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FAT TO SKINNY reader:
Dear Doug, I've been drinking a couple of glasses of wine each night...pretty good size goblets. Will the wine affect my weight loss?

FAT TO SKINNY reader

Doug Varrieur:
Can I drink on a low carb/low sugar diet?

Here’s the lowdown on hooch. Alcohol will burn as fuel before FAT.  It goes into the liver on one side a martini and comes out the other side a triglyceride, blood fat. Now I’m not saying you need to cut out the booze altogether…but… if you’re on my program and your weight is struggling to come off and you’re drinking…cut back until the weight starts to drop off. This way you’ll find your personal alcohol benchmark. For me drinking became a thing of the past. My tolerance level is simply too low. For you it may be a drink or two a day. Experiment and make adjustments as needed.

FAT TO SKINNY reader:
I've noticed my weight loss is stalled, mi wife tells me it's because of my beer. Is that true?

FAT TO SKINNY Reader

Doug Varrieur:
Where does the sugar come from in beer? It comes from the grains, Barley and Hops. You can make good choices however and keep your beer to a minimum. Look at the difference between Guinness and Michelob Ultra for example. Be sure to add your counts into your daily total.

Beverage                  Net Carbs                Sugar
Accel                    2.4g                     ¾ tsp  sugar
Amstel Light       5g                     1 ¼ tsp sugar
Aspen Edge       2.6g                     ¾ tsp sugar
Bud Light   6.6g       1                         ½ tsp sugar
Bud Select       3.1g                     ¾ tsp sugar
Busch Light       6.6g                     1 ¼  sugar
Costal Light       3.9g                     1  sugar
Coors Light       5g                     1 ¼ tsp sugar
Corona light       5g                     1 ¼ tsp sugar
Guinness   17.6g       4                         ½ tsp sugar
Heineken Light   6.8g   1 ½ tsp sugar
Labatt Light   8g   2 tsp sugar
Labatt Sterling   2.5g   ¾ tsp sugar
Michelob Light   11.7g   3 tsp sugar
Michelob Ultra   2.6g   ¾ tsp sugar
Michelob Ultra Amber   3.7g   1tsp  sugar
Mikes Light Lemonade 11.2 oz   6g   1 ½ tsp sugar
Miller Lite                  3.2g   ¾ tsp sugar
Milwaukee’s Best Light   3.5g   ¾ tsp sugar
Natural Light   3.2g   ¾ tsp sugar
Sam Adams Light   9.7g   1 ¾ tsp sugar

FAT TO SKINNY reader:
Hi Doug,
I received your book 2 weeks ago and am feeling GREAT!  Boy what a difference, my head is clearer, I'm not hungry all the time, I have more energy and oh yeah, my jeans are very comfortable fitting now. THANK YOU
 
I am curious to know what wine has the least amount of sugar as I do enjoy a glass or two of wine at night.
 
I read in your book about beer and mixed drinks but couldn't find any info on wine.
 
I look forward to hearing from you.
 
Betty
North Reading, MA

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