If you’re looking to be healthier while drinking alcohol occasionally, these are the healthiest alcohols you can choose from. Vodka is less likely to trigger weight gain making it the go-to beverage if you‘re on a strict diet or trying to lose weight.
Alternatively, beer is a high-calorie beverage because of the fermentation process.
The reduction of caloric content, when compared to beer, is primarily due to this distillation process. Does drinking vodka make you gain weight?Īlcohol can cause weight gain in four ways: it stops your body from burning fat, it’s high in kilojoules, it can make you feel hungry, and it can lead to poor food choices. Some studies suggest calories from alcohol are more likely to cause weight gain in intermittent drinkers and in those already overweight than in heavy drinkers (the classic malnourished alcoholic). Theoretically, the potential for alcohol to increase weight is clear, but the evidence is surprisingly mixed. Gin and tequila are also 110 calories a shot. Whisky is slightly more, at roughly 110 calories a shot. Vodka is the alcohol with the lowest calories, at around 100 calories per shot (that’s a 50 ml double-measure). A fifth ( 750 ml) contains 17 standard drinks. Hard liquor: A half pint of hard liquor contains four and a half drinks, and one pint contains eight and a half drinks. Like regular vodka, the new Botanical liquor has no carbs, protein or fat. But how does it really compare to typical vodka and wine? A regular 1.5- ounce serving of vodka has about 100 calories. Ketel One Botanical, which comes in three flavors, clocks in at 73 calories per a 1.5- ounce serving. Kettle One, Smirnoff, Grey Goose, Skyy, and Absolut vodka, for example, are all 80 proof vodkas and each contain 96 calories per 1.5-ounce shot, or 69 calories per ounce. The calorie content is generally the same between different brands of vodka that are that same proof.