More control over alcohol
After the holidays come the New Year's resolutions. The most common resolution is undoubtedly adopting a healthier lifestyle. For some, that means exercising more, for others eating healthier and losing weight, and yet others are now truly planning to cut down on their alcohol consumption.
Reducing alcohol consumption leads to immediate health benefits.
Are you a heavy drinker, a social drinker, or a habitual drinker? Whatever your situation, cutting back or stopping alcohol consumption will immediately yield better results in all your other lifestyle goals. Becoming aware of your alcohol consumption and putting it on pause for a while can't hurt. It therefore provides immediate health benefits.
The benefits at a glance
- The quality of your sleep improves, so you wake up more rested.
- Your organs relax so that you have more energy left.
- Because you have more energy, you will feel more like exercising and moving.
- Because you exercise and move more, your fitness improves and you become healthier.
- You consume fewer calories, so you lose weight.
- Alcoholic drinks are expensive, so you have more money left over.
Alcohol is no friend to sports
Alcohol accelerates your pulse and breathing and dehydrates your body, causing you to urinate more frequently. As a result, your fitness declines. Furthermore, you develop muscle pain more quickly because the lactic acid produced by movement is broken down somewhat slower. This is because you have less fluid in your body. Alcohol reduces your sense of pain, causing you to push yourself beyond your limits more easily. You have a higher risk of injury.
Alcohol impairs your eyesight, reduces your concentration, makes you react somewhat slower, and causes you to take more risks. This increases the chance of accidents. Moreover, you can put others in danger.
Therefore, it is certainly not wise to drink alcohol during physical exertion, such as sports.
Trendy substitutes for alcoholic drinks
It is best to drink water, coffee, and tea as a replacement for alcohol. It is understandable that this might get boring in the long run. Therefore, it is good to know that there are plenty of flavorful alternatives to replace alcoholic drinks. Please note! Most alcohol substitutes do contain calories because sugar is added, and in the case of beer, grains and hops as well. Because they do not contain alcohol, they still contain 40 kcal less per 100 ml. There are many sites where you can find delicious recipes for alcoholic drinks can find.
You don't have to do it alone.
The Personal Trainers and accredited weight consultants at MINT Personal Training can help you start a healthy lifestyle, whatever your goal may be. There is a possibility that your supplementary health insurance will contribute to the costs.
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About Kitty Atsma
Kitty is a passionate nutrition specialist and vitality coach with a broad scientific basis in nutrition and exercise. As a member of the national examination committee of the TCI (Nutrition Specialist & GWC), she monitors the quality of the field at the highest level. As a professional blogger, Kitty combines her in-depth expertise with the possibilities of AI to make complex health topics accessible. She curates and controls the technology to get to the heart of the matter, where her own vision and years of practical experience always determine the course.
Nutrition Specialist Teacher | BGN Weight Consultant | Member TCI Examination Board | Vitality coach
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