Many people now know that drinking too much beer can lead to a beer belly, so they have switched to drinking red wine. Although red wine is widely recognized as a healthy food, excessive consumption also poses an obesity risk.
Alcohol is made by fermenting grains or fruits with yeast. Depending on the alcohol content and brewing method, it can be classified as fermented, distilled, or reconstituted liquor. Among these, distilled liquors like brandy and whiskey are the strongest, with an alcohol content of at least 40%. The higher the alcohol concentration, the higher the relative calorie content.
If you want to know exactly how many calories you consume each time you drink, you can use a formula to calculate the alcohol calories: amount of alcohol consumed (ml) × alcohol concentration × 7 = calories. It turns out that a 250ml glass of red wine or beer has about the same calories as a bowl of white rice, which is about 240 calories.
Although drinking can easily lead to weight gain, moderate alcohol consumption helps maintain the health of the heart and blood vessels throughout the body. However, what constitutes "moderate" varies depending on gender, age, physical constitution, individual body absorption rate, and the liver's ability to break down alcohol. Since people in the East are generally smaller than those in the West, the maximum daily consumption for an Eastern man is two 355ml beers, 142ml of wine, or 43ml of spirits. A woman's alcohol tolerance should be halved, and there should be at least two alcohol-free days per week.