Is Wine Fattening?

I really wish winemakers were forced to put the calorie info on the label, grr!
It's a range of about 150 to 350 calories per glass.
Cocktails are even higher, I think a margarita has like 600 calories!
But I was happy to discover that my favorite beer, Guiness Stout, is fairly low at 120 :)

Alcohol = Liquid Sugar It doesn't matter what form of alcohol you drink it is still sugar. The best rule you can have is the lower the alcohol content per ounce the lower the calories.

One or so glasses of red wine per day can actually help you metabolize fat. Also, wine drinkers tend to be healthier eaters and more active than beer drinkers, they say. Could explain the elegant scrawny French people who drink wine all day while eating baguettes and cheese and chocolate (well, at least those aren't deep fried) while dashing around Paris in pencil skirts.

But back to car-seat-butted Americans, more than one glass a day will be enough alcohol to slow your metabolism down (NOT good) in addition to the sugar and calories, and that can make you pretty darn fat. Also, wine encourages nibbling, which doesn't help late at night when drinking often occurs. A glass with dinner is GREAT, but several glasses per day regularly will make you every bit as fat as beer unless your diet is super healthy and you're burning a lot of calories.

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Wines typically vary between 500 calories per bottle and 1500 calories per bottle depending on the type of wine. There are the initial 'present' calories and then the fact that alcohol metabolizes as sugar (big reason why recovering alcoholics crave sweets).

Considering that there are 4 glasses of wine per most bottles = 125 - 375 calories per glass.

There's 100-300 calories on average per bottle of beer.

The reason why they're "similar" is the alcohol content. Beer INITIALLY has more calories than wine, but Wine tends to have a much higher alcohol content than beer, so the calories increase. (because of the alcohol metabolizing).

People tend to drink less wine in one sitting than beer (higher alchol usually means drinking less), so people typically consume fewer calories. (ditto hard alcohol).

The "fattening" aspect, to either, however. Tends to be LESS the calories involved, and more the increasing size of the liver. Add in that drinking, for most people, is a pretty sedentary AND that people tend to eat less, means that their bodies typically start storing more fat as a response to nutritional deficiency/ exercise deficiency.

People are notorious for losing a lot of weight when they quit drinking beer for a month or two, because they're cutting out ###-###-#### calories out of their day, and their liver shrinks in response to fewer toxins to filter out, AND they're typically bored / find something else to fill their time (aka become slightly to massively more active). "Beer Bellies" (also found in people who drink a lot of wine) have nothing to do with FAT, but are a person's LIVER. You can see a very skinny man with a HUGE belly (beer belly), and ya know... you're looking at his liver.

Red wine has lots of benefits health wise. However, enjoying one glass or two a day is fine, any more then that , well, the calories will add up. It's not necessary fattening if you drink in moderation.

Wine turns to sugar and yes, some gets stored as fat............ also, I think depending upon how old you are, alcohol affects one differently. I think the older you are and the more you drink, you get more belly fat.. Lastly, it's also about calories in, calories out.......... take more in that you burn, you'll probably get fatter. Additionally, I tend to think alcohol dehydrates you and therefore slows your metabolism..

Wine doesn't have any fat, but it certainly has calories and sugars/carbs. You should be able to find info online about specific calorie and carb counts in wine, red vs white.

People that will tell you that wine has less calories than beer are speaking in terms of getting a buzz or drunk. Wine has more alcohol to calories than beer because it has a higher alcohol content. Following this logic you are best off shooting whiskey. :p

Calories. How many calories per glass? It varies by the type of wine. But it does still contain calories. Fat? no. But what do you mean "is it fattening?". Too many calories in someone's diet is fattening... so how many calories are you consuming? Be sure to include the ones in the wine you are consuming.

I just saw the news tonight and there was a story on this. Studies have concluded that people eat more when consuming alcohol. It also slows the metabolism, makes you hungry and contains sugar that turns to fat.

Wine contains calories. I'm not sure how many, and maybe it would be different if you had sweet or dry wine. Google how many calories x ounces of wine contain, and go from there. If you're a calorie counter you'll figure out how many glasses you could have before upsetting the "calories consumed vs burned" thing.

Although health-wise and sobriety-wise, you probably want to pace yourself anyway. :) I think I've read that a woman shouldn't have more than 5 glasses per week, and not more than 2 in a night (from a health perspective), but don't quote me on that :).

I love a great glass of wine with a good meal - enjoy!

Calories are calories. If you eat more calories that you burn, you gain weight. It's that simple. There is no such thing as diet wine.

Here is the deal on alcohol...Besides the amount of calories in alcohol, which vary greatly (wine is actually quite low on this scale) you need to worry about its chemistry in your body. Your body has no way to store alcohol so it is used as the first source of energy for as long as it is in your system. So instead of burning fat you are burning off the alcohol and the fat stays. This is a reason why nightly drinking is NOT a good idea if you are trying to lose weight. Here is an excerpt from an article about this:

When you drink alcohol, it’s broken down into acetate (basically vinegar), which the body will burn before any other calorie you’ve consumed or stored, including fat or even sugar. So if you drink and consume more calories than you need, you’re more likely to store the fat from the Cheez Whiz you ate and the sugar from the Coke you drank because your body is getting all its energy from the acetate in the beer you sucked down. Further, studies show that alcohol temporarily inhibits “lipid oxidation”— in other words, when alcohol is in your system, it’s harder for your body to burn fat that’s already there. Since eating fat is the most metabolically efficient way to put fat on your body—you actually use a small amount of calories when you turn excess carbs and protein into body fat, but excess fat slips right into your saddlebags, no costume change necessary—hypothetically speaking, following a high-fat, high-alcohol diet would be the easiest way to put on weight.

Yes wine has a lot of calories but several studies have been done proving that a glass or two of red wine daily actually helps clean out you arties and it has a lot of antioxidents.

Everything is fattening. Look up the calories of everything you eat
or drink. Too many calories are too many and too few are too few.
Everyone has a different amout that is too much for them.

Answer: Depends on the wine. Some of the sweeter ones take a lot of sugar to make them that way. Red's are usually better than whites. Check the ingredients on the side of the bottle. If has a high sugar content steer clear of them.

All wine has calories, and they add up fast. It's never a good idea to drink a lot of calories. I have known plenty of ladies who gained quite a bit of weight discovering wine. Keep it to 4-5 glasses a week (maximum!!) and you should be fine. Just my opinion, anything more then that is unhealthy in many ways.

In a word. Yes.

But it is not just the calories themselves that make wine (and I LOVE it too) it is the way in which alcohol spikes the blood sugar. So wine was one of the things I sacrificed in my weight loss goal.