Low carb alcoholic beverages

[IHateMyJob2004]

Yes, this is a health and fitness forum. I feal as though low carb puts this topic into a grey area.

I want to determine what some low carb alcoholic drinks are that people like.

Light beers seem to be in the 3-10 grams of carbs depending on specific drink. Most light beer is crap as far as I am concerned.

So, wht mixed drinks could be considered?

Thanks!!

 

[AyashiKaibutsu]

Vodka and absolute zero monster?
Vodka and Diet Blueberry/pomegranite juice(is my favorite drink actually)?

Alchohal could very loosely be considered carbs (your body converts it to sugar) so you're never really going to get a low carb alchoholic drink.

 

[ZOOYUKA]

If you are that worried about carbs in alcohol you drink too much. Drink what you like in minimal quantities and all should be good.

 

[Murloc]

ethilic alcohol used to make stuff like limoncello (I believe it's like 80°-90&#176.

If you want to get drunk, you'll take too much carbs with anything drinkable.

Heavy drinking is not part of a healthy lifestyle: choose what you want.
I'd never give up good cuisine and good drinks for squatz, oatz and chicken breasts.

 

[IHateMyJob2004]

If you are that worried about carbs in alcohol you drink too much. Drink what you like in minimal quantities and all should be good.

When you limit your carbs to under 50 grams a day and target 30 or so, a 6 pack can kill a diet.

Read more. Light beer isn't much different than normal beer. Lite has maybe half the carbs.

Point being ..... one 6 pack can have 70-80 grams of carbs. And as I forgot, alcohol converts to carbs.

So it doesn't take much to stay nice and fat if you drink once a week.

For the record I don't drink much. But there are days when I have a few beers after work.

 

[spamsk8r]

Most distilled spirits are low- or zero-carb. Whiskey, rum, vodka, tequila, gin, etc.

 

[I Saw OJ]

I believe belvedere vodka has close to 0 carbs and almost no sugar.

 

[Exodist]

low carb alcoholic drinks have no taste. They are all gonna get converted to sugar, your best best is to get a 6 pack of your favorite beer and drink it instead of a case of garbage. For example I rather drink a pint or two of Guinness off tap then a 12 pack of that 45 calorie a bottle junk.

 

[IHateMyJob2004]

Did some research.

Myth 1: Alcohol does not convert to sugar in your body. It converts from alcohol directly to acetate and it pissed out.

However:
alcohol increases appetite. Also, alcohol has some side effects where in those side effects can lead to wait gain. So there are second and thiurd order effects which can cause weight gain.

EDIT: Wow .... studies show that people that take in more alcohol weigh less.

 

[IHateMyJob2004]

low carb alcoholic drinks have no taste. They are all gonna get converted to sugar, your best best is to get a 6 pack of your favorite beer and drink it instead of a case of garbage. For example I rather drink a pint or two of Guinness off tap then a 12 pack of that 45 calorie a bottle junk.

Not sure about Guiness but in general, Stouts can have 20 grams of carbs per bottle. Ales tend to have the least amount of carbs. Favorite beer of mine is Samuel Smiths Oatmeal Stout. A Stout with 5% ABV.

 

[darkxshade]

Based on you wanting to limit yourself to 50g of carbs and ideally under 30, I assume you're on some kind of keto diet in which case, just drink yourself silly on your carb up day.

 

[IHateMyJob2004]

Had to look up keto diet. I didn't know that is what it is called but yes I am doing something along those lines.

I don't have a carb up day. But I do tend to cheat on occasion.

Totally off topic:
I weigh in the 209-213 range right now depending on water weight. I've planned a date on November 13 with my wife. For no other reason than it is a date, I want to get my weight down to 200 pounds. So, 5 weeks .... 11 pounds. My goal is to weight myself once where the scale is at 199.9 or less. I have not been there in about 9 years. I start Jan 1 this year at 225-230 pounds. I have no real goal but i want to get to 200 by x-mas.

 

[SociallyChallenged]

Did some research.

Myth 1: Alcohol does not convert to sugar in your body. It converts from alcohol directly to acetate and it pissed out.

However:
alcohol increases appetite. Also, alcohol has some side effects where in those side effects can lead to wait gain. So there are second and thiurd order effects which can cause weight gain.

EDIT: Wow .... studies show that people that take in more alcohol weigh less.

Acetate is 100% not pissed out. Acetate is converted into acetyl Coenzyme A, which is then either thrown into the citric acid cycle to generate energy or converted into fatty acids and stored as triglycerides. Alcohol is also more calorically dense than carbs or protein (which are around 4kcal/g) at 7kcal/g. Fat is 9kcal/g so it's closer to fat than carbs in energy content.

And it depends on the population that you measure. If you measure alcoholics, it's either because they've stopped eating or they have a nutrient deficiency. A lot of alcoholics are insanely overweight, which may be due to other things, but alcohol plays a role.

 

[ZOOYUKA]

When you limit your carbs to under 50 grams a day and target 30 or so, a 6 pack can kill a diet.

Read more. Light beer isn't much different than normal beer. Lite has maybe half the carbs.

Point being ..... one 6 pack can have 70-80 grams of carbs. And as I forgot, alcohol converts to carbs.

So it doesn't take much to stay nice and fat if you drink once a week.

For the record I don't drink much. But there are days when I have a few beers after work.

I think you've just proved my point. You are admitting that you are drinking too much to achieve your goals. Your best option is to minimize what you are drinking.

You are not very clear about what you are consuming. At one point you talk about drinking a six pack at a time and then a few sentences later you are only drinking a few. Which is it? Also, you talk about drinking once a week and then later you talk about days after work, implying multiple days. Again,which is it?

I guess what I am trying to stress is that you can't have both. You have to decide which one is more important to you.

 

[IHateMyJob2004]

The 6 pack sentence was just stating what a typical 6 pack has for carbs. I was just stating things in terms of what a person buys.

I go months with out alcohol sometimes. In the past, years. Lately though, I'd say I have a few beers at night once a week. Probably 2-4 with 3 being the norm. Last beer was a 750 ml bottle (25 ounces or so) this weekend wich is about 2 bottles of beer. Strawberry beer .... Mmmmm

Maybe I should do what a friend does (exercise/health nut fan). He is low carb except on Saturday. That is his drinking day.

I can live without beer. I usually driink based on work related stress. Some nights, I just need a beer. When I have no stress in life, I tend to not drink at all.

Perhaps I should go cold turkey for the next 5 weeks till I attain my goal.

 

[tedrodai]

Perhaps I should go cold turkey for the next 5 weeks till I attain my goal.

Well, this would definitely not hurt your progress.

 

[rcpratt]

If you're just drinking one night a week, enjoy your drinks and stop thinking about what's in them.

 

[Saint Nick]

If you're just drinking one night a week, enjoy your drinks and stop thinking about what's in them.

This. I can't be bothered to go out and drink more than even twice a week...lots of my friends do, no idea where they get the money considering they are all art majors and work deadbeat jobs.

You'd be good just drinking vodka and water, or mixing in the low carb Monster energy drinks, I guess. But, rcp makes a better point. Just go out and drink what you want...

 

[brad310]

Low carb and low calorie:
Bourbon and diet.

Ive played around with that combination long enough to come up with this:
Jim Beam Red Stag (black cherry) + diet A&W root beer

 

[Fayd]

Did some research.

Myth 1: Alcohol does not convert to sugar in your body. It converts from alcohol directly to acetate and it pissed out.

However:
alcohol increases appetite. Also, alcohol has some side effects where in those side effects can lead to wait gain. So there are second and thiurd order effects which can cause weight gain.

EDIT: Wow .... studies show that people that take in more alcohol weigh less.

heh. if that's the case, then it's acceptable to do this.

tequila + curacao + lemon juice = low carb margarita. maybe 8-10 carbs for the whole drink, i think.

 

[IHateMyJob2004]

Actually, the more I think about it. It really comes down to this:

1) I drink on occasion
2) I am on a low carb diet
3) I might as well try to minimize carbs when I do drink

That really is the whole point. That is why I really started this thread.

 

[SociallyChallenged]

Actually, the more I think about it. It really comes down to this:

1) I drink on occasion
2) I am on a low carb diet
3) I might as well try to minimize carbs when I do drink

That really is the whole point. That is why I really started this thread.

If you're on a low carb diet and you're serious about losing weight, you actually need to be no a no alcohol diet. It's pointless to be on such an extreme diet if you're going to mess it up elsewhere. If you want to drink, you may as well have some carbs. It's not going to kill you. But if you're set on low carbing it, you're severely hindering yourself by consuming any alcohol.

 

[Nebbers]

Not sure about Guiness but in general, Stouts can have 20 grams of carbs per bottle. Ales tend to have the least amount of carbs. Favorite beer of mine is Samuel Smiths Oatmeal Stout. A Stout with 5% ABV.

Guinness Draught, the most common variety in the U.S., is about on par with Bud Light as far as calories/carbs go, IIRC.

That's not really a stout though.

 

[Nebbers]

Did some research.

Myth 1: Alcohol does not convert to sugar in your body. It converts from alcohol directly to acetate and it pissed out.

However:
alcohol increases appetite. Also, alcohol has some side effects where in those side effects can lead to wait gain. So there are second and thiurd order effects which can cause weight gain.

EDIT: Wow .... studies show that people that take in more alcohol weigh less.

Large amounts of alcohol regularly will actually decrease appetite because of something it does with the blood flow in your stomach.

It does tend to lead to a huge food binge at the end of a session, though. I think much of the weight gain / "beer belly" phenomenon is due to shoveling down an entire pizza and then going to sleep immediately, not really due to the alcohol alone.

 

[IHateMyJob2004]

If you mean beer belly in terms of people that drink getting a "beer belly", I ran accross that in my googling. Some people are predisposed to having that happen if they drink alot. Chemical, Biological, ????. I forget the reasoning. It didn't have to do with food, carbs ro calories though.