Going on a diet? if you are, no doubt you’re worried what your daily glass will do – are there calories in wine?
Yes, sadly. There are typically about 60-80 calories in an average glass of wine. In a regular bottle there are perhaps five to six glasses of wine at most, depending on the size of the glass. You could estimate that a glass of wine has around the same number of calories as an apple, or a piece of bread.
In a typical bottle of wine there are typically anything from 300 to 500 calories for the sweeter reds and whites.
The existence of calories in wine is a fact, but compared with other things we eat it is perhaps a minimal consideration. A hamburger can have up to one thousand calories in it, and if you add bacon, almost as much fat as your body needs in a month.
There is not a lot of fat in wine, if any at all. There is sugar and some small amount of carbohydrates, but even the amount of carbohydrates is relatively small compared to a slice of bread. Hence, one should consider wine as a good source of calories and with an appropriate choice of varietals, a worthwhile human fuel source.
An additional benefit to wine is the general feeling of wellness it provides to the digestive system and brain, this can not be overlooked when considering the amount of calories in wine as part of dieting plan.
Wine is good for you
Regardless of the fact that calories exist in wine, wine may benefit you, and should, therefore, be considered as part of a normal person’s diet. Wines in general, aid in digestion, enhance the food we eat, and certain red wines may even provide enough antioxidants and other goodies that the issue of calories in wine should be a second tier discussion.
