date:Aug 22, 2018
, which differs depending on the type of adult beverage you consume.
For example, a standard drink of beer is one 12-ounce can (355 milliliters). For malt liquor, it's 8 to 9 fluid ounces (251 milliliters). A standard drink of red or white wine is about 5 fluid ounces (148 milliliters).
What's considered a standard drink continues to go down as the alcohol content goes up. But what if that changes? Let's use beer as an example.
It used to be that light beer came in around 100 calories while