September, January after a summer, a dry September challenging you to quit drinking for 30 days, is accumulating steam. If you are a person who drinks lots of aperitif, cocktail and foam in the warm season, sobering September is a chance to readjust and refocus before the holidays.
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span= "article-image caption-inner"> September soberness will benefit you if you have the right plan for the rest of the year. If so. (Picture: @calebthetraveler via twenty20)Instagram currently has more than 5,000 posts from people who want to lose weight, reduce anxiety and improve self-care ability by abstaining from alcohol in September.
But can a month's abstinence really improve your health? The answer is yes, especially if you have the right intention to approach it. Why do you want to quit drinking? According to statistics, many of us can benefit from reducing alcohol consumption. The government advises women to limit their drinking to one drink per day and men to two drinks per day. However, according to data from the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, about 27% of adults admit to eating and drinking heavily in the past 30 days, which means they drink more than four drinks for women and more than five drinks for men in about two hours. Overdrinking not only increases the risk of breast cancer, heart disease and stroke, but also disrupts your sleep patterns, leading to weight gain, high blood pressure and high cholesterol. Charles Passler, a doctor of medicine, nutritionist and life coach who has worked with celebrities like Bella Hardy and Adriana Lima, tells livestrong.com that it can also upset your mood.
He said that drinking can also reduce your ability to cope with stress after a tough night in a bar, because it has a negative impact on sleep quality. & Your negative reaction to daily stress may be amplified, leading to increased emotional stress and even anxiety. What are the benefits of
abstinence for one month? Despite limited research on the subject, several studies have found overall improvements in health for those who accepted the January drought challenge. A study by researchers at University College London assessed 80 volunteers who quit drinking in January.
-We found that people who abstained from alcohol made progress in almost all areas that we could measure. "They feel stronger, sleep better, concentrate more and lose weight," Dr. Rajiv Jaran, a professor at University College London and one of the authors of the study, told Livestrong.com.
& The results are quite striking. Abstinence from alcohol can not only improve subjective health, but also improve many health indicators, including blood sugar control, weight control, liver examination and cancer markers.
The study participants lost about 4.5 pounds in a month and saw a decrease in liver fat, which helped reduce the risk of liver failure.
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Although some experts may worry that people will hang around or drink more after a sober month, a 2016 study at the University of Suffolk found that in the next six months, about half of those who participated in January drying seemed to drink less. Dr. Aaron White, senior scientific adviser to the National Institute of Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (niaaa), said that despite these findings, the results may vary, but most people do not see significant differences in physical health. & He told livestrong.com: "For most people, a month is not a long time, it depends on how much you drink."
Dr White believes that the physical benefits of abstinence actually depend on how much alcohol you drink regularly. Simply put: The more you drink, the greater the change. More importantly, studies have shown that moderate alcohol actually reduces inflammation and heart attack risk, which means that people who normally drink a small amount of alcohol may miss the potential benefits.
&Dr White said: "But if you don't drink, there's no reason to start drinking and there's no reason to stop drinking." Even if low doses of alcohol have some positive benefits, they are almost always offset by negative benefits. On one occasion, experts did not recommend accepting the severe challenges of September when you were heavily dependent on alcohol, because eating cold turkeys alone was dangerous or even fatal.
Dr White warns that if you really feel like you're struggling with severe insomnia, anxiety, anxiety or tremor, it's important to see a doctor.
Dr White said that how to make full use of September's waking time, and the 30-day break had different effects on people, was a benefit for everyone who took part in the challenge.
-The biggest benefit, he says, is to understand how you cope with life and how alcohol fits into it. & And how alcohol fits into your entertainment and other ways of finding ways to meet these needs. In other words, a month of abstinence gives you the opportunity to step back and assess your relationship with alcohol consumption. Some people try to wake up for a month and find it much more difficult than they expected. & Dr White said: "You don't need to have an obvious alcohol problem to have an unhealthy relationship with alcohol." In this case, he suggests exploring your options, whether or not it means using online tools such as NIAAA to rethink drinking to learn more about alcohol use disorders or to see a doctor. In other cases, people may decide to go back for a glass of wine every night or know they don't need to indulge in 24 drinks at a party for fun.
Of course, there is an important "no no no" plan to hold an important celebration at the end of 30 days. Your tolerance to alcohol may decline within this month, making binge drinking particularly dangerous. So it's important to relax with one or two bottles of hand-made beer instead of six.
Finally, it's all about intention. If you use September's wakefulness to offset the damage this summer, you're not taking full advantage of that experience. Instead, consider a one-month break as an opportunity to assess your relationship with alcohol, to extend what you learn to October, and so on.
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