how bad does drinking slow your metabolism?
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The liver can metabolize only a certain amount of alcohol per hour, regardless of the amount that has been consumed. The rate of alcohol metabolism depends, in part, on the amount of metabolizing enzymes in the liver, which varies among individuals and appears to have genetic determinants (1,4). In general, after the consumption of one standard drink, the amount of alcohol in the drinker's blood (blood alcohol concentration, or BAC) peaks within 30 to 45 minutes. (A standard drink is defined as 12 ounces of beer, 5 ounces of wine, or 1.5 ounces of 80-proof distilled spirits, all of which contain the same amount of alcohol.) . Alcohol is metabolized more slowly than it is absorbed. Since the metabolism of alcohol is slow, consumption needs to be controlled to prevent accumulation in the body and intoxication.
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Stay below 60 grams of carbohydrates and between 1200 to 1500 calories. Less than that will make your metabolism slow down. Drink lots of water. Try to eat at least every 3 hours, and do some moderate exercise to keep metabolism going. Don't overdo the diet or the exercise as your body will either slow itself down on start breaking up muscle fiber for its energy. Good luck!
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Fasting will slow your body's metabolism, it's the worst thing you can do to your body!\nEat several (4-6) small meals a day...your body will burn calories faster and build your metabolism in a short period of time.\n(eat about every 2 hours)\nThe first 8-10 pounds you shed is water.\nMeal suggestions:\n1st: piece of fruit\n2nd: string cheese, summer sausage, cottage cheese/yogurt\n3rd: bowl of cereal\n4th: soup/sandwich\n5th: a good dinner-meat, potatoes/pasta, veggie...your body needs carbs, protein and vitamins to stay healthy\n6th: salad/raw veggies\nDrink plenty of water \nDrink milk or juice/water with every meal (no soda pop)\nStay away from munchies, fried & fatty foods.\nSmall amounts of food will shrink your stomach and you will feel full.\nSimple activities & exercise (especially walking) will help lose the weight and tone the body.
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Turn the bottle around and read the back....\n\nUsusally light beers are about 100 calories...but it's not the calories that get you...it's the fact that alcohol can slow your metabolism by 40%...that's what makes you fat.
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If you drink heavily, that'll do it.\nIf you don't drink at all... don't!
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While exercise and eating 5-6 times a day will help in not only boosting you metabolism and mitigating insulin secretion,drinking water has been proven to be helpful as well.\nDespite the fact that most diets call for drinking at least eight, 8-ounce glasses of water a day, few studies have been done to determine if the practice actually speeds weight loss. In an effort to answer this question, Michael Boschmann, MD, and colleagues from Berlin's Franz-Volhard Clinical Research Center tracked energy expenditures among seven men and seven women who were healthy and not overweight. \n\n\nAfter drinking approximately 17 ounces of water, the subjects' metabolic rates -- or the rate at which calories are burned -- increased by 30% for both men and women. The increases occurred within 10 minutes of water consumption and reached a maximum after about 30 to 40 minutes. \n\n\nThe study also showed that the increase in metabolic rate differed in men and women. In men, burning more fat fueled the increase in metabolism, whereas in women, an increased breakdown of carbohydrates caused the increase in metabolism seen. \n\n\nThe researchers estimate that over the course of a year, a person who increases his water consumption by 1.5 liters a day would burn an extra 17,400 calories, for a weight loss of approximately five pounds. They note that up to 40% of the increase in calorie burning is caused by the body's attempt to heat the ingested water. The findings are reported in the December issue of The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism.\nYou must maintain a healthy lower calorie diet.Eat less carbohydrates and more whole foods and protein.Protein is helpful because it's the highest thermic food.\n\nGoing for a walk in the evening can be helpful but weight training is one of the best exercises you can do to lose weight.\n\nOne of the ways this works is by stimulating new muscle growth thus metabolizing more calories even at rest(about 50 cal per pound of muscle).\nThe fact of the matter is you MUST just stick with it.Following some of the guidelines here will help.\nIt is also unnecessary to drink 8 8 ounce glasses of water per day.\n\nCalculate you BMR and consume less calories than you burn.\n\nConsider some low carb protein bars.Stay away from granola and those type snacks.\nThis will dispel that stupid cabbage nonsense among other things.This is excerpted from a Yahoo! Health e mail.\nThe following diet myths come up over and over again at my nutrition center. My next two blog entries will help set the record straight. Hope you find this helpful! \n\nIf you eat late at night, the food turns straight into fat.\n\nNot true.If your overall calories are appropriate for weight loss, you certainly can eat something after dinner. Late night calories will ultimately get used the next day (and even while you sleep). \n\nHowever, for the sake of energy, it is always better to eat your calories during the day when your body needs the fuel. Plus, eating consistently throughout the day will stabilize blood sugar levels -- so you’ll feel energized and experience fewer cravings. If you are going to snack after dinner, I suggest choosing something 250 calories or less.\n\n\n\nFresh fruits and vegetables are more nutritious than frozen.\n\nNot necessarily. Frozen can be a great produce option (just avoid varieties with added salt, sugar, and sauce). Frozen foods are picked in the peak of ripeness, then frozen. You can eat them as you need them -- and most of the nutrients are locked in. On the other hand, fresh fruit and vegetables are typically harvested before they ripen, and can have nutrient variability. Also, the longer fresh produce sits around in your fridge, the less nutrients it will contain. \n\nBottom line: Buy both fresh and frozen and eat as much as you can.\n\nCravings are your body's way of telling you it needs something.\n\nThis has never been proven. You normally crave what you like to eat (or smell or se
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Alcohol has just empty calories with no nutritive value at all.  All of these calories add up and cause you to gain weight.  The goal is have a calorie deficit from what your body normailly has.  Eating right can help, but can take a long time, and you do not necessarily have the gratifaction of seeing the weight loss quickly.  A multiplier to your proper diet would be to at least walk (or any physical exercies) for 30 minutes to an hour every day which will help speed up your weight loss, and also just help out with your general health.
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Lots of stuff.  Alcohol is a poison --if you drink enough.  It dehydrates you , so i imagine the brain is also dehydrated.  i understand that heavy drinking can kill brain cells, but i don't know how much that source considered to be "heavy."
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Water in such large amounts is poison!  \n\nIt causes a condition called hyponatremia.  Drinking so much water (you're talking about half a gallon every 15 minutes- that's 2 gallons an hour, or 32 gallons in a 16 hour day) causes your blood to become diluted, which interferes with your heart, brain, and muscle function. Untreated, it can lead to comma or death. \n\nThis is NOT a safe way to increase your metabolism.\n\nIn a healthy adult, the kidneys can process a MAXIMUM of  4 gallons (512 oz) per day.  However, even that much water will not increase your metabolism.  Only exercise can increase your metabolic rate.
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It is best to hold off on that alcoholic drink for four hours after taking your vitamins.  Alcohol interferes with the metabolism of most vitamins, and reduces the absorption of amino acids, glucose, zinc and vitamins in the small intestine.
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Metabolism is basically a measure of the body's ability to use oxygen to burn up fuel abtained from food.  Thhe body has a survival mechanism to compensate for too little or too much food over a significant period of time.  For example, a person can fast for a day drinking only water or longer under medical supervision.  During that time, the body conserves fuel (fat) by lowering its metabolic rate.  After about a month of fasting, the body may suffer starvation where body tissue including heart muscle begin to be used up as fuel.  That can be very dangerous and depends on initial body weight.
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Breakfast "kick-starts" your metabolism. If you don't eat breakfast, your metabolism slows down, and you don't burn as many calories. Eating breakfast speeds it up, and you burn more.
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Alcohol is full of sugar.  Drinking (or getting drunk, or whatever) will make it difficult to build muscle mass simply because drinking is equivalent to eating chocolate, or cake, or anything else with sugar for that matter.  When you consume any form of simple sugar (processed goodies or alcohol) your pancreas must release more insulin to stabilize blood sugar (and when you drink heavily, or eat lots of sweets) you blow your insulin level through the roof!  You can dehydrate yourself this way...and this is how your muscles feel so terrible after drinking.
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I'm not entirely sure, what you mean. Too fast on juice? Drinking too fast can hurt mildly, but you wouldn't feel fatigue. But drinking it too often, in one day, you need to use moderation.
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There isn't a beer that won't affect your fighting abilities, no matter what anyone says. Drinking causes you to gain weight, no matter the alchohol, and it slows your reaction time down. It also makes you slow overall. So, don't drink. I'm trying to get my boyfriend to quit...
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Binge drinking is the worse kind of drinking for your liver.  The damage may be reversible but If I were you I would stay off the alcohol.
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depends on your body weight, but a good rule of thumb is  8 oz. of alcohol gets metabolized every hour for an average person.  \n\n(please double these figures if you are a midget)