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For some of the guys like me out there, here's some basic facts on alcohol. Read and understand it well if u wanna get ripped!
For some of the guys like me out there, here's some basic facts on alcohol. Read and understand it well if u wanna get ripped!
First
you quit smoking, then think about what you eat and how much you sleep,
even after buy a beautiful jars of various sports supplements. All this
you do in order to make your body attractive. For the beauty you have
to change your lifestyles but from cake are easy to give up, then what
about alcohol?
Birthdays,
parties … Sometimes you just can not resist and not refuse, and of
course, hurts the question – how it affect the results of training? Will
it fall endurance or appear fat? How much alcohol can you drink without
serious consequences for the organism? To answer these and other
questions let us try to understand what alcohol is and how it acts on
the body.
Alcohol
(ethanol) – does not contain proteins, carbohydrates, fats, but has an
energy value of 7 calories / g. According to its properties, it is more
like carbohydrates, but unlike them, can not be converted into glycogen
in the muscles and delayed for later use. For our body alcohol is toxic
and at the first ingestion begins to be processed at a speed of about 10
grams / hour. For example, if you drink 200 grams of vodka, then only 8
hours the body gets rid of excess alcohol. During this time, in the
body can occur interesting changes, which can not be avoided, but you
can try to compensate. You can easily find a lot of information about
the dangers of alcohol, but we are more interested in its effects on an
athlete.
To say that this influence is negative, then do not say anything!
Alcohol
slows down the anabolic processes in the body. This is a consequence of
the fact that the gastrointestinal tract absorbs much less nutrients.
In the blood appears deficit of amino acids, so necessary for the
muscles. Is observed lack of protein and also decreased glycogen
reserves. It reflects badly on your endurance, strength and speed.
In
one study, 8 men drank two glasses of vodka with an interval of 30
minutes. A few hours after the “experiment”, the level of fat metabolism
decreased by an average of 73%! The reason of this effect is the way
how our body is processing the alcohol. Through the bowel alcohol
quickly enters the bloodstream and then into the liver, where begins the
first stage of processing. An enzyme called alcohol dehydrogenase
converts into acetaldehyde, which is a highly toxic substance. Because
of this substance in the morning we feel discomfort … Other enzymes
convert the acetaldehyde into acetic acid and then had to carbon
dioxide, water and energy. Thus, taking alcohol, you simply make the
body to push into the background oxidation of fat. The same thing
happens when using a large number of fast carbohydrates (cakes, candy,
etc.) As a result of slower metabolism of fats leads to their
deposition.
Under
the influence of alcohol your body loses a significant amount of fluid.
Dehydrated muscles lose elasticity. Is inhibited the transfer of useful
and harmful substances. In this state of intensive physical activity
will provoke only harm and loss of muscle mass.
Alcohol
contributes to the transformation of androgens into estrogens. In one
study, after taking alcohol, testosterone dropped by 25%. When the
concentration of alcohol in the blood was at maximal level, the level of
the main male hormone was minimal. That’s why avid beer drinkers often
suffer from gynecomastia, and obesity. If you’re on a course
of steroids, about the drink better forget. Otherwise the risk of
getting gynecomastia increases significantly.
What regard to insulin and growth hormone, its level is also reduced and almost 2 times.
How can you compensate the influence of alcohol and preserve your athletic achievement?
To
avoid dehydration, try to drink after alcohol fluid (water, juice,
etc.). Before going to bed drink 1 liter of water or even more if you
like.
Also, before going to bed should eat something with high protein content. It may be cheese, chicken breast or a protein shake.
In the morning for about 30 minutes before breakfast, take multivitamins and 10 grams of glutamine, drinking plenty of water.
Have good breakfast, preferring foods high in protein, calcium, phosphorus and iron.
