
Hoover H Handy 700 Pets review 2022
The Hoover H Handy Pets is a good sweeper with a cool LED light. We tested it on rice, cereal and, of course, pet hair to see how it fared.
Read more…The UK loves booze. Unfortunately, the UK also has a bit of a weight problem. These two characteristics could be quite closely related. Pure alcohol, despite not tasting very nice, contains seven calories per gram, making it the second most calorie-dense thing after fat, which has nine calories in a gram. In other words, it’s impossible to have an alcoholic drink with no calories.
According to an NHS Digital study, the average English person drinks 11.7 units of alcohol each week. A unit’s worth of alcoholic drink contains roughly 85 calories on average. This means they also consume about 1,000 calories from alcoholic drinks each week – the same amount of calories as two Big Macs. Since a pound of fat contains about 3,500 calories, this also means that the average person could lose 15 pounds (6.8kg) in one year by going teetotal.
Alcohol consumption varies significantly between genders and age groups, so alcohol calorie consumption does as well. And different drinks contain different amounts of calories – a pint of lager has far more than a small glass of wine, for example. See the tables below for stats for your own demographic, and for calories per drink type.
Men | Women | Average | |
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16-24 years | 1,233 | 757 | 995 |
25-34 years | 1,148 | 638 | 893 |
35-44 years | 1,224 | 774 | 999 |
45-54 years | 1,513 | 850 | 1,182 |
55-64 years | 1,292 | 952 | 1,122 |
65-74 years | 1,292 | 774 | 1,033 |
75 years and over | 1,012 | 519 | 765 |
Average | 1,245 | 752 | 998 |
As 60% of the Brits have stockpiled food for the lockdown, many have also picked up some extra drinks to make sure the home bar doesn’t dry out. During March 2020, alcohol sales went up by 22%, which is equal to £199 million. Whether drinks are consumed on a Friday evening video call, or on Tuesday night to wind down, it’s definitely could be easier to drink more at home than in a bar. This could be a recipe for bingeing, especially when the alcohol is cheaper and you’re deciding on the size of the servings.
Drink | Total calories | Calories per unit of alcohol | Percentage of people who had no idea of calorie content |
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Pint of Lager | 230 | 85 | 65% |
Pint of Cider | 216 | 83 | 59% |
Pint of Guinness | 218 | 88 | 61% |
Small glass of wine (175ml) | 159 | 69 | 59% |
Shot of vodka (25ml) | 51 | 54 | 79% |
Shot of gin (25ml) | 52 | 55 | 80% |
Shot of tequila (25ml) | 55 | 55 | 81% |
Shot of sambuca (25ml) | 80 | 84 | 73% |
An alcopop (275ml) | 170 | 155 | 64% |
A double gin and tonic (standard measures) | 160 | 85 | 63% |
A double vodka and red bull (standard measures) | 171 | 91 | 64% |
A double rum and coke (standard measures) | 167 | 84 | 64% |
Drink | Volume (ml) | ABV (%) | Units | Calories | Calories/unit |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Champagne | 125 | 12 | 1.5 | 89 | 59 |
Spirit | 25 | 40 | 1 | 61 | 61 |
Wine | 175 | 13 | 2.3 | 159 | 69 |
Beer | 568 | 4 | 2.3 | 182 | 79 |
Cider | 568 | 4.5 | 2.6 | 216 | 83 |
Beer | 330 | 5 | 1.6 | 142 | 89 |
Alcopop | 275 | 4 | 1.1 | 170 | 155 |
Average | 85 |
Drink | Calories/unit |
---|---|
Champagne | 59 |
Spirit | 61 |
Wine | 69 |
Beer | 79 |
Cider | 83 |
Beer | 89 |
Alcopop | 155 |
Beer brand | Calories |
---|---|
Carling | 182 |
Carlsberg | 210 |
Guinness | 210 |
Coors Light | 199 |
Foster's | 204 |
Budweiser | 222 |
Stella Artois | 227 |
Grolsch | 227 |
Heineken | 239 |
Peroni | 239 |
Corona | 239 |
Kronenbourg 1664 | 245 |
Spirit | ABV (%) | Units | Calories | Calories/unit |
---|---|---|---|---|
Rum | 40 | 1 | 52 | 52 |
Vodka | 38 | 0.9 | 51 | 54 |
Whiskey | 40 | 1 | 55 | 55 |
Tequila | 40 | 1 | 55 | 55 |
Gin | 38 | 0.9 | 52 | 55 |
Brandy | 36 | 0.9 | 50 | 56 |
Sambuca | 38 | 1 | 80 | 84 |
Alcohol | Calories |
---|---|
Brandy | 50 |
Vodka | 51 |
Rum | 52 |
Gin | 52 |
Whiskey | 55 |
Tequila | 55 |
Sambuca | 80 |
Drink | Total calories | ABV (%) | Units | Calories/unit |
---|---|---|---|---|
Rum and Diet Coke | 105 | 10 | 2 | 53 |
Gin and diet tonic | 107 | 9.4 | 1.9 | 57 |
Whiskey and Diet Coke | 111 | 10 | 2 | 56 |
Vodka, lime and soda | 112 | 9.4 | 1.9 | 60 |
Screwdriver | 157 | 9.4 | 1.9 | 84 |
Gin and tonic | 160 | 9.4 | 1.9 | 85 |
Vodka cranberry | 165 | 9.4 | 1.9 | 88 |
Rum and Coke | 167 | 10 | 2 | 84 |
Vodka Red Bull | 171 | 9.4 | 1.9 | 91 |
Whiskey and Coke | 173 | 10 | 2 | 87 |
Drink | Calories |
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Rum and Diet Coke | 105 |
Gin and diet tonic | 107 |
Whiskey and Diet Coke | 111 |
Vodka, lime and soda | 112 |
Screwdriver | 157 |
Gin and tonic | 160 |
Vodka cranberry | 165 |
Rum and Coke | 167 |
Vodka Red Bull | 171 |
Whiskey and Coke | 173 |
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