High fat drinks change the metabolism of your liver due to glycogen. Sweet cocktails and beer are full of sugar and carbs that can immediately bring you out of ketosis, straight liquor and dry wine can also give the same result. Drink vodka soda for it has very few calories and sugar. But the calories in this simple drink is not the cause of the problem but how liquor is processed by the body.
In a keto diet, your body uses stored fats for energy. If you maintain a ketogenic diet, your body uses your stored fat for energy. When you drink alcohol, it enters your system, While your liver will default to use byproducts of the metabolized alcohol instead of fat, which means the process of fatty acid oxidation starts to create ketones that slows down only after processing all the ketones have been processed.
For very rare spirits drinker, this will not cause any long-term issues; however, it is not good for habitual drinkers as it would slow down your fat-burning process.
Why do Keto drinkers get drunk fast?
Carbs minimized tipsy feeling for they help reduce the level of blood alcohol levels because the body processes glucose in food quickly like pasta, pizza, and bread as it slows down the metabolization of the alcohol. But but living a ketogenic lifestyle, you have a very small amount of stored glycogen so that the alcohol is processed faster. This is the reason why you get drunk faster that can lead to other issues.
For successful Keto, will power is important to deal with alcohol.
To maintain a healthy ketogenic lifestyle, focus on your will power to control your inhibitions and irrational behavior. So even if your liquor is carefully chosen, your options may terminate your ketosis progress. This is good thought while pondering a second drink. A good thought when musing your second drink.
The best option for ketonic drink
- Hard liquor with around 40 % alcohol as brandy. gin. vodka, whiskey, gin, scotch, tequila, vodka and whiskey are keto-friendly as they are zero in sugar and carbs. Do not mix your spirits with straight water or seltzer likewise, do not mix hard liquor with fruit juice, sodas, or behind-the-bar “mixers”.
Avoid whenever possible flavored alcohols (like coconut-flavored vodka) as they often contain extra sugar.
- Wine comes with residual sugar, but dry wines have about 1g or less of sugar per ounce, and the usual serving is 5 ounces, so pour accordingly.
Some keto-friendly, dry white wines include Italian pinot grigio, Pinot blanc and Sauvignon blanc.
Few keto-friendly, dry red wines include: Cabernet sauvignon, Merlot and Pinot noir.
- Beer has ingredient list as barley, hops, yeast, and water that you must avoid under Keto diet. Drink only gluten free beer.
In your pursuit of alcoholic drinks, consider the following:
- The alcohol is burned as a priority by the body, which will slow your fat loss.
2.Tolerance. Most people on a ketogenic or low-carb diet experience a much lower tolerance to alcohol than usual. Be careful with consumption.
- Hunger. Many people experience heightened levels of hunger when drinking – this can lead to bad decisions (eating high-carb food) or just over-consuming in general.
- Dehydration. Since keto is a natural diuretic, you must be watchful of how much water you’re drinking alongside the alcohol so be careful and consume only 1 glass per 1 shot and extra glass of water before bed.
5.Added sugars. Mixers, liqueurs, and many alcohols will contain some type of flavoring or added sugar. While many companies are publishing nutrition information, you should try to be prepared and research nutrition beforehand.
We’ve read a lot of articles that mention drinking light beers and very dry wine to avoid carbohydrates, but don’t get out of hand with consumption. Some light beers can contain over 10g net carbs and some dry wine can average over 8g carbs per glass.
Final words
Note: If you are on a ketogenic diet for weight loss, you may want to consider avoiding alcohol altogether. While you low-carb alcohol consumption allow to stay in ketosis, the ethyl will be burned by the body in preference of all other nutrients consumed. In other words, alcohol will slow down the fat loss process because a smaller amount of the free fatty acids will be converted into ketones.