What’s more, the calories people consume through alcohol tend to be additional to the calories they consume in the rest of their diet, rather than a replacement. Just like in other alcoholic drinks, these are ‘empty calories’ with no nutritional value, so don’t benefit your body in any way.
3 Even switching to a diet mixer will still mean a high calorie drink – a double vodka and diet cola is estimated to have 108 calories. In fact, you might be surprised to hear that a double vodka and cola made with a 50ml measure of vodka contains around 168 calories. 2 So, because vodka has a high alcohol content, it is high in calories too. Alcohol contains around seven calories a gram - almost as many as pure fat. It’s a myth that drinks featuring clear spirits are low in calories. Strength (ABV) x volume (ml) ÷ 1,000 = units You can work out how many units of alcohol there are in any drink by multiplying the size of the serving (in ml) by its ABV percentage, and dividing the result by 1,000. Look out for the ABV on the label, which shows what percentage of the drink is alcohol, or ask at the bar. 1 That means 37.5% of the drink is pure alcohol.īut the alcoholic strength of vodka is often higher – many widely bought vodka brands are 40% ABV or above, and some can be even stronger.Ĭhecking a vodka’s Alcohol By Volume (ABV) will tell you how strong it is. How much alcohol is in vodka?įor a drink to be sold as vodka in the UK, it has to be at least 37.5% Alcohol By Volume (ABV). It can damage your heart and liver, increase your risk of seven different types of cancer, and affect your appearance, fertility and mental health. So, drinking more than seven double measures of vodka in a week would put you above the UK low risk drinking guidelines.ĭrinking above the UK low risk drinking guidelines increases your risk of developing long-term health problems. The UK Chief Medical Officers' (CMO) low risk drinking guidelines recommend that it’s safest for both men and women to drink no more than 14 units of alcohol a week, spread over three or more days with several drink-free days, and no bingeing. And if your drink has a double measure, that means double the amount of alcohol (and calories).
Vodka, like all spirits, is a strong alcoholic drink.Ī typical-strength single (25ml) measure of vodka will have 1 unit of alcohol in it.
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