Guinness is my drink of choice, but for some reason every time I order a pint of the black stuff I end up in a discussion about how fattening Guinness is and how many calories it has in it. I always try to defend myself by saying that it has less calories than an average pint of lager. However, I have never had any solid evidence to base my argument on and the people I am debating with are generally under the influence, so it is difficult to convince them.
Well now I have done some research and I it is completely true, based on the figures on http://www.weightlossresources.co.uk.
These figures are the nutritional values for 100g of each drink:
| Nutritional info | Guinness | Fosters | Heineken | Grolsch |
| Calories | 37 | 40 | 44 | 44 |
| Protein | 0.3 | 0 | 0.4 | 0 |
| Carbohydrate | 3.2 | 3.1 | 3.4 | 2.2 |
| Fat | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Alcohol | 4.2 | 3.9 | 4 | 5.2 |
So there is the evidence! Guinness may not be “good for you” as the old slogan suggests, but it is still lower in calorie count that a number of other popular lagers.
In my research I did also find that Carling only has 33 calories per 100g and 1.4g of Carbohydrate, which is one of the lowest out there.
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You’ve inspired me to drink more Guinness.
Go on, get in there. It’s good for you
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