If you are a social butterfly, one thing that will naturally pop into your mind while considering a new diet is: How does this affect my alcohol consumption? It is already hard enough to keep up with keto diet and refraining from sugar-laden alcoholic beverages seems like a lot especially when it affects your social life.  Luckily, you can be on the now-ever-popular keto diet while getting a little buzz on. The only rule is to steer clear off the sugar laden mixers and keep of the cider.

Dry Wines

A lot of wines are loaded with sugar but the drier ones are actually low in the sweet stuff. So something like a sauvignon blanc or pinot noir or merlot can be the best bets for you. Just remember to drink in moderation (no more than two glasses) else you can go really high on the carbs. If you find it difficult to drink fry wine straight, you can mix some seltzer water which has zero carbs and sugar.

Sugar-Free Margarita

Most cocktails will be loaded with sugar that you really cannot down on your keto diet. That said, you can get away with some margarita on the keto diet if you can replace sugar with a natural sweetener like stevia. Simply stir some tequila, lime juice, liquid stevia, and orange extract in a blender and freeze it to your preferred temperature. Here are the best and worst foods for ketosis. 

Low-Carb Mojito

It is possible to prepare mojito without the gobs of sugar. If you have a sweet tooth, here too you can replace the processed sugar with stevia.  However, remember portion control if you are not going completely sugar-free. Find out if you can have milk on a keto diet. 

Keto-Friendly Bloody Mary

Bloody Marys are usually keto-friendly but ensure that you are using unsweetened tomato juice or use a sugar substitute instead of refined sugar. When you are whipping Bloody Mary, use the Worcestershire sauce in moderation as it can contain about a gram of carbohydrates per teaspoon. Follow these diet tips to avoid getting constipated on a keto diet. 

Light Beers

Light beers are again totally fine as long as you stick to just one bottle. It is easy to go overboard on beer, so a good idea would be to simply drink a lot of water before you kick off your drinking session.

If you are on a keto diet, you need to keep your daily carbohydrate intake to 25g or below. Meanwhile, one bottle of dark beer can have around 16g of carbohydrates which means having just two beers could already put you over your carb limit for the day. So always watch out for the sugar content in drinks.

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