Alcohol, Alcoholic Beverages
Few people consider alcohol food, yet it's loaded with calories and can pack on
the pounds.
Researchers at the Beltsville Human Nutrition Research Center in Maryland have
recently proved that efficiently than it does those from fat or carbohydrate.
Alcohol weight in at 7 calories per gram, versus 9 for fat, 4 for carbohydrate and protein
something to bear in mind when you want a second martini or can of beer. Alcohol
( or ethyl alcohol, to be technically correct) is produced as yeasts metabolize certain sugars.
Gin ( from grain with juniper for flavor) and vodka from potatoes or grain) are
the purest forms of alcohol. Scotch whisky comes from barley; bourbon from corn;
rye from rye; rom from sugarcane; tequila from cactus; wine from grapes; and beer,
ale and stout from hops.
The higher a beverage's proof (alcohol content) and the sweeter it is, the more the calories. For Example:
1 oz light beer = 7 to 9 calories
1 oz beer, ale or strout = 11 to 14 calories.
1 oz table wine = 17 to 29 calories.
(depending on sweetness and alcoholic content)
1 oz sparkling wine=21 to 42 calories.
(depending on sweetness and alcoholic content)
1 oz dessert fortified wine = 35 to 52 calories
(depending on sweetness and alcoholic content)
1 oz 80-proof whiskey=65 calories.
1 oz 86-proof whiskey = 70 calories.
1 oz 90-proof whiskey = 74 calories.
1 oz 94-proof whiskey = 77 calories.
1 oz 100-proof whiskey = 83 calories.
1 oz liqueur = 82 to 116 calories
(depending on sweetness and alcoholic content)
According to a recent ten-year study conducted on
130,0000 adults by the kaiser perminant Medical Center in Okland , California, moderate drinking MAY INCREASE A WOMAN'SD CHANCE OF BREAST CANCER BY About 10 percent.
Pregnant women who drink -even a glass of beer or wine a day-risk having babies with
FETAL ALCOHOL SYNDROME.
A major problem with alcohol is that few people can limit themselves to one or two drinks a day.
Although beers and wines do contain some carbohydrate and minerals,
whiskey offers nothing but calories and, when downed in quantity,
depletes the body's supply of vitamin B1(THIAMIN) and magnesiun.
It should be noted, however, that when wine and spirits are used in cooking,
much of the alcohol quickly evaporates, leaving only their flavors behind.
Alcohool, alcoholism diet and nutrition information
Alcoholism (diet and nutrition)
Alcoholism is as much a disease as, say, cancer, and it can be equally deadly.
Both chronic and progressive, it is characterized by a physical dependency on alcohol
which can savage the liver. Eating poorly and obtaining 50 to 60 percent
of their calories from drink, most alcoholics are malnourished.
They are particularly deficient in protein, thiamin and other vitamins of
the B-complex, which are squandered in the oxidation of
alcohol, a process that takes place in- and ultimately damages-the liver.
In addition to cirrhosis, alcoholics often suffer from high blood pressure, gastritis, pancreatitis, kidney disease and dementia.
Rehab involves team efforts by physicans, psychiatrists and dietians
who prescribe liquids at the start, then balanced menus of solid food plus
supplements to boost the body's supply of B vitamins.
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