Saturday, June 4, 2011

Cocktails: What You Need to Know About Them

About the contents and calories of cocktails. Tips on how to prevent hangover, what to eat after having cocktails and how to detoxify your body. Includes all about cocktails like bloody mary, kiwi margarita, cosmopolitan, mojito, island knockout.

When you have a fetish for cocktails, you must know what they consist of, i.e., their contents and calories; what you should eat after having those drinks; how you can detoxify your body to get out of that hangover.
Take a look at your favourite cocktails and find out all you need to know about them.

BLOODY MARY

Contents: Tomato juice, vodka, tobacco, lime juice, salt.
Rescue: Have foods containing starch like potatoes, breads or proteins like chicken, grilled fish.
Detoxify: Plain coconut water
Calorie count: 157

KIWI MARGARITA

Contents: Kiwi, lime juice, triple sec, sugar, tequila
Rescue: green salads, nuts go well with it.
Detoxify: Papaya, fresh orange juice, avoid caffeine
Calorie count: 151

COSMOPOLITAN

Contents: Vodka, lime juice, triple sec, sugar, cranberry juice.
Rescue: have a snack before gulping it down the throat
Detoxify: Indulge in bananas.....provides energy and makes up for the potassium loss.
Calorie count: 151

MOJITO

Contents: Mint leaves, lemon wedges, lime juice, sugar, white rum, mojito mix.
Rescue: fruits, nuts
Detoxify: Lots of water to flush it out.
Calorie count: 136

ISLAND KNOCKOUT

Contents: Gin, vodka, tequila, rum, triple sec, cranberry, lime juice.
Rescue: give a gap of at least an hour between the drinks.
Detoxify: Fruits, yogurt...make it a healthy breakfast to get you over with it.
Calorie count: 457

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