[Charlie OK]

havent read the whole thread yet, but where does beer fit in on Atkins? I fear it is probably a big no-no.

[Johnbalaya]

i think there's beer out there now that very low carb

[Dusty Rose]

Unfortunately, no protein, no fat in beer. It metabolizes like a carbohydrate. Maybe a pina colada, in moderation, easy on the pineapple, heavy on the fat-laden coconut milk, with a few drops of rum flavoring...How do the Atkins people party, or do they abstain from alcohol all together?

[carlo3b]

Charlie, everything is relative. Measuring low-carb is in ones own mind. Ideally, no-carb is the nervana, but unpractical, and low-carb is were we all end up. Beer is not necessarally a no no. There are low carb beers on the market today, typically about 2.2 carbs per 12 oz serving. If you are unwilling to bypass the REAL BEER, at 20 carbs per can, and Lite beer, varies between 4.5 - 5.5 per. However, when comparing it to sodas, Diet Cola are 1 carb per 12 oz, and REAL COLA is 51...Lemonade is 40.... YIKES
Water is the drink of choice for any diet, containing 0... and with iced tea... 1 carb.  The wise dieter should drink plenty of water (8 to 10 glasses per day).

[BibChr]

FWIW, I'd double check carlo's numbers to you; a number of them don't jibe at all with my memory. Diet Coke, for instance, has zero carbs; as with all diet soda's. And as a rule, you'll find that "low fat" products often have MORE carbs than regular! Go figure!

Dan

[SamAdams76]

I have continued to drink beer all through this plan, as well as wine. Remember, a low-carb diet does not mean zero or some ridiculously low amount (unless you are doing the Atkins 2-week induction phase). I try to keep my carbs under 100 grams a day. For comparison, the average American consumes some 450 grams of carbs per day! Most beers have about 17 carbs per 12-oz bottle, so having a couple of beers (or even three) isn't necessarily inconsistent with a low-carb diet (provided you watch your carb intake elsewhere).

Beer fits into my diet anyhow being that it is all natural ingredients. Water, barley, hops and yeast. That's it. All from nature. And the carbs are complex carbs. You are much better off having a beer than a Diet Coke with all those unpronounceable ingredients that sound like they came from a mad scientists laboratory.

I've tried the low-carb Michelob beer and I just don't like it.

[XBob]

"havent read the whole thread yet, but where does beer fit in on Atkins? I fear it is probably a big no-no."

Sorry - not Adkins, but me - I have personally found beer really shoots up my blood sugar (full of carbs) - however - CONTRARY TO WHAT EVERYONE SAYS - pure alcohol actually lowers it. So Vodka and grain alcohol with diet soda seem to do pretty well, and martiini's, but avoid rum particularly, or any kind of booze made from sugar cane (in Florida they sell all kinds of booze (particularly at ABC Liquors - which is made from sugar cane - and it is not rum - read the fine print) and bourbon is not so bad, but not recommended, though whiskey seems to be OK. And in this is from personal experience, and I have read dozens of diet and diabetes books, and only one book have I found that will tell you this - alcohol actually lowers blood sugar.