Initiative for a Healthy Weight

Nutrition

Tips About Alcohol

• Moderate drinking means no more than 1 drink per day for women and 2 drinks per day for men.
• Twelve ounces of regular beer, 5 ounces of wine, and 1-½ ounces of 80-proof distilled spirits count as a drink.
• Alcoholic beverages contain calories. There are about 100 calories in 12 ounces of light beer, 5 ounces of table wine, or 1-½ ounces of 80-proof distilled spirits. Higher alcohol content or mixing alcohol with regular soft drinks, tonic water, fruit juice, or cream, increases the calories in the beverage.