alcohol and calories

Alcoholic drinks are high in calories (7 calories per gram of alcohol) but empty in nutrition.
Excessive drinking can lead to obesity because the body cannot store alcoholic calories in
the same way as calories produced by food. This means that if alcohol is consumed in
addition to a normal diet, food calories are used by the body while alcohol calories are stored
as fat. If a person decreases food consumption to compensate for the alcohol, then poor
nutrition is a risk because alcohol does not contain the vitamins, proteins and other necessary
nutrients present in food.

Drink Serving Calories Protein Carbs Fat Fibre Alcohol
Bacardi and Diet Coke
275ml
52
0
2.8
0
0
11
Baileys Irish Cream
37ml
130
1.2
7.4
5.8
0
5.2
Becks Lager
275ml
113
0
8.3
0
0
10.9
Brandy
35ml
72
0
0
0
0
10.4
Canned Bitter
440ml
141
1.3
10.1
0
0
13.6
Carling Lager
568ml
189
0
8
0
0
23.3
Carlsberg Export Larger
440ml
189
1.5
17.6
0
1.5
17.4
Champagne
120ml
89
0.4
1.6
0
0
11.6
Draught Beer
568ml
182
1.7
13.1
0
0
17.6
Dry Sherry
50ml
58
0.1
0.7
0
0
7.9
Dry White Wine
120ml
77
0.1
0.7
0
0
10.6
Fosters Lager
568ml
227
0
17.6
0
0
22
Gin
35ml
72
0
0
0
0
10.4
Gordons Premixed Gin and Tonic
250ml
213
0
16.7
0
0
25
Grolsch Lager
330ml
145
0
7.3
0
0
17.1
Guinness
568ml
210
1.9
18.2
0.3
0
23.9
Heineken Lager
250ml
110
1.1
8.5
0
0
9.9
Homemade Mulled Wine
120ml
227
0.1
29.2
0
0
16.7
Jack Daniels
35ml
78
0
0
0
0
11.1
Lager
568ml
165
1.7
0
0
0
22.7
Liqueurs, Amaretto
50ml
194
0
30
0
0
13.9
Magners Cider
284ml
105
0
5.7
0
0
12.8
Medium Sherry
50ml
58
0.1
3
0
0
6.7v
Medium White Wine
120ml
87
0.1
3.5
0
0
10.4
Port
50ml
79
0.1
6
0
0
8
Rose Wine
120ml
83
0.1
2.9
0
0
10.2
Scotch Whiskey
35ml
78
0
0
0
0
11.1
Sparkling White Wine
120ml
87
0.4
6
0
0
9
Strongbow Dry Cider
375ml
161
0
12.8
0
0
18.8
Sweet Sherry
50ml
68
0.2
3.5
0
0
7.8
Sweet White Wine
120ml
110
0.2
6.9
0
0
11.9
Tia Maria
35ml
105
0
0
0
0
14
Vodka
35ml
72
0
0
0
0
10.4
Whiskey
35ml
72
0
0
0
0
10.4
Red Wine
120ml
80
0.1
0.2
0
0
11.2

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