ArcaMax

The interesting part of the topic for me is the subject of low carb beers. To put the carb count in perspective, the average adult male can probably handle about 80 to 90 grams of carbohydrate in their system per day before they’d begin to gain weight. That includes everything you put in your mouth that has carbs in it. Even fruits have carbs. Plenty of them. Veggies too. So it depends on what you eat and drink when you add up how quickly you’ll hit 80 to 90 grams or even more.

So it might behoove someone to check the carb list and figure out a strategy for their beer drinking.

With the growth of low carb eating and diets like Atkins and Paleo, the beer companies have gotten a hint and are designing more low carb beers. It used to be there were just a handful.

Put out this year by Livestrong.com, is a listing of the best low carb and low calorie beers put out by major brewers. You can see the list is growing.

Michelob

Michelob Ultra was the first marketed low-carb beer. The original Ultra has 2.6g carbs and 96 calories and the Amber Ultra has 3.2g carbs. You can also get a variety of Ultra flavors, however, these beers are higher in carbohydrates because they have more sugar.

MillerCoors Brewing

The best options from MillerCoors are Miller Lite, MGD 64, Coors Light, and Keystone Light. Miller Lite is 110 calories and 7g carbohydrates per 12 oz. serving. For lower numbers, MGD 64 has only 64 calories and 2.4g carbohydrates. Coors Light is 102 calories and 5.3g carbohydrates and per 12 oz. serving, while Keystone Light is 103 calories and 5 g carbohydrates.

Anheuser Busch

Budweiser, produced by Anheuser Busch in St. Louis, Missouri, has two products on the market -- Budweiser Select and Budweiser Select 55. Budweiser Select has 99 calories and 3.1g carbohydrates. Although Budweiser Select 55 offers fewer carbs and calories -- 1.9g and 55 calories, you also only get a beer with a 2.4 percent alcohol content. Also by Anheuser Busch is Busch Light with 95 calories and 3.2g carbohydrates.

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