink
Alcoholic beverages (unlike what happens with packaged foods) are not required to reflect nutritional information on the label. They are not, in fact, food itself. But you can investigate to see which ones have the most calories.
The calories in a drink are in line with the graduation. At the head of the list, therefore, are liqueurs, and specifically vodka, with 300 kilocalories for each 100-millilitre glass (a couple of shot glasses, for example. Then there are aniseed (297 kilocalories), whiskey and cognac (280), rum and gin (244), and pomace (222).The most explosive mixture is made by the Pina Colada (lemon juice, coconut and rum), a real bomb with 644 kcal (a Big Mac hamburger is 510 kcal)
Beer and wine, the least
On the other hand, beer and wine, two of the most consumed alcoholic beverages in our country, are among the least fattening. Thus, contrary to what many people think, a beer (200 cc) is only 70 kcal and a can, 105. In the case of wine, a glass of red represents 74 kcal and white, 79.