Questions About Carbs - Carbohydrate

Carbohydrate

For all those on a low carbohydrate diet, you know how important it is to monitor how many grams of carbs you consume on a daily basis. The diets will not work if you still eat what you want or make a habit of cheating. One of the hardest things to give up might just be that glass of beer or wine that you often enjoy with company or after a long day at work. But, besides the beers that are marketed especially for those on a low carbohydrate diet, other beers and alcoholic beverages do not list their nutritional information on the label. Maybe you have given it up completely because you just don't know how many grams of carbs are in your favorite drink. It only makes things worse that often you are out at a restaurant or at friends houses when you imbibe, which seemingly makes it impossible for you to know for sure if that drink will fit into your diet.

Don't let a carbohydrate ruin the night

The truth is that you can still enjoy a drink every so often, you just have to get the information about the carbohydrate content on your own instead of relying on the label. There are a lot of resources that you can access in order to find out all the nutritional information regarding the drink in question. Some websites will even break down a great many beers and show you just how many carbs are in each, usually per 12 ounce serving. You could also look into a few books if the Internet is not available to you. The following is a list of general alcoholic beverages and their carbohydrate values.

Regular Beer (12 fl oz) 13 grams
Light Beer (12 fl oz) 4.5 grams
White Wine (3.5 fl oz) 1 gram
Rose Wine (3.5 fl oz) 1.5 grams
Red Wine (3.5 oz) 1.75 grams
Gin, Whisky, Vodka, Rum (1 fl oz) 0 grams
Guinness (1/2 pint) 4 grams
Port (2 fl oz) 6 grams
Sherry (2 fl oz) 3 grams

You can find much more detailed information about the specific drink you are wondering about quite easily on the Internet, but this list gives a good general idea about the carbohydrate levels of some of the most commonly consumed alcoholic beverages.