David PerlmutterPresident,, Perlmutter Health Center · Board-Certified Neurologist | Functional Medicine Pioneer | #1 New York Times Best-Selling Author | International Speaker | Host of The Empowering Neurologist Podcast

Rethinking Alcohol and What to Drink Instead

2 Mar 2026 · 1 min

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In this YouTube monologue, Dr. David Perlmutter addresses the growing desire to cut back on alcohol and offers practical, non‑alcoholic alternatives for social situations. He reviews three specific products—Little Saints Paloma, Ghia, and Sharp—describing their flavors, key botanical ingredients, and how he enjoys them (e.g., over ice or diluted with club soda). Throughout, he emphasizes the importance of checking sugar content and steering clear of artificial sweeteners such as sorbitol. He also discloses that the companies sent him the products but he has no formal relationship with them. The video concludes with a brief encouragement to consider these healthier beverage options.

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What do you do when everybody's drinking and you don't want to be drinking? There's a big push these days to cut back on alcohol, and I think with very, very good reason. Fortunately, there's a lot of alternatives out there, and let's be clear, I have no relationship with any of these companies. They did send me their products. I've been trying them. This is the Little Saints Paloma, and it's actually quite delicious. What you could do is just pour it over ice like this. The main thing you got to look for is sugar. Now, what is the sugar content of these products? Give me a second. Delicious. That's wonderful. They make a botanical. This has Palo Santo, Lion's Mane, cardamom. Really quite delicious. And what I would do with this is a shot in some carbonated water of your choice. This is a product called Ghia, which is also non-alcoholic. Higher sugar content. So what I would do with this product, again, I would dilute it down, maybe pour half a can into some club soda. And then here's a new product I just found out about called Sharp. It is basically a bubbly wine. That is again an alcohol-free. Again, across the board when you're looking at these products, you want to look at the contents and specifically the sugar content, but also you want to try to avoid, you know, the artificial sugars that you may not like, especially things like sorbitol, for example. So there are alternatives for you. Bye for now.