{"id":100542,"date":"2014-10-15T10:38:28","date_gmt":"2014-10-15T15:38:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/?p=100542"},"modified":"2014-10-15T10:42:39","modified_gmt":"2014-10-15T15:42:39","slug":"ed-sheerans-vodka-diet-helps-him-shed-35-pounds-in-3-months","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/10\/ed-sheerans-vodka-diet-helps-him-shed-35-pounds-in-3-months\/","title":{"rendered":"Ed Sheeran’s Vodka Diet Helps Him Shed 35 Pounds in 3 Months"},"content":{"rendered":"

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While one star this week cited giving up vodka for his impressive weight loss (see Zach Galifianakis’ before and after<\/a><\/strong>), Ed Sheeran credits the Russian booze for helping him shed 35 pounds<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n

The English singer-songwriter said, \u201cI have dropped like 35 pounds in three months just from not drinking beer<\/a><\/strong>. I have replaced it with vodka.\u201d<\/p>\n

We’re not sure how that would work exactly, and the comment even has our Mary Hartley, RD<\/a><\/strong> scratching her head.<\/p>\n

“I just doubt that he replaced beer calories with an equal number vodka,” she told us. “A six pack is replaced with one pint of vodka. Do you think he drank a pint (16-ounces) of vodka a day?”<\/p>\n

Well, just looking at him, we’re going take a stab that, no, Sheeran wasn’t downing a pint of vodka a day. What does a beer to vodka comparison really look like?<\/p>\n

In a 12-ounce bottle of Newcastle Brown Ale (a bloody right English beer) there are 138 calories. The same 12-ounces of 80 proof vodka has 770 calories!<\/p>\n

If he did make a swap from beer to vodka, we’re going to guess his consumption went down significantly. But as Sheeran and Hartley both pointed out — the bottle wasn’t the only thing helping him lose weight.<\/p>\n