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Originally posted by ILLINIgirl
Is it true that all hard liquor is low carb? Or what alcohol is low carb (other than wine)?
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Please consider again:
Carbs and Proteins: 4 calories/gram
Alcohol: 7 calories/gram
Fat: 9 calories/gram
Wine has BOTH carbs and alcohol!!! Hard liquor is basically just alcohol (unless you add something) so it's worse than carbs. Plus alcohol consumption slows weight loss, even you don't drink much at all.
ETA: Let's say you have a drink that is 40 grams or whatever...
(for illustrative purposes only - I have NO idea what the breakdown is actually!)
Wine: 20 carb grams/20 alcohol grams
=80 carb calories plus 140 alcohol calories
=160 Calories
Hard Liquor: 40 alcohol grams
=280 Calories