| Some may think that the focus of this article does not | | | | that is not necessarily the case. Those drinks do have |
| belong in a collection of low carb pages. Some may | | | | an appreciable amount of carbohydrates. |
| think that alcohol has no place in a low carb diet plan. | | | | One benefit derived from the drinking of beer and |
| Those dieters who choose to abstain from alcohol | | | | wine surrounds the speed with which the alcohol in |
| should feel proud of their great show of self discipline. | | | | those drinks is absorbed by the system. The body |
| For those who yearn to look at alcohol has a low carb | | | | absorbs alcohol more slowly when it has been diluted |
| food, this article offers some advice. First it provides | | | | with water, milk or some other beverage. The body |
| statistics on one beverage that a drinker might | | | | absorbs alcohol from a cold wine or beer more slowly |
| automatically associate with the words "low carb | | | | than the alcohol from a drink that has been sitting at |
| snacks." That beverage is the light beer. A | | | | room temperature. By the same token, a beverage |
| comparison of light beer and conventional beer should | | | | with carbon dioxide (such as ginger ale or coke) |
| include mention of both the percentage of alcohol by | | | | absorbs alcohol more quickly than a drink that has |
| volume and the amount of alcohol per serving. A light | | | | been diluted with water, tomato juice, orange juice or |
| beer has between 2.4% and 4.0% of alcohol by | | | | milk. Of all the alcoholic drinks on the market today, the |
| volume. A conventional beer has between 3.2% and | | | | dieter intent on low carb living should feel the least |
| 5.0% of alcohol by volume. Those figures really do not | | | | amount of guilt whenever he or she is drinking a light |
| tell the whole story. They do not make clear whether | | | | beer. That assumes, of course, that the dieter has |
| or not a light beer might be included in a low carb diet | | | | insisted on incorporating alcohol into his or her attempt |
| plan. One really needs to examine the amount of | | | | at adherence to a high protein, low carb diet. Perhaps |
| alcohol per serving. That allows calculation of the size | | | | the best beverage for the drinker on a low carb diet |
| of the ingested volume of alcohol that is downed from | | | | would be one of the "near beers." Of |
| a single can or bottle. That calculated figure is 0.29 oz | | | | course, that might still have a fair amount of glucose. |
| to 0.58 oz for light beer and 0.38 oz to 0.60 oz for | | | | The dieter should read the label carefully before using |
| conventional beer. Beer and wine contain lower | | | | a "near beer" as a substitute for the real |
| concentrations of alcohol than hard liquor. Does that | | | | thing. A "near beer" might have a |
| fact suggest that a dieter should feel free to wash | | | | carbohydrate composition that is too close to that of |
| down low carb recipes with beer or wine? Well no, | | | | the real thing. |