The cost of drink

Many people decide that they need to lose weight. Thus they drop excess calories from their diet and they begin to exercise. Very sensible. Some of these same people, however, will still drink the same amount of alcohol as they did before this weight loss decision was made. It is this habit that may well be the downfall for many a dieter.

Table of contents
Alcohol contains calories (usually measured per 100 ml). Illustrated below is the calorie cost of some of the most popular tipples on our high street shelves.

Alcohol	Alcohol(G)	Sugars	Calories (100 ml)
Beer, Draught	3.1	2.3	32
Lager	3.2	1.5	29
Red wine	9.5	0.3	68
White wine, Dry	9.1	0.6	66
White win, Sweet	10.2	5.9	94
Spirits	31.7	0.0	222

Drink within the limits
Men can drink 4 units of alcohol per day - or two pints of larger / two large glasses of wine - and still stay within the category classified healthy. However, what is the calorific price paid for drinking this amount each day?

Drinks, their calories and what you'll need to do to burn it off!
We will work on the assumption that a typical man will drink 4 units of booze a day.

4 units = two pints of larger
This is equal to approximately 400 calories. In order to burn 400 calories an average man (170 lb.) would need to:

Weight train for over 90 minutes.
or Cycle at a moderate pace for 62 minutes.
or Jog for 45 minutes
or Walk for 75 minutes.
or Swim - Breaststroke - for over 50 minutes.

4 units = Two large glasses of red wine
This is equal to approximately 300 calories. In order to burn 300 calories, an average man would need to: W

eight train for 75 minutes.
or Cycle at a moderate pace for 50 minutes.
or Jog for 35 minutes.
or Walk for 65 minutes.
or Swim for over 38 minutes.