Alcohol And Exercise

Think before you have the alcohol. Exercise will not help to recover the healthy body if you consuming too much of alcohol.

After working for a whole day, you probably will think to have some drinks to relax your mind, especially on Friday night. Sometimes, people know that having alcohol is not good for health. However, they may think that they deserve to have some drinks with friends because they have worked so hard everyday to earn their living costs.


People may think that since they are having exercise on a regular basis, some alcohol will not really affect their health. Before you think to go out to have some alcohol with your friends, you should consider the following important points.


A research has proved that a small amount of alcohol will increase muscular endurance and the output of strength. This may be a benefit for some people but it is just a short term. After 20 minutes of consuming the alcohol, some problems will begin to surface. The negative side effects after consuming the alcohol will outweigh the benefits of having it. Alcohol is a poison that will hurt the body. People should aware of it to maintain the body health.


The negative side effect of consuming alcohol is it will reduce the strength endurance, aerobic capability, recovery time, ability to metabolize fat and the muscle growth. It even will affect the nervous system and the brain. Long term of consuming alcohol will cause severe deterioration of the central nervous system.


After having alcohol, the alcohol will reach the blood cell and may damage them. The inflammation of the muscle cells is quite common for the people who having the alcohol for the long time period.  The bloods cell which is affected because of alcohol will slowly die. It will cause the less functional of muscle contractions. Having too much alcohol will also cause soreness of the muscle after exercise. People may need more time to recuperate after exercise.


Alcohol will also affect the heart and circulatory system of the body. After having alcohol, there is a reduction in the endurance capabilities. The heat loss will increase because the alcohol simulating the blood vessels to dilate. The heat loss will affect the muscle to become cold, slower and weaker on muscle contractions.


Having alcohol will cause the digestive and nutrition problem too. Alcohol will release of insulin which increase the metabolism of glycogen. It will make the loss of weight very hard and spare the fat in the body. Alcohol will also affect the absorption of some important nutrients of the body. As a result of less nutrition, people may become anemic and deficient with vitamins B.


Liver is an important organ in the body to detoxify the alcohol. Over consuming the alcohol will affect the liver function. Once the liver is over loaded with the alcohol, it will destroy the liver cells and damage the liver.


Alcohol is diuretic. Having lots of alcohol will affect the kidneys too. During diuretic, the hormones are secreted. It will lead to heightened water retention and damage the kidneys.


People who love to drink alcohol should have it in moderation. People are advised that do not drink the alcohol before exercise. It is because alcohol will affect the balance, coordination and the judgment of a person. Even more exercises will not bring back a healthy body if you take too much of alcohol. Think carefully and concern of your health before you have the alcohol.