Alcohol
The sugar content of alcohol drinks varies greatly. Dry white wine and red wine have relatively low fructose content, while dessert wine and champagne contain more. Stay away from mixed drinks, which are usually laced with sugar syrups and sodas. If you must indulge in spirits, choose a “clean” mixer such as sparkling water or fresh lemon juice.
The author David Gillespie says in his book The Sweet Poison Quite Plan: “alcoholic drinks are ok for the recovering sugarholic as long as they don’t taste sweet and are not mixed with other drinks that contain sugar. You can keep the dry wines, beers and spirits, but you need to toss out the dessert wines, ports, sweet sherries, liqueurs and mixers.” But remember: alcohol is calorie dense, so if you want to lose weight, drink as little alcoholic as possible.
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