Alcohol Effects

Alcohol and Sports

One of the health questions from Velonews (a major cycling site) and the response of the site's dietitian editor, Monique Ryan. There is no doubt that it has a content that clarifies many questions that will arise in the minds of alcohol and sports ...

Dear Monique,

I would like to find out what are the positive - negative effects on the sporty performance of alcohol. I drink beer and wine regularly; I have been drinking alcohol until now and thinking about calorie loading but I wonder what kind of effects are there on alcohol chemistry and athletic performance?

What are the adverse side effects of using alcohol?
Best regards,
BC

First of all, I would recommend that you consume alcohol in a sensitive way, since after training you may have a potentially negative effect on your alcohol performance if your body does not play any role in the recovery process. Let's examine the effects of your alcohol training regimen and your athletic performance together:

Alcohol and Sports 1 Alcohol is Empty Calories


Alcohol is a drug, as well as a calorie drink. These calories that can be defined as empty calories, such as carbohydrates, proteins and oils, never turn into usable energy.

Alcohol and Sports 2 Alcohol Reduces Vitamin and Mineral Usage

Beer and wine contain carbohydrates in very small quantities, while protein, vitamins and minerals they contain are small enough to be tested. In fact, alcohol can also cause your body to use vitamins and minerals!

10 grams of pure ethanol, 240 ml of beer (150 calories), 120 ml of wine (100 calories) and 38 ml of liquor (100 calories).




Alcohol and Sports 3 Alcohol Lubricating

Despite fermented carbohydrates at its base, alcohol is metabolized as fat in your body. Alcohol side-outs are stored in the liver as fatty acids, then they become confused with our blood circulation system. If you are aiming to be a weak and fit athlete, you agree that alcohol is not "the best food"!

Alcohol and Sports 4 Alcohol Liver Enemy

Alcohol is known to have protective effects against heart problems up to a certain level. However, when the acceptable alcohol levels are exceeded, the production of high-density-inhibitory-cholesterol (HDL) may begin to be produced above the desired level. Too much alcohol raises your blood pressure, increasing blood fat (triglycerides), which is quite harmful; Triglycerides, high-density cholesterol (HDL) combined with the risk of heart disease is much increased risk. The alcohol used for a long period of time only helps to boost your blood pressure, while helping to develop a heart attack and some types of cancer, the negative effects ultimately leading to damage to the liver!

Alcohol and Sports 5 Alcohol Training Enemy

A high amount of alcohol consumption after a short period of training or racing has a very negative effect on the body's recovery. When you need to consume plenty of fluid after work, you are at risk of losing more than you need to take your body with alcohol, which is diuretic. Although the effect is temporary, it is hard to say that alcohol is the best option before and after the training.

Alcohol and Sports 6 Alcohol Slows the Recovery of Some Wounds

Alcohol may also cause the synthesis of the body's glycogen. Athletes suffering from scratches or scratches on the skin may benefit from thinking about alcohol vasodilators and blood thinners. If alcohol is used in this way after an injury, sweating and bleeding may increase, and the body's self-repair time will be undesirably prolonged. It is known that ice treatment is applied to such injuries: the aim is to shrink the vessels in the region and reduce blood circulation!



Alcohol and Sports Reduce Alcohol Coordination Becomes 7

Excess alcohol consumption just before or the night before training and competition will undoubtedly set the stage for impaired motor movements, diminished coordination, a thirst sensation and damage to energy stores. Delays in response rate are experienced because the brain's power to generate information and reasoning is weakening. You need to know your limitations and the effects of alcohol on your body very well.

Alcohol and Sports 8 Alcohol Quality is Bound to Rest

The speed at which alcohol can be absorbed by the body is also directly related to the dimensions of the body. In a middle-sized man, the digestion of one-time consumption of alcohol will take place around 1 hour. For the same amount of alcohol, the duration of digestion of a smaller male or female will naturally be longer.

Alcohol should occupy very little space in a healthy athlete diet maintained by adults. Also, drinking a glass of water when drinking a glass of alcohol will be very helpful. What you need to remember is that the primary goal of an athlete is to listen and fully recover your body.

It is obvious that too much alcohol will not allow a healthy rest.

It would still be unfair to say that drinking a cold beer or a glass of wine while watching the bike races on TV is a bad thing ...

Monique Ryan, (health expert at Velonews)