Drinking culture has been developing globally given that we have a lot of opportunities to binge be it festivals, get together, networking or celebrations. However if you want to lead a healthy & fit lifestyle, build muscles or lose fat, reducing the incidence of diseases associated with alcohol consumption, reducing intake of alcohol is necessary for your body.
With quite frequent social get together, networking events & bringing a flavor in our life, it is not practical to quit alcohol altogether. However, some important tricks, as discussed in the following paragraphs, can help us keep alcohol consumption under control.
So what happens when alcohol enters your body? As soon as alcohol enters your body, your body starts working to remove it. This is great news since Alcohol can become toxic quickly if it is allowed to build up. Alcohol gets processed into the stomach where about 20% enters into the bloodstream, thereby immediately going to the brain. This is the reason you can feel the impact of alcohol quickly since it does not have to pass through the digestive system before taking effect. The majority of alcohol is then processed in the liver. Although liver is associated with breakdown, cleansing & removing toxic compounds, there is a limit to how much liver can take. Excessive consumption of alcohol can lead to permanent liver damage.
When you are following a particular diet & nutrition, you are already focussing on predetermined fitness goals such as muscle building, fat loss or improving athletic ability. Alcohol can directly impact your fitness goals since it contains twice as many calories as protein & carbohydrates. Besides, calories coming from alcohol are also empty calories since it contains little or no nutrition. This can directly jeopardise your fitness goals since you take in so much calories without gaining anything. As such alcohol consumption can lead to unhealthy weight gain since alcohol is used as a source of energy preferentially & prevents oxidation of fats & carbohydrates leading to weight gain.Besides, Alcohol has other side effects as well. A night of heavy drinking can lower your blood sugar level below normal & decreases impulse control. A natural response for lot of us to grab quick meals * a lot of it.
Alcohol consumption is not entirely bad & when consumed in moderation has been associated with reducing risk of cardiovascular diseases. However this is not applicable for everyone but for specific people having certain variants of ADH1 gene
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