Alcohol is the enemy of weight loss! Muscle Mom: 4 reasons to put down your cold beer

When the weather is hot, drinking a glass of beer can cool you down, but be careful, this action is a big landmine for losing weight and building muscles! "Muscle Mom", a fitness expert who used to party every night and couldn't sleep without alcohol, said that for those who want to lose weight, there are four main reasons why alcohol prevents people from losing weight successfully. People should not sacrifice their health for the sake of momentary appetite.

Over-dependence on alcohol! Muscular Mom: You will get fat no matter what you eat

Before getting married and having children, Muscular Mom was a TV producer. She faced great pressure from life and work, and she once turned to drinking to relieve her sorrow. Her physique became such that she would gain weight no matter what she ate. Sometimes she would simply not eat if she could, but she couldn't hold it in and would overeat. After eating, she would induce vomiting, and then drink alcohol to fill her stomach after it was empty. As a result, she did not replenish her nutrition, but instead drank a lot of alcohol calories, and her abdomen and torso began to fold. In addition, excessive dependence on alcohol also leads to metabolic disorders, hangovers and constipation.

Alcohol is a landmine for weight loss! Do you know the 4 reasons?

However, now, a teetotal and well-built muscular mom warns: "Alcohol is harmful to your body. If you want muscles and lines, avoid it!" She said that alcohol is a landmine for weight loss and muscle building, mainly for the following four reasons:

Reason 1: Every 1cc of alcohol contains 7 calories, but does not contain the nutrients needed to sustain life. Taking a bottle of 500cc beer with an alcohol content of 2.5% as an example, it contains about 12.5 grams of alcohol and about 87.5 calories, and these are just the calories of the alcohol itself. If you add the extra sugar calories in beer or sweet wine, the calories you consume unknowingly can be quite considerable if you drink several cans in a row.

Studies have found that even consuming more protein cannot offset the negative effects of alcohol on muscle building.

Reason 2/Alcohol disrupts the body's metabolism and affects muscle and protein production. Alcohol can affect muscle recovery and resynthesis after exercise. Studies have found that even consuming more protein cannot eliminate the negative effects of alcohol on muscle building. Strong big muscles can improve the body's basal metabolism and enhance weight loss results.

Reason 3/Alcohol can damage the immune and endocrine systems. A healthy immune system and a healthy liver not only improve athletic performance, but also affect body recovery and muscle synthesis after exercise. Drinking large amounts of alcohol can put a greater burden on the liver, making it more susceptible to illness, and can also significantly reduce the body's ability to recover after exercise. In addition, alcohol will increase blood pressure and heart rate, make people feel more tired, and make it difficult to perform exercises that are easy to do in normal times, greatly reducing the effectiveness of exercise for weight loss.

Reason 4/Alcohol causes dehydration. When you are dehydrated, your risk of sports injuries increases and your metabolic capacity decreases. Dehydration can also cause extra hunger and reduce the body's ability to synthesize energy.

Beer weight loss is not practical! Balanced diet + regular exercise is the iron rule for weight loss

Can beer really not help you lose weight? It is widely said that "beer contains GABA, which helps burn body fat." Is this true? In her book "Use Resistance to Meet a Better You", Muscle Mom explains that GABA is a non-protein amino acid synthesized by the human body that can regulate the sympathetic nerves, eliminate tension, and promote relaxation. It is often used as a sleep aid or tranquilizer. However, fermented foods such as red yeast rice, kimchi, natto, and miso also contain GABA, so there is no need to deliberately ingest it through beer.

Muscle Mom calls on the public not to be superstitious about the so-called "beer weight loss method". If you want to lose weight effectively, you still have to start from the most basic and important aspects, including: a balanced, quantitative, regular diet and drinking plenty of water; developing a regular routine of exercise that effectively consumes calories, such as indirect exercise; and getting enough sleep every day. Only when the environment in which the body can gain muscle and lose fat is created can the goal of ideal body shape be achieved.