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New Low Carb Beer???

bigblue8888 Posts: 15 Joined: 2002/10/25	2002/10/25, 08:05 PM Hey everyone! New here to FT. I know alcohol is absolutely against the fitness grain and all...but has anyone tried that new Low Carb ultra light beer? I think it's from michelob. I tried one and it did not taste too different from light beer. 2 gms of carbs??? Any comments???
Carivan Posts: 8,542 Joined: 2002/01/20	2002/10/25, 08:21 PM Haven't seen it up here in Montreal yet. Whats the alchohol content? How about filling in your profile? Welcome to the site and hope your reaching your goals.
bb1fit Posts: 11,105 Joined: 2001/06/30	2002/10/25, 09:08 PM I have walked by it thinking I got to try one of those. I do love the taste of a good beer. If I get some, maybe this weekend, I will post my taste on it. A six pack of beer in my fridge will last 2 months! LOL...Actually an occasional beer is not that bad for you. Not to mention it might help to take the edge off some!! :>}
jbennett Posts: 1,558 Joined: 2001/02/28	2002/10/25, 11:34 PM Sure, it is beter for those not looking for that all-too-sexy beer gut look. But you also have to consider that alcohol itself has 7 calories per gram and is actually stored in fat cells. I drink about as much as bb1fit, but a couple here and there won't bother you. If Lee Priest can eat 38 Krispy Kreme donuts in one day (its true - I read it in a recent interview) and still place high in the Olympia competition, I think we can afford to have a low carb beer from time to time. -------------- --JBennett "I've up-ed my intensity.... now up yours!" "Pain is only weakness leaving the body." "Never think of how weak you are; think of how strong you're going to be."
rev8ball Posts: 3,081 Joined: 2001/12/27	2002/10/28, 11:56 AM the biggest problem i have with this beer (besides the alcohol) is that it lists 2g of total carbs (not just sugar), 0.5g of protein, and 0g of fat, but the total caloric count is 96 cals!!!!! maybe a little truth in labeling is needed... -------------- Michael "Trample the weak; hurdle the dead!"
bb1fit Posts: 11,105 Joined: 2001/06/30	2002/10/28, 12:03 PM Well, I didn't try it. After reading rev's post, kind of glad I didn't. Good we know something about figuring calories for ourselves! Knowledge!!
dpking44 Posts: 470 Joined: 2002/08/07	2002/10/28, 03:16 PM A low carb beer, yeah right. Damn, and I was excited too. Crap.. DP
Carivan Posts: 8,542 Joined: 2002/01/20	2002/10/28, 06:27 PM Just remembered, if you are wanting to lose fat alcohol blocks the process, so I'm back to square one! No boos.:(
bigblue8888 Posts: 15 Joined: 2002/10/25	2002/10/28, 08:05 PM I agree revball....95 calories yet according to the label, it appears to have nothing in it??? marketing at its best huh???.... train hard, bb
mackfactor Posts: 766 Joined: 2002/10/17	2002/10/30, 01:14 PM Doesn't alchohol itself contain calories, just like macronutrients do? JBennett mentioned something about this, and I thought I remember reading that long ago. That most likely accounts for the remainder of the calories.