Alcohol while doing low carb / Keto

vodka and club soda with lime is the cleanest drink i know.

not clean, but still the lowest calorie.

Vodka's, scotch, bourbons, whiskeys. Dry white and dry red wines. I mentioned in another thread, 2-3 Michelob Ultras or miller lites wont be terrible. There are some other low/zero carb beers, but not many in America.

I'm pretty versed in bourbons, whiskeys, and red wine. I've dabbled in white wine and scotch. I've tip toed in vodkas.

Don't worry about the calorie nonsense. Bill has a good write up on it on his calories proper website. In this context with low sugar, you are fine. Not to say that no
other health risks that may come up. And your body will hate you if you drink too much

Here is the study he used. You may need to use to internet magic to read it though.

r/ketodrunk is an actual subreddit for this exact question.

I really don't worry about it. If I'm drinking often enough to derail my diet, I'm drinking too often.

One limiting factor is tolerance - If I've been super low carb/Keto for more than a few weeks, I can't really handle more than 2-3 drinks without feeling like shite.

I like gin, so Bombay on the rocks with two olives.

Also if taking shots, just tequila.

People do the club soda thing, but that shite taste nasty to me.

1. Drink beer
2. Eat nothing
3. ????????
4. Profit!

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Ethanol is a carbohydrate. It fits the definition perfectly.

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Funny thing, my BG level is 71 after 1/2 a bottle of wine and steak/bacon. I literally just measured it (Fasted all day, bacon at 6 and steak at 7) after a year of not knowing where my monitor was. I've done several self experiments with steak, bacon, eggs, wine, bourbon, vodka...(I need to do beer) to see the effects on BG over the years. It isn't much. Red wine may bring it up to 85 after a 75 baseline. Chardonnay and chianti reduced it after 4 glasses (I'd like to try this again) by 12-15. Crappy Trader Joe's $3 Buck Chuck Merlot raised it from 89 to 94. Trader's Chardonnay reduced it, 87 to 72....after 4 (5oz) regular size glasses of wine. Another one that raised it was Trader's Shiraz, 78-94 after 4 glasses...hardly a bump.

Bourbon? After 3 (two finger) pours of on the rocks, 89 rasied to 94 over the course of the night.

I actually agree that it doesn't stop fat burning. However, I think we are confounding a lot of data on "what" exactly is causing the fat in the liver. Is it an excess of wine, bourbon, or gin? Or, is it beer? I have a sneaky feeling that beer, and the excess in crappy foods associate with drunkeness.....pizza, fast food....etc...are our main problem.

Pick up a BG monitor at Walmart for a grand total of $50 (monitor, lancets, the test strips may be more) for a year's worth of fun.

I really think ethanol is different from carbohydrates. Too tired to really dive into chemistry currently. But their different reactions in the body make me think they are inherently different.


***before hitting the bed. 1 bottle of wine ended up with a measure of 55mg/dl

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One limiting factor is tolerance - If I've been super low carb/Keto for more than a few weeks, I can't really handle more than 2-3 drinks without feeling like shite.

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This is true. My tolerance decreases and my hangovers are worse. Plus, hydration is a bit more difficult to manage.

buuuut I still drink lol. Vodka and soda for me. Sometimes I'll do a few drops of bitters or peychauds to make it taste different

Spirits with water or soda water are going to be less harmful than alcoholic beverages like daiquiris, sugary mixed drinks, beer and wine. The ladder contains a lot more carbs than just ethanol that your liver has to process. Furthermore spirits are cleaner due to the distillation process. You are drinking all the impurities (in very small amounts) when you drink un-distilled fermentations like beer and wine. Distillation removes the majority of impurities (like methanol, acetone, propanol, butanol, iso-butanol, amyl-alcohols, and other impurities produced by yeast and some bacteria during fermentation).

My drinking is limited to this now days:
Amstel Light
red wine
Scotch neat
Bourbon neat