" Most of the research regarding alcohol's effects in raising good cholesterol, or HDL, levels, looks at men and post-menopausal women. Very little, if any, evidence suggest that alcohol consumption in younger women is beneficial. Even worse, other studies associate younger women's alcohol consumption with increased disease risk.
Up to 4% of breast cancers can be attributed to alcohol. According to a recent study in the British Journal of Cancer, every drink increases a woman's chances of developing breast cancer. In a recent summary of 63 published studies, 65% of the studies found an association between alcohol consumption and increased breast cancer risk.
It's tempting to dismiss these health risks by pointing to more obvious ones, like excess weight and inactivity. In fact, 54.3% of women age 20 - 39 are obese or overweight. But if you're one of them and you're trying to lose weight and increase fitness, drinking alcohol will hardly help you achieve your goals.
Add that much-ballyhooed glass of red wine a day without making any other changes in your diet or exercise, and you'll gain nearly 15 pounds a year. In four years you'll be 60 pounds heavier, which won't do much to help your heart.
Counting calories from alcohol can be doubly difficult. Not only are these calories less satisfying than those from food, these days they're likely to come in super-sized martini glasses the size of swimming pools. Alcohol sabotages your diet in other ways as well. Lowered inhibitions can lead to overeating, while even one drink can dampen your metabolism for 24 hours.
Bottom line: Be honest with yourself. Don't use health claims about spirits as an excuse to justify excessive drinking which endangers your life, liver, looks, and limbs. Keeep in ming that plenty of other, better ways to improve heart health are out there......"
So, since our program says No alcohol we find that the more we learn and follow precisely the better we are.
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