A wellness influencer has calculated how much of your favorite drinks you can drink before gaining a pound of body fat.
Nicole Powell, a TikToker from the United Kingdom, shared a breakdown of 15 popular drinks, including beers like Heineken and Guinness, wines and champagnes, and cocktails like espresso martinis and vodka sodas.
Gaining one pound of fat requires about 3,500 “excess” calories, which are the calories in excess of the normal diet that sustains someone at their current weight.
By this metric, you would need to drink nearly 30 glasses of white wine and 40 glasses of champagne beyond your regular diet to gain one pound of body fat.
Meanwhile, beer lovers would need more than 15 pints of Heineken and 30 12-ounce bottles of Corona to make their jeans a little tighter.
And you would have to drink more than 50 shots of tequila and 60 shots of sambuca before you gained a pound.
It would take 3,500 calories of alcohol to gain one pound of body fat. This gives up to 66 shots
Nicole Powell, a wellness influencer from the UK, shared a TikTok video in which she revealed how many of 15 different drinks you would have to consume to gain a pound of body weight
However, metabolism varies from person to person depending on age, genetics and other factors, so some people may need fewer or more calories to gain weight.
In the video, which has more than 700,000 views, Ms. Powell said she calculated these numbers based on an equation by researcher Dr. Max Wishnofskly calculated.
In 1958, Mr. Wishnofskly determined that one pound of body fat was equivalent to about 3,500 excess calories.
This means you would need to consume 3,500 calories of alcohol in addition to your average daily calories.
According to the Dietary Guidelines for Americans, adult women should consume between 1,600 and 2,400 calories per day, depending on age, and men should consume between 2,000 and 3,000 calories per day, depending on age.
The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) has stated that a 2,000 calorie diet should be standard for most Americans.
Beer is one of America’s most popular drinks, probably because it’s cheaper than cocktails and wine and is easy to find in most bars and restaurants.
The calorie content varies greatly between light and dark beer, but a pint usually has around 200 calories.
For example, a Heineken has 227 calories per pint. Ms Powell said this meant you could drink 15 pints before gaining a pound of body fat.
Additionally, Guinness has 210 calories per pint, which is equivalent to 17.5 pints before you gain any extra weight.
However, Corona Extra comes in a smaller serving size, which is a 12-ounce bottle with 148 calories. It would take 27 bottles to gain one pound of body fat.
Most wines have slightly fewer calories than beer, although the serving size is smaller. The average glass, which contains five ounces, has about 120 calories. Sweeter flavors tend to have higher calorie content, around 160.
Ms. Powell said you can drink 26 medium-sized glasses of white wine before gaining body fat.
Additionally, sparkling drinks like champagne and prosecco can reach 37.5 6-ounce flutes before you gain weight.
Cocktails tend to have more calories than beer and wine because several types of alcohol are mixed and syrups and other flavorings are added.
Ms Powell said it took 15.5 passion fruit martinis, made primarily with gin and vermouth, to gain a pound of body weight.
Additionally, you can drink 15 espresso martinis, made with vodka, coffee liqueur, espresso and simple syrup, before gaining a pound.
If a vodka cola is made with diet cola, which is lower in calories than regular cola, you can drink 64 singles or 32 doubles before risking weight gain.
And it takes 66 sips of Sambuca before you gain a pound of body weight.
How much do you have to drink to gain a pound of fat?
Prosecco: 37 ½ flutes
Tequila Rose: 50 shots
Passionfruit Martinis: 15 ½
Heineken: 15 pints
Sambuca: 66 shots
Vodka Diet Coke: 64 Singles
White wine: 26 medium sized glasses
Guinness: 17 pints
Strawberry Lime Record: 9 bottles
Hunter Bomb: 27
Espresso Martinis: 15
Champagne: 36 glasses
Dissarano Cranberry: 35 singles
Corona: 27 bottles
Pink Gin and Lemonade: 34 Singles