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Nutrition facts for alcoholic drinks
Below you will find some alcoholic beverage nutrition facts. Check them out and then take the best decision.
First and most important fact is that alcoholic beverages tend to stimulate your appetite, so take care to the food you consume while and after drinking alcohol.
Because wine consists of smaller quantities of phytochemicals, drinking it tend to reduce your chances of developing heart disease and certain cancers.
The genetic structure of yours has a major role in deciding how your body will process the alcohol.
Drink in limited quantities any types of alcohol (beer, wine or spirits), because you know, excess is bad. Drinking in excess can cause hangover, leading to problems like nausea, vomit, stomach ache, etc.
The mechanism of our body is to processes alcohol even before fats, proteins and carbohydrates and this tends to slow down fat burning process, slowing your weight loss program.
Hard liquors undergo the process of distillation and hence do not contain carbohydrates.
You can find on the market some alcohol beverage types that are low in alcohol content (e.g. beer). Beer has an alcohol content of about 3-8%, while wine for example, consists of approximately 7-18% alcohol concentration.
Distinctive alcoholic beverages differ in terms of fermentation process. Beer needs a short process of fermentation (about a week). On the contrary, wine involves a longer process of fermentation, lasting many months or even years.
Beer is usually made from barley, whereas whisky is a blend of distinctive kinds of grains. Wine can be made with different fruits like plums and cherry, but usually the wine that can be found in the market is made from grapes. In the list of distilled alcoholic beverages, vodka and gin are the most common ones.
Here you find alcohol content, in percentage, for different types of beverages and from what are them made of:
Brandy its source are fruit juices and the alcohol content is 40-50%.
Rum is made from molasses/sugarcane, with an alcohol content of 40-55%.
Whisky obtained from cereal grains, it has an alcohol content of 40-55%.
Wines usually made from grapes and other fruits, contain alcohol about 10-22%.
Beer its source are the cereals, with an alcohol content of 4-8%.
Now, choose what you really like to drink, but also cater for these nutritional facts.
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Alexandra Popa