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Article: Consider the calories when you take a drink
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- The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (Milwaukee, WI)
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- June 2, 2002
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On Wine
Consider the calories when you take a drink
By ANNE SCHAMBERG
Sunday, June 2, 2002
In this town, where beer bellies outnumber stars in the sky,
dieting looms large, especially at the opening of bathing suit
season.
Keeping track of calories in food is easy as pie, but before
stepping into your Speedo, consider the calories in the wine you
drink with dinner. And contemplate the inches owed to the gin and
tonic you enjoy out on the deck.
Common wisdom says beer is fattening, and the truth is that a 12-
ounce can contains about 150 calories. By contrast, a 5-ounce glass
of dry wine holds approximately 100 to 130 calories, while a rum and
cola, made with 1 1/2 ounces of alcohol and 8 ...