ALCOHOL AND WEIGHT LOSS

My best advice for losing weight, try your best to stay away from alcohol however much alcohol on its own has so advantages like its potential of reducing the risk of high blood pressure. In this article I will show you why it could be best to keep away from alcohol.


Alcohol has a different way of being metabolized. Alcohol has been known to change the course of digestion. Assuming you eat other foods alongside alcohol, it said that alcohol will get the immediate action because it’s considered a toxin to the body.
Another problem comes when you consume alcohol on an empty stomach, its molecules will diffuse through the stomach wall and will reach the brain just in a matter of minutes. Also drinking large amounts of alcohol affects the brain areas involved in speech, vision, reasoning and judgment.


In the liver, alcohol is given the first priority. This means the liver focuses on the processing of the alcohol ignoring other processes until it finishes processing it.
Thus if all the liver functions is focused on processing the alcohol, if you had a meal containing carbohydrates and fat, the calories from these foods are converted in to body fat and carried away for permanent storage in the body.


Alcohol also causes water loss and dehydration. When water is lost, minerals are lost alongside it. These minerals are vital to maintaining fluid balance, chemical reactions and muscle contraction and relaxation.


Alcohol also has no nutritional value, thus it only contributes empty calories to the diet.


Furthermore, alcohol induces sleep. However this sleep is not that deep, as a result of less rest, the body is triggered to demand for more calories the next day thus this make the person consume more food.


Alcohol also stimulates the appetite. Studies carried out show alcohol makes the person crave for greasy or fried foods which eventually add to your waistline.


Alcohol also causes increased secretion of acid causing the stomach lining to be inflamed thus over time alcohol leads to health problems like stomach ulcers. Liver disease and heart troubles.



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