The calories in alcohol

A drink, okay, two, hello damage ... And not just for health: the line too, because alcoholic beverages are particularly energy. Explanations and advice.
Energy well hidden ...

Cider, beer, wine, liquor ...: alcoholic beverages are obtained either by fermentation of natural sugars of fruit juice or cereal, or by distillation of these fermented drinks.

All are particularly loaded with alcohol and sugar, so energetic. When you know that 1 g of alcohol = 7 calories and only 1 g carbohydrate = 4 calories, it's saying how the addition energy can quickly climb!

For the alcohol content of a drink, you must have the degree and volume of glass: Quantity of alcohol in grams = (alcohol content 0.8 X X cl volume) / 10. As a wine that at 15 ° and contains 12 g of ethanol per 100 ml.
As for sugar, although it is generally not indicated on the label, it is easily detectable in the taste of the drink: its presence is in fact even more obvious that the product's taste is sweet. Thus, the palm goes to energy drinks that combine spirits with fruit juice and soft drinks are very sweet.