Marianne Carter is a registered dietitian and director of the Delaware Center for Health Promotion at Delaware State University in Dover. She writes articles online regarding diet and good health, and she recently tackled the subject of calories in alcohol.
No doubt the article ran in November 2011 because of the upcoming holiday season where so many people will plan to drink more than usual. It’s an intriguing idea that we so often will do things that cause us harm, all in the name of “celebrating.” Overeating, over-drinking – what is the cause?
I suppose it’s mainly because we spend most of our lives working hard and taking care of business and so we just think of celebrating as a time when we “let go” and stop following the “rules” because that seems like a bit of freedom that we might grab hold of.
But if this freedom leads to feeling ill, sometimes to the point of regretting the entire experience, perhaps we ought to think through whether it really makes us “free” or not.
Perhaps we should ask ourselves how we might celebrate in ways that do not cause us or anyone else any harm later on. Maybe just relax more, or give ourselves a whole day to just curl up and read good books. Maybe go to see two movies in the same day with a tasty meal scheduled in between. Maybe visit a place we’ve always wanted to go.
There are so many ways to make ourselves happy, that alcohol doesn’t need to be one of them (and nor does overeating for that matter.)
If you are going to drink alcohol, then Ms. Carter suggests that you remember that the calories are high, and they provide no nutrition. A 12 oz beer, for instance, has 150 calories, and a pina colada has 529 (which is about the same as eating an entire Burger King Whopper with cheese!) The alcohol is also very self-serving, in the sense that it dampens your good sense so that you will drink more of it and not think straight about what you are doing.
Think about whether you are really happiest when you don’t know what is going on or when you do what you really enjoy doing.
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