Revealed: How many alcoholic drinks do you need to gain exactly one pound of fat

A wellness influencer has calculated how many of your favorite drinks you can drink before you put on a pound of body fat.

Nicole Powell, a TikToker from the UK, shared a rundown of 15 popular drinks, including beers like Heineken and Guinness, wines and champagne, and cocktails like espresso martinis and vodka sodas.

To gain one pound of fat, it takes about 3,500 “excess” calories, which are the calories that exceed a person’s normal diet to maintain their current weight.

By this measure, you’d need to drink nearly 30 glasses of white wine and 40 glasses of champagne in addition to your regular diet to gain one pound of body fat.

Meanwhile, beer lovers will need more than 15 pints of Heineken and 30 12-ounce bottles of Corona to tighten their jeans.

And you’ll have to drink more than 50 shots of tequila and 60 shots of sambuca before you gain a pound.

Nicole Powell, a wellness influencer from the UK, shared a TikTok video in which she explains how many of 15 different drinks you should consume before gaining 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 been viewed more than 700,000 times, Ms. Powell said she came up with these figures based on a comparison by researcher dr. Max Wishnofskly calculated.

In 1958 Mr. Wishnofskly discovered that one pound of body fat equates to about 3,500 excess calories.

That means you need to consume 3,500 calories of alcohol on top of 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.

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About 40 million Americans are currently starting a month without alcohol as part of the annual Sober October trend.

The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) has stated that a 2,000-calorie diet should be the standard for most Americans.

Beer is one of America’s most popular beverages, probably because it is cheaper than cocktails and wine and is readily available in most bars and restaurants.

The calorie content varies greatly between light and dark beer, but a pint usually contains around 200 calories.

For example, a Heineken has 227 calories per pint. Ms Powell said this meant you could drink 15 pints before putting on a pound of body fat.

Plus, Guinness has 210 calories per pint, which equates to 17.5 pints before adding the extra weight.

However, Corona Extra comes in a smaller serving size, a 12-ounce bottle with 148 calories. It takes 27 bottles to gain one pound of body fat.

Most wines contain slightly fewer calories than beer, but the portion size is smaller. The average glass, which weighs five ounces, contains about 120 calories. Sweeter flavors usually contain more calories, about 160 in total.

Ms Powell said you could drink 26 medium glasses of white wine before putting on body fat.

Plus, bubbles like Champagne and Prosecco can grow to 37.5 ounces before your arrival.

Cocktails typically contain more calories than beer and wine because they mix different types of alcohol and add syrup and other flavorings.

Ms. Powell said it would take fifteen and a half passionfruit martinis, made primarily with gin and vermouth, to gain a pound of body weight.

Plus, you can drink 15 espresso martinis made with vodka, coffee liqueur, espresso and simple syrup before you gain a pound.

If a vodka cola is made with diet cola, which has fewer 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.