The hardest thing to give up… I jnowyi can have gars liquors and there’s no carbs but I k it lije wine and the weekends are kinda boring… although very productive!!s
Do you guys drink wine ever?
grinch734
#2
Yes dry varietals are okay for a glass or two. Depending on how much other carbs you eat in a day. If I had a lot of weight to lose, I would just drink liquor or even better no alcohol at all.
Both dry white and dry red wine only have up to 4 grams per 5 oz. serving and dry wine has a glycemic index of 0.
Magsymaybe
(mags)
#4
I have 2 or 3 glasses of wine at the weekend quite often. I havent seen any ill effects but I do try to keep my carbs quite low so I wouldn’t be going over my 20 gms. It’s something you have to experiment with because we are all different.
I love Baileys so sometimes I’ll have coffee with cream with a measure of whisky and a little sweetener. It really makes me happy and stops me feeling deprived. 
Screenack
(less is more, more or less)
#5
On the most recent Diet Doctor podcast; “Todd White, founder of Dry Farm Wines explains, it depends on the product. If a zero sugar, low carb, no additive product sounds too good to be true, then you have to listen to this podcast.”
I’m tempted, and his wine’s appeal goes beyond those on a ketogenic diet.
RobC
(Robert C)
#6
How “keto” the wine (alcohol) is is not the problem.
It makes you hungry for the wrong things after drinking (munchies) while at the same time impairing your judgement about what you should/should not eat and (likely) will also make you hungry for the wrong things the next morning.
KetoKristin
(Kristin)
#7
One time in this 9 weeks I’ve been keto, I drank 2 glasses of dry wine that was superbly good and well worth it. The rest of my meal was strict keto, and my slight wine indulgence never even took me out of ketosis.
Now, my unplanned carbage meal today was not worth it, and I’m seeing a blood glucose reading I haven’t seen in a while. Oh, well. KCKO
KetoKristin
(Kristin)
#8
That’s a good point. I’m just fortunate I brought all keto food to the dinner party and filled up quick on jalapeno poppers and such!
JohnH
(John)
#9
I have not had any wine since I started keto, but my wine drinking was very infrequent before. I do still drink bourbon occasionally.
anon54735292
#13
There is precisely one wine on the planet that I enjoy & it’s out of my price range. I do drink booze though - gin/soda or low carb beer.
OldDoug
(Doug)
#17
Safi, while I think the Penfolds name is part of that pricing, that is indeed one wickedly good wine. I remember the 1986 being godly, and have a couple 2014s waiting for their time to shine.
(Shiraz is Syrah in ‘Australian,’ for those who are unfamiliar.)
I know many people can have a glass of wine or a couple shots of whiskey or a not-too-large gin and soda, etc., but stopping at 2 drinks just isn’t in the cards for me. Once in a while I just throw in the towel and accept the consequences.
TeeCee
#18
my Experience is actually opposit . when I’m on keto I do not crave the wrong things after I’ve had a couple of drinks. And the next day when I used to eat carbs and sugar after having a couple drinks at night I would crave sugar and carb foods the next day but when I do keto I do not. I think everybody’s different.
anon54735292
#19
No doubt on the name. If I could savour half a glass a night I’d probably splurge but it’s just too damn smooth - & there are indeed consequences 
SlowBurnMary
#20
Yes - am quite a fan of the health benefits of red and white wine, as well documented by medical historian, immunologist, and UC San Francisco School of Medicine Professor Salvatore Lucia MD in his books A History Of Wine As Therapy and Wine & Food As Medicine. Recently I found original editions of both those books for great deals on Ebay - and have been LOVING reading them.
Medical student Phillip Norrie PhD has collated lots of information from Dr. Lucia’s books on a great website, here:
https://drnorrie.info/html/article_winechronology.html
Wine has amazing gastrin producing magic, and can also be antibacterial in ways that are protective to the compromised. From Dr. Lucia’s report of copious studies in the last century - small amounts of wine mixed with water then set for hours, purifies water bacterially. Also, there are still mysteries about wine - it is more than the sum of its parts, etc., due to fermentation nuances that have been much ignored by lots of industrial culture.
Lucia also points to the value of low carb + wine, and dry wine as actually an insulin-balancing ally for diabetics on a low carb diet!
All in good measure - moderate, not too excessive (meaning somewhere between 100cc and a half liter generally) - and mostly always with FATTY food. Countries with cultures that value small amounts of wine with lunch and dinner have extremely low rates of alcoholism - wine limits its own intake when combined with the right food, and is a physiological buffer that helps the liver, unlike other alcohols. 
