If part of your New Year’s resolution is to lose weight and slim down, taking it easy on the alcohol may be on the list of things to avoid — especially if you love sugary-sweet cocktails. The average ...

It's calorie-dense: One gram of alcohol contains almost twice as many calories as grams of carbohydrate or protein. Your liver converts almost all alcohol into energy. Your body stops using fats and ...

"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." As BBQs and warm weather gatherings ramp up, so too does the onslaught of cocktails and wine and beer and ...

Drinking alcohol is rarely a health-focused activity, but scientists in England have found that more nutritional information on alcoholic drinks could improve drinkers' habits. Specifically, 46.4 ...

Just over half of heavier drinkers in England say they would make changes to their drinking if calorie labels for alcohol were introduced, according to a new study. Just over half of heavier drinkers ...

Everybody knows that drinking too much alcohol is bad for you. But did you know it was fattening? British researchers surveyed heavy drinkers -- meaning people who drink a lot, not drinkers who are ...