It’s well known: alcoholic beverages contain a lot of calories. But between a glass of red wine with a meal, a beer as an aperitif and a cocktail during an evening, do you know which of the three has the most calories? Take stock with our calorie chart.
It is recommended not to exceed 20 g of alcohol per day for women and 30 g for men. Indeed, consumed in excess, alcoholic beverages promote many health problems, and make you fat. We often forget that they are very caloric like Not to mention that nutrition labeling of alcoholic beverages is not mandatory. Only the TAVA (Acquired Volume Alcoholic Title), followed by the mention “% vol”, is indicated. It is then difficult to know how many calories we absorb when we drink alcohol.
Empty calories in alcohol: what are they?
An alcoholic drink is a liquid containing mainly ethanol, obtained by distillation of fermented fruit juices, cereals… An alcoholic drink is generally very rich in sugar, and very caloric.
You should know that in terms of nutrition, there are two types of calories:
full calories, which contain nutrients essential to the proper functioning of the body: minerals, proteins, vitamins, fat acids, fibre, etc.;
empty calories, which contain mostly “bad” nutrients, such as refined sugar and saturated fats, and do not provide any benefit to the body.
Alcohol, on the other hand, provides only empty calories. When we ingest alcohol, the nutritional intake is nil, but the excess will be gradually stored as fat in our cells.
