This was a main topic of debate at work this afternoon...

[haysi06]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/8002991.stm

The high calorific content of alcohol was an eyeopener for some!

What do you think?

....as she reaches for a glass of wine......:P

[im-dan.glee]

adds inches to the waist appparently : 0)

[No,Knowledge]

there is now could i eat 12 small sausage rolls

[No,Knowledge]

no way ^

[haysi06]

No,Knowledge, you could dip them in your pint :P

[Booldawg]

Just another slant on the government to get us to drink less. We ALL know the yeast ferments sugar to alcohol with hardly any residual calories.

As alcohol retards blood/sugar levels. We tend to eat crap after a few drinks to combat this. The stuff we eat is far more dangerous to our waistlines than the actual booze.

Kebab anyone?

[Ethel]

At least 500 calories in a bottle of red wine.

I thought this was common knowledge and why vodka is popular - it has relatively few calories.

You only have to look at all the beer bellies to know alcohol is high in calories.

[knobs.]

Have you got an O level in stating the bleeding obvious then our Efff's?

[Ethel]

No, knobs. A master's degree in it.

[haysi06]

Booldawg everyone craves pizza kebab or chinese after a bevvy don't they :P

Hi Ethel, yes I and most of my friends could give you a run down on the calorific content of most alcoholic beverages courtesy of slimming clubs!

[Booldawg]

Its all in proportion Ethel. A bottle of red wine = 500 calories; dancing to the entire 'Now Thats What I Call Music' collection vols. 4-9 = 2500 calories.

[Jan1957]

That's why I stick to the vodka!!

[haysi06]

Booldawg are ye dancin' ;)

Hey Jan xx, vodka and soda water with a twist of lime, :P

[Booldawg]

I'm dancin'.....D'ye want a wee umbrella wi' that voddy hays?

[Ethel]

Booldawg - that would be roughly 10 hours non-stop dancing. Fine if it takes you 10 hours to drink one bottle of wine.