Excessive Drinking Negatively Impacts Nutrition
A recent study conducted on over 12,000 adults found a correlation between alcohol and a poor diet. Participants ranged from 18 to 64 years of age and the study focused on their drinking and eating habits.
Overall, results showed that all drinking scenarios, from binge drinking to heavy drinking to just drinking during meals, were linked with poor nutrition. Highlighted in the press release on Cision Wire, one author of the study stated that drinking alcohol might reduce your ability to maintain a healthy diet and can indirectly contribute to many chronic diseases, such as obesity. The study further showed that alcohol was related to insufficient intake of healthy foods like fruits and vegetables but included excessive intake of animal proteins and fast foods.
Authors of the book TurboCharged, Tom Griesel and his sister Dr. Dian Griesel, say that if you consume excessive amounts of alcohol or find you make bad dietary choices because of your drinking, then you need to reduce or even stop drinking. The Griesels point out this may seem a bit drastic, but if drinking, or anything else for that matter, is keeping you from optimal health, then you must do something to change your unhealthy habits immediately.
They further add that extreme alcohol consumption has a harmful effect on sleep and that if you drink and thus do not sleep well, that should be a warning sign to you. Optimal health requires getting a good night’s sleep and excessive alcohol can interrupt your sleep patterns.
