Sugar free alcoholic beverage?

faigs

On leaving my dentist this morning after getting a filling, and a few more needed, he told me that beer is full of sugar and not to drink too much of it. He was trying to identify what it is in my diet that is causing decay. Now I don't drink that much, maybe about 6/8 beers a week on average on my 'social' weeks, but I was wondering is there a sugar-free alternative? He said there is no sugar-free beers, but is there a high sugar content in wine, spirits etc? Does anyone know of any drinks would even have a significantly lower sugar content than beer? I really want to mind my teeth so I'm trying to cut out as much sugar from my diet as possible!

If anyone had any ideas I'd love to know!

Thanks a mil.

oblivious

avoid bulmers it has added glucose syrup added back to sweet it.

For something differ you could try Lambic, they are nearly completly feremented out, with none to very litte sugar


Boon Geuze is available in a number of good beer off licence and porter house bull and castle dublin

BeerNut

He doesn't know his beer. Lots of pilsner-style lagers have no sugar in them. Pure spirits like vodka and whiskey will generally be sugar-free.

However, the dehydrating effect of alcohol is probably going to have a worse effect on your teeth than any sugar. But then, I'm not a dentist...

Nevyn

Gin and slimline tonic.

shanel23

Straight Jameson - with a drop of water if you like :eek:

gucci

BeerNut wrote: »

He doesn't know his beer. Lots of pilsner-style lagers have no sugar in them. Pure spirits like vodka and whiskey will generally be sugar-free.

However, the dehydrating effect of alcohol is probably going to have a worse effect on your teeth than any sugar. But then, I'm not a dentist...

.........But after eating i chew......."

shanel23 wrote: »

Straight Jameson - with a drop of water if you like :eek:

Or even just water :pac:

Does alcohol have a harming effect on teeth as well? anyone know?

oblivious

gucci wrote: »

Does alcohol have a harming effect on teeth as well? anyone know?

beer and wine all have low pH, due to the fermentation process and is part of what keep micro flora at bay. But i supose the low pH in theory would not be great for tooth enamel

not sure about distilled beverages

gucci

oblivious wrote: »

beer and wine all have low pH, due to the fermentation process and is part of what keep micro flora at bay. But i supose the low pH in theory would not be great for tooth enamel

not sure about distilled beverages

No doubt theres reports and studys to suggest its good and bad, well not good, but you know what i mean.
Colas and stuff are the real baddie on your teeth, if you wanna stay like this avoid them, or you'll end up at the dentist where he will ask you to open wide like this :eek: and you may have to get teeth taken out and you'll look like this then :pac:


wow i am incredibly bored today

oblivious

gucci wrote: »

Colas and stuff are the real baddie on your teeth,

Ah true, as you get the double whammy of low pH and a ton of sugar to booth

noby

This is what I can't figure out. Why is the dentist focusing on 6-8 beers a week as being the most damaging source?

Anyway, with sugary drinks (which may or may not include beer), juices etc. drink with food, or do not brush your teeth straight after drinking a lot of it.

Max_Damage

Smithwicks?

cozmik

Cutting down on beer alone won't save your teeth.

The average Irish adult is estimated to eat 33 teaspoons of sugar every day, amounting to 198g, when the recommendation is for no more than 90g.

Some foods that seem 'healthy', such as breakfast cereals, actually contain higher levels of sugar than chocolate and junk food. Cereal bars are also offenders; some products may sound good because they contain dried fruit, but they also carry a lot of sugar. Products labelled as low fat will often be bulked up with sugar derivatives to retain a taste that consumers like.

Dieticians say that for an adult a daily intake of around 90g of sugar a day is acceptable - but that includes all the hidden sugars you may be eating in processed foods, juices and ready meals, so check the labels on everything you buy. Experts advise people to look for the nutrition panel that says 'Carbohydrates (of which sugars)'.

As a rough guide, food containing between 2g and 10g of sugar per 100g is a moderate amount; more than 10g per 100g means that the product is high sugar. The nearer to the top of the ingredients list that a sugar or derivative is, the higher the sugar content.

http://www.independent.ie/unsorted/features/sweet--sour-71704.html

faigs

Well I didnt tell him the amount of beer I drink, and obviously some weeks it would be much more than that, he was just speculating as to what was causing tooth decay in my diet. I'm sure drinking a bucket of coke in the cinema is much worse than 6 beers.

rubadub

Beer is very low in sugar relative to a lot of drinks. Skimmed milk has more sugar in it than lilt does.