The best and worst alcoholic beverages for your health
Worst: Craft beer -Craft beers, as opposed to commercial beers, often have extra ingredients and carbs that help enhance the flavor.
Worst: Mudslide -A mudslide cocktail usually contains vodka, Irish cream (Bailey’s), coffee liqueur (Kahlúa), and heavy cream, along with chocolate syrup drizzle for the “mud” aspect.
Worst: Dark 'n' Stormy -Ginger beer is largely to blame for the sugar impact of this cocktail, which frequently also adds simple syrup to the dark rum, ginger beer, and lime mixture.
Worst: Margarita -It’s not usually the case that people will just have one eight-ounce margarita, but that serving alone comes in at a staggering 36 grams of sugar.
Worst: Long Island iced tea -A Long Island iced tea typically contains vodka, gin, rum, tequila, triple sec, sweet and sour mix, lemon juice, simple syrup, and cola
Worst: Eggnog -When the holidays come knocking, this spiked beverage is tempting around the fire.
Worst: Frozen daiquiri -The average daiquiri contains around 40 grams of sugar, the same amount you'd find in four Krispy Kreme glazed donuts.
Worst: Piña colada -A piña colada typically contains a combination of rum, coconut milk, coconut cream, pineapple, with roughly 40 grams of sugar in a single eight-ounce serving.
A word to the wise: - It almost goes without saying that if you drink too many of even the healthiest drinks listed here, it will quickly turn a good choice into a bad one.
Worst: Vodka Red Bull -Red Bull is a stimulant, and alcohol (vodka in this case) acts as a depressant.