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I drink just one small peg of whisky a day. It’s like drinking water, yaar,” says Prashant Salian, 28, an HR manager with an MNC.
“Wine? What’s in it? It’s just like drinking grape juice. And, as far as I know, fruit juices are healthy,” says Navneet Thakker, 30, an investment banker.
In the course of a single working day, I come across several people who think alcohol contains little or no calories.
Then there are those who believe alcohol is a healthy option if mixed with fruit juice.
Calories in your drink?
Yes, alcohol contains calories. Make that BIG calories. This is why not being able to resist a drink at a social do is a weight-watcher’s nightmare come true.
Another misconception is that alcohol is a carbohydrate.
Alcohol is most definitely not a source of energy. What alcohol molecules do is affect the brain to make one feel euphoric — this is often mistaken for energy.
Now, let’s get talking about the actual calorie content — alcohol has about seven calories per gram.
This makes it nearly twice as fattening as carbohydrates or protein (both contain about four calories per gram) and just under the caloric value for fat (nine calories per gram).
The calories derived from alcohol are called ‘empty’ calories because they contain no beneficial nutrients such as vitamins and minerals.
Facts
~ One bottle of beer contains about 150 calories.
~ Beer, wine and liquor (an alcoholic beverage made by distillation rather than fermentation) all contain different quantities of alcohol; 15 mugs (250 ml per mug) of beer, 6 glasses (200 ml per glass) of wine and 10 shots of liquor (like tequila, whisky, rum) have about the same amount of alcohol.
~ Beer has between three to eight percent alcohol. ‘Light’ or low-cal beers contain around three percent alcohol.
~ Liqueurs (sweetened spirits with various flavours, oils and extracts) such as sherry and dessert liqueurs contain 40 to 50 percent alcohol and tend to have more calories.
~ White wines average 12 percent, while red wines have around 14 percent alcohol.
Note: The number of calories also depend on the size of the peg.
Adding any carbonated beverage or fruit juice would increase the calorie content of the drink as juices and beverages contain calories.
Calorie count for popular cocktails
| Serving size is one glass (200 ml) | Calories |
| Margarita | 453 |
| Martini | 413 |
| Mint Julep | 143 |
| Old Fashioned | 206 |
| Pina Colada | 297 |
| Screwdriver | 200 |
| Singapore Sling | 230 |
| Sloe Gin Fizz | 120 |
| Tequila Sunrise | 253 |
| Tom Collins | 120 |
| Black Russian | 291 |
| Whisky Sour | 166 |
| Blue Lagoon | 179 |
| White Russian | 360 |
Food versus drink
Here are the calorie equivalents of some of your favourite cocktails as compared with food.
Drink
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Food
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1 mug of beer (250 ml) (150 calories)
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One tandoori roti (150 calories)
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1 glass of white wine (200 ml) (120 calories)
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4 cups light microwave popcorn (120 calories)
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1 glass rum and diet Coke (133 calories)
1 glass of rum and Coke (182 calories)
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1 cup vegetarian Chinese chilly dish (135 calories)
1 medium katori cooked soya beans (180 calories)
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1 glass of martini with one olive (184 calories)
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1 slice cheese pizza (183 calories)
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1 tequila shot (100 calories)
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1 chappati or two phulkas (102 calories)
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1 glass of gin and tonic (178 calories)
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1 medium katori dal fry (177 calories)
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1 glass of Bailey's lrish Cream (468 calories)
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2 chappatis (204 calories)
1 medium katori aloo mutter ( 217 calories)
Green salad (45 calories)
Total: 466 calories
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1 glasss of Cosmopolitan (151 calories)
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1 soy vegetarian burger (140 calories)
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1 glass of Zima (rum cocktail) (185 calories)
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1 medium katori cooked masala dal (183 calories)
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The downside of ‘Cheers!’
Alcohol increases craving for itself and other food items that are high in calories (salted peanuts, fried chips, anyone?).
One beer every night adds upto 1,036 additional calories per week, or six to seven kilos to your stomach per year! No wonder they call it a beer belly.
Scientists have not been able to find out whether consistently consuming alcohol leads to weight gain. Some studies have found that drinking beer or spirits increases the waist-to-hip ratio, while some have found no relationship whatsoever.
The ideal hip to waist ratio should be less than one (divide the size of your waist by the size of your hips). If the number you get is more than one, it is a sign you could be prone to heart disease, diabetes, obesity and other heart-related conditions.
There may never be a simple answer, since there are so many variables involved. What we do know is that the body processes alcohol before fat, protein or carbohydrates. Thus, drinking slows down the burning of fat.
This means that if you love your drink AND want to lose weight, you have a major uphill task in your hands.
As a nutritionist, I would suggest you consume alcohol in moderation. If you are serious about losing weight, avoid drinking alcohol on a regular basis. Remember that the calories from alcohol add up quickly, and they go straight to the your abdomen and add to its size.
Tips for party drinking
~ Dilute your drink with soda.
~ Add ice cubes to keep it chilly and light.
~ If you are preparing an alcohol punch, use a non-carbonated base like fruit juice. It should preferably be fresh.
~ Eat plenty of food before you start drinking. Eating high protein foods like cheese, low-fat paneer, soya-based snacks, chicken and fish will slow down the absorption rate so that the alcohol will not hit your system at once.
~ Avoid too many salty snacks, which end-up making you thirsty as a result of which you drink more.
~ Sip your drink slowly instead of guzzling it down. Munch on a snack while downing it.
Make sure the snack is roasted or baked, not deep-fried.
The next time you are at a social gathering and have the urge to guzzle down another peg, envision that big wobbly belly that could put a beanbag to shame… and head for the water cooler instead.
Meera Jadhav is a nutrition and fitness consultant. She has a degree in nutrition and a post-graduate diploma in Sports Science and Nutrition. She is also a Certified BFY (Better Fitness for You) Fitness trainer and Reebok Aerobics Trainer.
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The National Association for Shoplifting Prevention (NASP), the nation’s leader in shoplifting prevention initiatives, now is offering their most effective self-help programs online: For Adults – Shoplifters Alternative Course (SA Course), and For Youth – Youth Educational Shoplifting Program (Y.E.S.). The Y.E.S. Program has been available online since the beginning of this year. How effective are these educational programs? According to a study conducted by the Superior Court of Washington for King County, of the 1,040 juvenile shoplifting offenders who enrolled in the Y.E.S. Program between January 2004 and December 2007, 94.7% were not re-arrested for shoplifting!
What Is The Secret To NASP’s Success?
Studies have found that while prosecuting shoplifting crimes may satisfy a debt to society, an educational component must be a part of the equation in order to effectively reduce the recidivism rate (the rate at which shoplifters will re-offend).
Unlike many other loss prevention programs, NASP’s programs are based on comprehensive research of shoplifting offenders. NASP data bears out that shoplifting often is a maladaptive way for people to cope with the stresses in their lives, a similar psychology to drinking, drug use or overeating. The NASP approach delivers these much-needed self-help programs directly to shoplifters, helping them to understand their actions while empowering them to change their behavior.
Why We Should All Care About Shoplifting Prevention
According to loss prevention industry statistics, over 27 million people, including adults and juveniles, steal from retailers annually. This translates to approximately 550,000 shoplifting incidents per day and results in over $13 billion in goods stolen every year. These losses affect everyone: retailers who often are forced to cut back their staff and raise their prices, consumers who ultimately must pay more as a result, and local governments that lose state sales tax revenue and in turn raise taxes to compensate for it. Additionally, shoplifting imposes an unwelcome burden on local police and the courts.
About The Programs
The SA Course and Y.E.S. Program are available online and in both English and Spanish on audio CD. The programs help shoplifters understand why they steal through interactive questions and answers. Aside from helping shoplifters of all ages to change their behavior, enrollment in these programs also demonstrates a shoplifter’s commitment to taking responsibility for his or her actions – something the courts view favorably. The cost of enrollment is $75.
About NASP
Since its inception in 1977, NASP’s ongoing collaboration with law enforcement, criminal and juvenile justice, the retail industry and local communities has been the basis for its programs and services. For over 30 years, NASP has been setting the
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When it comes to the Court’s Reputation, Offenders & Community…
Taking the Time to Research a Program is a MUST!
Providers with “new” programs for shoplifting offenders are popping up all over the place, likely in response to the current economic climate and the increase in shoplifting being reported by retailers. Unfortunately, too many of these providers fall short in terms of client and offender support services, compliance rates and effectiveness claims – leaving the courts underserved, the offenders open to repeat offenses and the community at risk.
A major contributor to these “pop-up” programs is the internet which makes it easy for companies, with little or no experience and few if any qualifications, to create websites where information has simply been “lifted” from a variety of other sources – with or without the consent or permission of those sources. In fact, several of these new programs have simply “copied and pasted” information from others to create their “new” programs. More often than not, the information is “lifted” from the non-profit National Association for Shoplifting Prevention (NASP) – either from the NASP website, one of the NASP programs or a NASP research report – in clear violation of U.S. Copyright Laws. Such was the case with one long time, seemingly reputable, drug and alcohol program provider.
Another program, while we did not find that its content was plagiarized, uses discriminatory language and inappropriate – if not offensive – scenarios to make its point. One program boasts “endorsements” and “accreditation” from seemingly separate and objective websites yet the sites are not accreditation authorities at all. In fact, they are simply the same company using these other websites – which they themselves created – to endorse and accredit their own programs!
The irony of this is that these program providers are stealing the material they need to create a program to teach shoplifters not to steal!
But the most important take-away here is the need for the court system to ensure that any alternative sentencing program they utilize – whether for shoplifting or any other offense – successfully accomplishes the long-standing goals of the court system; to reduce recidivism, reduce court appearances and effectively serve the best interests of the community. Low-cost, stripped down programs are unlikely to meet these goals. Yes, corporate America is always seeking the next thing that is “faster, cheaper, better.” However, the fact is that when it comes to truly effective crime prevention, faster and cheaper is rarely better.
To protect the court, the offenders and the community, the court officers making these program decisions must make it a priority to thoroughly research providers, to carefully evaluate the programs they offer and to verify the claims they make.
When Evaluating A Program Make Sure The Provider… …Is Not Violating any U.S. Copyright Laws Subjecting your Court to Potential Litigation
ASK: Is the program original material? If not, what knowledge base and
sources of information were used to develop it? …Offers a Program that is Research-based to Ensure Effectiveness.
ASK: What research have they conducted? With how many offenders? Over
how many years? On what do they base their expertise? A Google-search on “shoplifting” or “shoplifters” does not qualify as research, even today. …Is Not Making False Claims About their Success Rate or their Program being “Evidence-Based.”
ASK: What evidence can they show that their programs are truly effective? How many recidivism studies do they have to back their claims? Valid recidivism studies are conducted by the courts themselves and tracked over time. Self-studies conducted by the company itself – the one selling the program – are not a valid measure of success in preventing the next offense.
…Can Provide Valid and Credible References. Offering a program over the internet has empowered many to market themselves as “national” providers – implying that their program is well-established and utilized by courts throughout the country – without having any real track record.
ASK: Can they provide a list of references from court personnel in various counties and states? If so, check the references; reach out to your peers and get honest feedback on effectiveness.
Finally, ASK For A Sample Program And Invest The Time To Go Through It And See Exactly What The Offenders Will Be Learning.
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20 Apr, 2010
Posted by: editor In: Articles|Shoplifting Classes
As my colleague and I sat and contemplated the perils of what may lie ahead with the news of Merrill Lynch, Lehman Brothers and AIG, my colleague clicked on a CNN website only to see the headline: “The Sky is Falling!” – shown with a picture of a stockbroker looking up at a tall Wall Street building, presumably about to collapse.
After we picked ourselves up off the floor in our uncomfortable laughter, we looked at each other and asked, does the work we do really matter now? Does anybody really care about shoplifting? In the scope of the problems facing citizens, businesses and communities, should anybody really care?
And as we came back from our momentary haze of gloom the answer was a resounding YES! Shoplifting is too important an economic and social issue to let it fall by the wayside, in good times or bad. In fact, now more than ever is the time to address shoplifting especially for those typically honest kids and consumers who may be pushed by hardship to try their hand at it.
A recent NASP survey asked hundreds of judges, prosecutors, diversion, probation and law enforcement officers if they thought shoplifting was a Gateway Crime – “a crime with little or no consequence which acts as an initiator to other criminal behavior.”
79% of these justice professionals said “yes”, adding that in their experience shoplifting is a gateway to greater acts of shoplifting as well as more serious crime. And I should note that this number is up 7% in just 3 years; from 72% in 2005 to 79% in 2008.
What does this mean? I’m not 100% certain. What I do know is that in the scope of criminal activity in communities, addressing shoplifting has fallen quite low on the totem pole. But if in the opinion of justice professionals across the nation, shoplifting is often the starting point to future criminal behavior – employee theft, burglary, robbery, fraud, embezzlement, ORC – the importance of proactively addressing shoplifting becomes much clearer.
One way criminal and juvenile justice professionals are addressing the shoplifting problem is by utilizing shoplifting offender education programs provided by NASP to reduce delinquents’ propensity for repeat offenses. Over the last 7 to 10 years education programs have become widely accepted and utilized by court systems as a mechanism to handle non-professional shoplifting offenders. The justice community has found offender-paid education programs a cost-effective mechanism to effectively handle these cases.
While this method for addressing shoplifting has been proven effective in court documented studies, its downfall is that it can only be utilized by criminal justice when and if retailers apprehend and prosecute offenders. This is not to say that every retailer must apprehend and prosecute all shoplifters in their stores in order to effectively address shoplifting. That is simply not practical or even true.
Today, there are many effective actions retailers can take which do not require prosecution. For example, retailers are the only stakeholders in the shoplifting problem that can identify offenders and therefore, have a unique opportunity to distribute parent support or education pamphlets to youthful or consumer offenders at apprehension to help reduce repeat offenses.
In addition, community members look to retailers as the victims, to give them the barometer of how “big a deal” shoplifting really is in their local community. As a local retailer you can set the tone for community action. Shoplifting and other criminal activity will always rise to the level acceptable to the community.
When retailers are proactive in addressing shoplifting it sends an important message to community members and offenders that criminal behavior, on any level, will not be tolerated in your store or community and that no crime, however small, pays. There are many ways that a retail company or individual employee can be pro-active in helping to reduce the shoplifting problem even when they don’t prosecute as a rule. It can be done at little or no cost and it can be as simple as:
While these initiatives may seem “out of the box” compared to mainstream LP initiatives, we must not disregard the impact that these actions have in reducing crime in the community. Restorative Justice Principles state that when “community norms denounce harmful behavior it reinforces productive behavior;” and that the more connected a potential offender feels to their community, the more likely they are to restrain impulses that would be disapproved by the community.
In this waning economy, where NASP has already seen a nationwide increase in referrals of consumer shoplifting offenders and where loss prevention departments are being directed to find creative ways to reduce losses on less of a budget, it seems that these simple yet effective initiatives’ time has come.
Please do not hesitate to contact NASP for more information about volunteering, community awareness posters, education pamphlets & community problem solving or to let us know what you are doing that works! We can be reached at 516-932-0165 or justice@shopliftingprevention.org.
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Caroline K.
By Caroline Kochman, Executive Director, National Association for Shoplifting Prevention (NASP).
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Confessions of a Shoplifter
Walk into Betsy Samson’s Airy Spanish-style home in Los Angeles, and the first thing you notice is its spareness. Crayon drawings line the walls, evidence of her two young children, but otherwise the place is minimalist – which is startling given how Samson has spent the past 15 years. “Reminders would be nauseating for me to have in the house – they’ve all been either given away or discarded,” says the 40-year-old with a mop of brown, curly hair and haunted dark eyes. “I’ve tried to keep the habit as far removed from my family and work life as possible.”
The habit is Samson’s passion, her preoccupation, and her illness. This well-educated, upper-middle-class woman with a supportive husband and successful career is a compulsive shoplifter. Every day for 15 years, she brought home hundreds of dollars’ worth of stolen goods, few of which she wanted or needed. The habit is shameful, dangerous, illegal, immensely time consuming, and, until a few months ago, seemingly impossible to resist. She has told almost no one. Even her husband of ten years has no idea just how out of control she’s been. READ MORE
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19 Apr, 2010
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