Demon Drink

Booze, Demon drink, the hard stuff all words that describe alcohol and all words that imply you must be tough to drink this stuff. So much is said about it and it really is the demon of the youth in the Naughties. With drinking and weight being two big issues in society today maybe we should look at the calories in alcohol being a considerable factor to the weight issue and the time each unit of alcohol takes to leave the body puts a huge strain on your Liver, which will undoubtedly add to the NHS problems in the future.  So think before you drink!

Here are a few facts

Alcohol Calories (approx)

Standard glass of white wine  = 158 Kcal

Sm bottle Peroni Beer             = 152Kcal

1 pint lager                            =  180Kcal

1 pint Light Cider                   = 140 Kcal

1 pint cider                            =  210 Kcal

75cl Bottle of Vodka               =1456 Kcal

75cl bottle of Jack Daniels      =1740 Kcal

Bottle white wine                    = 605 kcal

Bottle Red wine                       = 510 Kcal

Bottle Prosecco                       = 500 Kcal

Bottle of Bacardi Rum 75cl      =2500cal

Bottle of Dark rum  75cl          =1650cal

1 Small Glass of rum and diet coke (diluted rum) =70cal

Units

A bottle rum/spirits 40% proof = 28 units

Pub measure glass spirits = 1.4 units

sm Glass wine = 1.5 units

 L Glass wine =   2.8 units

Pint of lager =    2.3 units

Remember it takes approx 1 hour per unit to leave your body, the more units you drink the more stress on your liver.

Lower-risk drinking

Lower-risk drinking is drinking at a level associated with a low risk of future harm to your health.

For men, lower-risk is drinking no more than 3-4 units of alcohol a day on a  regular basis. For women, it’s lower risk if they drink no more than 2-3 units of alcohol a day on a regular basis.

Sensible' or 'responsible' drinking are sometimes used to mean lower-risk drinking.

Increasing-risk drinking

Increasing-risk drinking is drinking associated with an increased risk of future harm to your health, with the risk increasing the more you drink.

For men, this riskier level of drinking is drinking more than 3-4 units of alcohol a day on a regular basis. For women, it's drinking more than 2-3 units a day on a regular basis.

Higher-risk drinking

Higher-risk drinking is drinking at such a high level that you’re at particularly high risk of harming your health.

For men, higher-risk drinking is regularly drinking over over 50 units a week (eight units of alcohol a day). For women, it’s regularly drinking over 35 units a week (over six units of alcohol a day).