What kind of alcohol has the least amount of calories?
All alcohol has calories. And a lot of them. Calories can come from one of four sources: Fat, protein, carbohydrates, or alcohol, with alcohol the second largest source at 7 calories per gram of alcohol. (The largest is fat with 9 cal per gram. Carbs and protein both have 4 cal per gram.) As you may know, there is about the same amount of alcohol in a single shot of liquor (1.5 oz) as there is in a bottle of beer (12 oz) as there is in a glass of wine (proper pour = 4 – 5 oz). Thus, there is about the same amount of calories in each of these drinks on account of the alcohol content. Beer however, does have additional ingredients (mostly in the form of carbs) that increase the calories by about 50-100 per bottle. Similarly, mixers with hard liquor would raise the calories of the beverage, unless the mixer is water, diet cola, or something else that contains no calories. Now, 1.5 oz liquor, 12 oz light beer, or 4 oz wine all contain ROUGHLY 100 calories per serving, give or take a few ca
