Hello Dear One!

If you’ve been aiming to be a bit more conscious of what might impact your waistline MORE than something else – BEER is useful to be aware of.

Now I always like to be clear that there is ZERO REDEEMING about alcohol for our health and waistline – but if we ARE going to indulge the option to be strategic does indeed exist.

I’ve written blogposts about Hangovers, and How to Drink Better – and in those posts beer is CLEARLY at the bottom of the barrel.

 

However I thought to additionally drive home WHY as it’s the alcoholic beverage that can seem the most benign AND be the most socially available.

Beer DOES contain a lower percentage of alcohol than it’s counterparts (wine and spirits) which can make for a more mellow and controllable buzz – but the cost at which it comes contains a higher price tag then the rest.

Beer has infinitely more calories to alcohol volume – which means you need to drink more to FEEL more.

If sensation is not the objective with consuming alcohol – God bless you, and this should be a non-issue due to the small consumption that tends to accompany that position.

If taste AND sensation is desired, you may wish to START with something else and finish with beer.

OR if you simply wish to feel more and consume less calories – you may wish to STICK with something else entirely.

Wine has around the same amount of calories as a double shot drink, but far less than some crazy sweet cocktail.

And then there are CARBS.

BEER is unsurprisingly CARB HEAVY – weighing in at around 18g/pint.

Wine actually has a small amount of carbs (3.6g/serving for a drier white or red = DRIER IS BETTER CARB WISE), whereas spirits (vodka, gin, tequila, bourbon, whisky…) have ZERO carbs.

This by no means makes wine or spirits healthy – but they might be a better option based on how you’re doing it and what your objective might be.

Vodka and soda is such a classic calorie and carb conscious drink that hardly feels like a sacrifice.

So, as the holidays and more socializing approaches and a beer seems benign – it’s not.

Or rather it’s less so than you might think.

Wine is often another more readily available and tame option if you do wish to indulge.

And if you do desire a beer, HAVE IT!  Just choose it for the taste over the sensation and possibly limit the number more easily by having it after another more potent but less diabolical offering on the weight gain front.

 

To getting you clearer on how the body works, and how to make it work for you.

xox, M