What are some "healthier" alcoholic drinks?

Question

I like to go out to the bars with my friends every thur. However, I tend to drink beer, and although it is often light beer, I know that it has waaay more calories than I should be drinking. What are some drinks that have less calories in them that would be a better option??? I was thinking either wine or something like bacardi and diet coke or rum and diet coke.....what do you think?

Answer 1

Try Amaretto, ice and pure orange juice.

Although you may have trouble getting this at allot of bars, unless they have a wide variety of liqueurs. Amaretto tastes like marzipan, only not as sweet, very very nice drink and the pure orange is healthy!!!

Answer 2

Alcohol has a set amount of calories per whether it is in beer, wine, or distilled spirits.

Light beer is usually produced by replacing alcohol content with water.

So if goal is to diet... AVOID ALL alcohol ! Drink water(if safe).

If a healthy buzz is the desire your safest healthiest alter native would be a true wine. NOT one fortified and just forget about diet anything. Drink more water!

Highest calories- rum, vodka, gin etc/ any drink with sugar or cane syrup etc.

Wine or beer that is brewed(no distilled or fortified products).
Thanks to the power of money JUST because a label is printed stating wine or beer you need to read the fine print to determine if it IS actually wine or beer(PS ZIMA or similar drinks are NOT lemonade or wine or beer they are like diet drinks- manmade chemicals and concoctions...

If goal is to get buzzed- shots of 120 proof have only the calories of the booze... any higher concentration higher will be intolerable due to burning etc... Death from this method can result as the normal method of disposing of alcohol(approximately 1 percent per hour internally) is quickly passed and the bodies normal reaction to poison(throwing up) can be overwhelmed by excess consumption resulting in death.
People NOT in tiptop shape are in even greater danger.

Answer 3

Whiskey and Diet Coke.Diet Dr. Pepper laced with vanilla extract plus a packet of artificial sweetening.Whiskey and Diet Dr.Pepper.Be sure to just have three, that shouldn't hurt the diet they are diuretic anyway.
Another is
Coor's lite, probably.I think these have 90 calories per 12 oz.Three is probably not too many. Whiskey has 120 calories per jigger and no carbs.The beer has some carbs but less than regular soda.I think these have 6 to 12 grams of carbs. Healthy is to mix gin and vodka with cranberry sugar free,pineapple/orange,or tomato juice.

Answer 4

Are All Alcoholic Drinks Created Equal?
Posted by Simeon Margolis, M.D., Ph.D.
on Fri, Sep 09, 2005, 2:47 pm PDT
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Although alcohol raises blood pressure in regular alcohol drinkers, does the increase in blood pressure depend on the type of alcohol you drink?

Because red wine has a high content of antioxidants and may widen blood vessels, researchers in Australia thought that red wine might raise blood pressure less than beer. Their study enrolled 24 healthy men who had normal blood pressures and regularly drank alcohol in moderation. After 2 weeks of abstaining from alcohol, they drank similar amounts of alcohol, either three 12-ounce beers or two and a half 5-ounce glasses of red wine, daily for 4 weeks.

At the end of the study, both groups had similar modest increases in systolic blood pressures: a 2.9 mm Hg rise with red wine and a 1.9 mm Hg increase with beer. Clearly, the antioxidants in red wine did not prevent the rise in blood pressure. When the men drank similar amounts of red wine from which the alcohol had been removed, blood pressure did not fall.

So the antioxidants in red wine may have some beneficial effects, but they do not seem to lower blood pressure or prevent a rise in blood pressure when men drink red wine.

Answer 5

if by "healthier" you mean fewer calories, then a straight shot of vodka has the least amount of carbs/shot. you could thin it out a little with club soda or seltzer water, both of which are low calorie without having to resort to diet tonic (i shudder at the thought! blech). rum is not bad, but let's face it, rum is made from fermented sugar cane... pure sugar...

if calories are your issue, then find a way to burn more calories than you consume. for instance, meet your friends for drinks at a salsa club, and dance the night away. drink one full glass of ice water between every alcoholic drink - it will fill you up and you will drink a smaller volume of alcohol.

calories aside, beer and wine are by far the healthier choice for alcoholic beverages, as both have been shown in studies to have healthful effects, in moderation. note: IN MODERATION. this means 1 or 2 glasses per day or, on the odd occasion 3 glasses.

Answer 6

Red wine is healthy and Bacardi Rum and diet coke with a twist of lime is low calorie, low carb and tasty.

Answer 7

Red Wine... A glass a day keeps your cholesterol down, and is good for your heart...( Doctor Recommended), it will also relax you, and most of the sugars in wine are natural, therefore your body breaks them down easily. And Michelobe Ultra has far less carbs than most beers and Miller Light runs a close second. As far as calories go, most are probably going to be high.

Answer 8

If you like beer, Michelob Ultra has the fewest calories and carbs that I have seen. I have heard bacardi and diet coke is low carb but I don't know about the calorie content.

Answer 9

no alcoholic drink is healthy and all alcoholic drinks have calories. beer will tend to make you feel bloated because it has yeast in it. red wine is OK as can be an anti oxidant to your body. i suppose mixed spirits with diet cOKe are ok because diet coke don't have much calories but has sugar. but then you really need to think its no use ordering diet coke when your drinking alcohol anyway .your not going to gain 2 kilos in one nite.

Answer 10

Red wine is supposed to be good for you. Try a white wine & tonic or maybe vodka/bacardi with diet coke.

Answer 11

Vodka Martinis and Whiskey have d the less calories with soda water Bacardi with soda water and a splash of diet coke is my favorite