Getting in Shape for Spring (Break)
Guidelines for Safer Drinking
- Never drink on an empty stomach.
- Drink slowly. It takes an average of one to two hours to metabolize one beer, one four-ounce glass of wine, or one shot of hard liquor.
- If you feel the need to have a drink in your hand, alternate between an alcoholic drink and soda, juice, or other non-alcoholic beverage.
- Dilute your mixed drinks with more club soda, water or juice.
- Know your limit; tolerance is an individual thing.
- Recognize that your judgment is always off when you drink.
How Many Calories are you Drinking?
| Beverage |
Calories |
| 12 oz. beer |
140-150 |
| 6 pack |
840-900 |
| 12 oz. lite beer |
95-105 |
| 12 oz. Ultra |
95 |
| 4 oz. wine (red or white) |
80-120 |
| 1.5 oz. shot |
100 |
| 7 oz. mixed drink |
175 |
| 12 oz. blender drink |
725 |
Can healthy eating and college life go together? Absolutely! Get the nutrition facts you need in the book Eating Well on Campus by Ann Litt, M.S., R.D., L.D.
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