What calories are in alcohol and how to burn it off


How to burn it off: It would take more than 15 minutes of jogging to burn it
off.

Go large on the Chablis with a 250ml glass and you could be glugging down 228
calories, the same as a Cornetto ice cream or two fishfingers.

How to burn it off: It would take almost half an hour of cycling to burn it
off.

If you share a bottle of 13% alcohol wine with someone over dinner, you could
be packing in 340 calories each.

How to burn it off: It would take 30 minutes of hard swimming to shift.

Champagne

A flute of champagne is just 89 calories.

How to burn it off: A nine minute run will do the trick

Beer

A pint of premium strength 5% beer contained 170 calories, the same as the
packet of ready salted crisps you may be having with it.

How to burn it off: You’d have to put in a full-on 17 minutes on a rowing
machine to get rid of it.

Cider

A pint of strong cider can contain 216 calories, like chomping almost three
quarters of the way through a burger. The figures are similar for a pint of
Guinness (210 calories)

How to burn it off: You’d need to spend almost half an hour have a kick-about
in the park to shift just one.

Should alcoholic drinks have calorie labels?

Alcopops

Alcopops are packing in 237 calories in every 330ml bottle of 5% fizzy pop,
the same as three Lee’s chocolate tea cakes.

How to burn it off: You’d need to spend almost 90 minutes in your favourite
yoga poses.

Spirits

Spirits have less calories, with on average a 40% 25ml measure having 61
calories – without the mixer.

How to burn it off: You could burn that off with a moderate walk of 12
minutes.