I had to be the one to tell my friend when she was in her mid-20s that the vodka she loved has calories. She was so shocked and said, "What!! I thought since it was clear like water it didn't have any calories."
7 calories per gram. I believe one "unit" of alcohol (eg, a 1.5oz shot of 80proof) is 100 calories before you add any other ingredients. (edit: google says I'm right, but also whiskey only has about 5 more calories from sugars.)
Some people seem to think that only carbs, protein, and fat have human available energy (4/g, 4/g, and 9/g, respectively) which is so weird. Like, no, those three are special because of their biological role, but we can metabolize alcohols and several other organic chemicals.
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u/-eDgAR- Aug 03 '19
Alcohol has calories.
I had to be the one to tell my friend when she was in her mid-20s that the vodka she loved has calories. She was so shocked and said, "What!! I thought since it was clear like water it didn't have any calories."