This column will take a look at the good old fashioned calorie. This is what most people understand when it comes to dieting, and is basically universally understood, almost as a language in itself, or at least where dieting is concerned. What I will concentrate on though here is calorie information in common day to day drinks
If we first take a look at a few drinks, and check their levels. Some people don’t think of drinks as having calories, or they maybe don’t think to factor it in. You can expect to find a 150ml glass of ginger ale to have around 57 calories. The same with bitter orange and a bitter lemon drink. Not too bad for a start, but if you don’t particularly like those drinks, you might consider wine or beer. If that’s the case, then you cal intake rate is going to take a sharp increase. You can expect a pint of bitter to have between 170 and 210 cals. You can take a guide that the weaker the beer, the lower the number. Low alcohol bitters are usually around the 75 mark or less. A glass of wine on the other hand, you might expect to have a lower number, but you would be wrong. A 250ml glass of red wine has around 170, and a bottle has over 500 cals.
The vending machine in the office is the enemy. It is there to try and make you quit your diet! Be in control, and don’t let the machine break your will power. Typically, a four cup per day cup of coffee from the vending machine will make you put on about 96 cals. In itself, that is not too bad, but if you like sugar in your coffee, then you can double those calories with just one spoon of sugar. So that song about a spoonful of sugar does much more than help the medicine go down.
May be you like to have milk as your drink. I used to love hot milk and sugar when I was a kid, but the mind boggles at what that would do to your waste line if you were to drink that on a regular basis. A 250ml glass of whole milk has around 168 cals, and the sugar will add about 25 cals per spoon. Semi skimmed milk is probably your best bet. It has the taste, and the calorie amount is not too high at around 85 cals.
I have enjoyed writing this article, and I hope it has helped you think about what you should consider drinking as part of your diet regime.
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