Our body doesn’t perceive alcohol as food so you don’t get the feeling of ‘fullness’ after having finished a few high calorie drinks. In fact, alcohol stimulates the appetite which sets the scene for even more calories to find their way in and often after a few drinks, we don’t make the healthiest food choices.
10 Sensible Sipping Tips to keep you Happy and Healthy:
1. Avoid joining in 'rounds'This way you choose the pace at which you drink. Try to keep to a maximum of 1 drink per hour for a max of 4 hours.
2. Stay hydratedMake every second drink a mineral water. To avoid being harassed by your drinking buddies, choose a mineral water in a tumbler with a lime wedge and ice so that it looks just like a vodka lime soda.
3. Drink SpritzersIf drinking wine, why not add some mineral water and make it a spritzer (half wine, half mineral water). You will reduce your alcohol and calorie consumption whilst still feel like you are part of the party.
4. Choose low carb or low alcohol options where availableThe alcohol companies are constantly making new products which are both low in carbohydrates and / or low in alcohol. These are better options.
5. Use low calorie mixersWhen we drinking spirits with mixers, the choice of mixer we drink can increase the amount of calories we consume, coke, ginger ale, lemonade are all full of sugar, switch to mixing drinks with mineral water with lemon or soda water with bitters.
6. Avoid the creamy cocktailsWhen drinking cocktails, stick to fruity cocktails and avoid the creamy ones, generally speaking, fruity cocktails are lower in calories and fat.
7. Eat a balanced meal before you go outIf you are meeting friends for a drink, ensure you have eaten first. The food in your stomach will give your body more time to process the toxins and will decrease the stomach irritations which can lead to an unpleasant aftermath.
8. Drink more expensive alcoholIt has been said that life is too short to drink cheap wine. Not only does more expensive wine often taste better but also it has fewer chemicals called congeners. Fewer congeners reduce the hangover. White wine has less congeners than red wine.
9. Take aspirin before bedIf you have overdone it, then after drinking but before bed take 2 aspirins and a full glass of water. Aspirin contains prostaglandin inhibitors which can decrease the hangover effect.
10. Drink plenty of water when you wake upDrink lots of water as soon as you wake up and before drinking any coffee. The coffee will only dehydrate further which will make matters only worse.
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4 Comments
Here is a brain wave..what about just not drinking at all. Most drinks are over priced & drinking to get drunk means one can't drive home & if one does run the gauntlet then one runs the risk of losing their licence for 3-6 months. Alcohol causes unmeasureable amounts of violence, stupidity & misery
ReplyHave a large glass of milk before going out to drink and a glass of water with 2 panadol before bed.
Replybullsh!t
ReplyWhat this article is really saying is. New years is akin to the 40 hour famine. We must diet during this time of celebration or our new years resolution will be to lose the enormous amount of fat we will inevitably gain in one night of drinking and eating.
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