Lower Carb Drinks
Drinks
Try to avoid:
SOFT DRINKS
Fruit juices
Smoothies
Milkshakes
HARD DRINKS
Beer
Cider
Sweet white wine
Rose
HOT DRINKS
Latte
Mocha
Mulled wine
OK in moderation:
SOFT DRINKS
No added sugar squash
Milk
Diet drinks
HARD DRINKS
Dry white wine
Red wine
Sparking dry wine
Gin
HOT DRINKS
White tea
White coffee
Go for it:
SOFT DRINKS
Water
Sparkling water
Almond milk (no added sugar)
HOT DRINKS
Herbal. tea
Black tea
Black coffee
On medication for Diabetes (apart from Metformin)?
You should check with your doctor or nurse before making a significant change to your diet.
On medication for high blood pressure?
A low carb diet can reduce your blood pressure and you will need to keep an eye on this.
Low Carb specific alcoholic drinks
Drinkwell specialise specfically in lower carbohydrate wine, beer, cider and spirit options. Their selection of products contain significantly less carbohydrate that normal products which you can see more information on below.
Carbohydrates in normal alcoholic drinks
The following two videos from Carbs and Cals detail the amount of carbohydrates in different alcoholic drinks. If you are struggling to loose weight despite reducing carbohydrates remember that alcohol itself provides empty calories which ultimately can cause weight gain.
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