Aspasia asks… Hi Jenny, Am fairly new to your site, I want to try some of your recipes. Question: I love to drink red wine preferbly dry to semi dry, I’ve heard alcohol turns into sugar, is this true? I grew up in a Greek household we always had wine with dinner, why is alcohol getting a bad rap..please explain… Thank you AF 🙂
My response… According to nutritionist Joy Bauer MS, RD, CDN, not only is it impossible for alcohol to turn into sugar in the body, it also tends to lower blood sugar levels.
“This effect is so well documented,” says Ms Bauer, “that people with diabetes are advised to adjust their insulin and oral medications if they drink alcoholic beverages. Of course, this only refers to straight liquor and wine. Cocktails made with sugary mixers are another story. Alcohol is the only food component other than fat, protein, and carbohydrate that contains calories, and like these other nutrients, excess alcohol calories can be stored. The storage form for alcohol is triglycerides, which is a fancy name for fat. In other words, alcohol acts more like fat in your body than sugar! This is why one of the first things I recommend for my clients with elevated triglyceride levels (a known risk factor for heart disease) is an immediate reduction or elimination of alcohol.”
Her advice is to keep it moderate. That’s a five-ounce glass of wine, 12-ounce beer, or 1.5 ounces of hard liquor per day. And try your best to avoid sugary mixers like syrups, tonic, juices and regular soda.
I live on low carbs due to my blood sugar so why is it I gain weight around my middle when I consume wine or liquor even when consumed with zero sugar sprite or 7-up? I watch every calorie and carb I consume.
If it’s concentrated (the weight gain around your abdomen) you can have your liver checked.
I’m not trying to imply that you are in danger.
JUST SOMETHING TO CHECK MY FRIEND.
GOOD LUCK~
This explains it perfectly: https://www.workingagainstgravity.com/articles/how-to-track-alcohol-into-your-macros
I am starting a low carb diet and all new at this.
Love my pasta…, what kind of low carb pasta can I eat.?
Are you sure that alcohol does not turn into sugar cause it also goe thru your Pancras which breaks it down and also if you mix it with a juice which said sugar free and how about being a dieabte. Does it make it worst
In my drinking experience,(and I’ve had a lot), the healthiest alcoholic drink is Vodka and water. No sugar, no carbs,no gluten,no nothing. And no hangover, because it’s not the alcohol that gives you a hangover,it’s the sugary garbage that people mix it with.
Right you are Mr. Harper! I’m a big fan of the super pure Svedka Vodka. I’ve got a SodaStream Carbonator That I use on Filtered tap water. A twist or splash of Lime and life is good. The ethanol lowers my blood sugar and that increases my appetite! How about some oysters!?
Why do people not understand. Let me reiterate. DOES YOUR BODY BREAK DOWN ALCOHOL INTO SUGAR????WE UNDERSTAND THAT DISTILLED LIQUOR LIKE ALCOHOL CONTAINS NO CARBS AND SUGAR BUT THAT HAs nothing to do WITH HOW YOUR BODY BREAKS IT DOWN AND IF ITS BROKEN DOWN INTO SUGAR. IDIOTS.
Yes it will
And try your best to avoid sugary mixers like syrups, tonic, juices and regular soda.
A small correction — tonic water contains a little quinine and NO sugar. You will not raise your blood sugar or triglycerides with this!
Tonic most certainly does contain sugar. Cheap tonics will contain more, but even Fever Tree has some (between 4.8 and 9 grams per 100 ml).
I think he meant unflavored seltzer water, which contains zero sugar.
Yeah doesn’t matter what you think he meant, tonic is sugary sweet and I’ve won many a bet with ignorant bartenders who think otherwise. Skip the tonic and use soda.
I can not find a simple answer to my question.
I am healthy and am doing a zero to low carb diet for a few months.
If bourbon has zero carbs and if I drink it straight or with a diet soda, is it still a zero carb drink.
every site I research carries on about alcohol and your liver, alcohol and loosing control and eating too much.
I do not need a politically correct answer, I just want the question answered.
I’m not an expert on zero to low carb diets but it seems to me that bourbon (zero carbs) + diet soda (zero carbs) would equal zero carbs… no?
Hard liquor and wine doesn’t have carbs, it has calories. It is also stored as triglycerides.
RR,
Don’t know if you ever got a good reply in all this time. Just saw your post. When I did low carb diet I used ketone strips to check things like that. It gave a good idea on how things like beer, wine, soda where affecting my body. An idea I hope helps. WebZ
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