One glass of wine is as bad as a doughnut

If you’re someone who likes a relaxing glass of wine in the evening after a stressful day at work, we have bad news for you.

Turns out the habit could potentially see you gain as much as 11 kilos a year.

Yikes!

Australian dietician Anne Finch says just one glass of wine a night is the same as eating a doughnut a day.

She explains that a standard drink – which is a shot of spirit, middy of beer or 150mls of wine – is equal to the calorie count of your average doughnut.

And the worst part about it is that they are completely empty calories and don’t provide you with any positive nutrients - just the extra calories.

“When alcohol becomes the metabolic priority, we don’t burn fats and sugars as efficiently, and so store more of it as body fat,” the Perth-based expert told Femail.

It only gets more depressing if you’re a regular drinker.

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Anne says a typical boozy night could see you have 570 extra calories after four glasses of wine, and if you have a tendency to over-eat when tipsy that’s another 700 calories.

Add the greasy hangover cure breakfast the next morning and boom – you’re staring down the barrel of almost 2000 extra calories!

“That’s what the average Australian woman needs all day. If you do that every weekend, that’s a potential weight gain of 11 kilos per year,” she says.

Luckily there are a few tips and tricks to help with cutting down.

Try making every second drink water, and maybe give drinks with a lower alcohol content a go, also ice, lots of ice.

Have at least two alcohol-free days per week – or set yourself a bigger goal like trying Dry July this month.

Also don’t stockpile your favourite drink at home, that way you’re less likely to always reach for a glass with dinner.

Time to put the glass down.

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