The weekend is still far away, it’s been a long day and you want to take the edge off with a breezy cocktail. And you think to yourself- It’s only one drink, that can’t hurt!
If that’s you, read on.
It hurts. And it hurts your waistline the most.
Did you know that alcohol is one of the top three reasons for obesity in the world! And by now you must’ve noticed that your booze doesn’t carry any label admitting its nutritional break up. Isn’t that odd given that even a bottle of water confesses its calorie count?
And this is not an Indian exception. Across US and Europe, alcohol is exempt to spell out what’s in the bottle. But they should be required to put the calorie chart, argues a public health expert in a new paper published in British Medical Journal. The paper establishes that mild regular drinkers get 10% of their daily calories from booze alone.