Another weekend has passed, many fitness partners will choose to go to a dinner with friends on the weekend. Friends gathering, which can not have a little wine to accompany it?

At this point the question arises, fitness can drink? Will it affect muscle gain and fat loss? Will affect the performance of sports? Next, we will talk carefully with you about the things that drink and fitness ~

Question 1: Does drinking alcohol make you fat or not?

Our weight gain or loss depends on the calorie surplus, which in human terms means that when you take in more calories than you consume today, your weight will go up, and vice versa, it will not.

1g of alcohol has about 7 calories. Add the calories of the alcohol you drank today to your total intake. If it is higher than the consumption, of course, you will gain weight, and the opposite is not true.

Question 2: Why do so many people still associate drinking with obesity?

Because alcohol affects our body's choice of fuel. In general, our body converts the carbohydrates and fats we consume into energy for our body to use. However, when drinking alcohol, the body sees metabolizing alcohol as the most important thing.

At this time, the oxidation of carbohydrates and fats into energy is slower, which makes it easier for the food you eat to become stored fat in your body.

In addition, in a drunken state, you will be less able to control your desire for high-calorie foods, resulting in obesity due to excessive intake.

Question 3: Will drinking alcohol affect muscle building and fat loss?

A small amount of alcohol will not affect the hormones that stimulate muscle growth, but note that a small amount, in this case, means one glass, i.e. 40-50g.

If more than 3 cups, the hormone level in the body will change, the level of leptin, which is good for fat loss, will decrease, and the level of cortisol, which is not good for fat loss, will increase until 36h later, when it will return to normal level.

Question 4: Do you have to train the next day of drinking?

Reasonably, when you drink, can you control yourself to drink only within 50g? The answer is mostly no.

Moreover, excessive drinking affects the synthesis of muscle protein, and the training effect is not too good, so, after drinking alcohol honestly rest at home, after recovery, then training it ~.

Question 5: How do I drink without gaining weight?

As I said before, fat and thin is closely related to the calorie surplus, in order to drink not fat, of course, you need to create more calorie gap ~

On the eve of drinking, you can try to choose low-cal, high-fiber, bulky foods, i.e. low-fat, low-carb foods; you can exercise before the binge, thus creating more gaps.

When drinking alcohol, try to avoid choosing mixers and cocktails with high sugar content, you can choose low-cal beer instead.

Summary：

A small amount of alcohol will not affect muscle building, fat loss and post-training recovery
Alcohol can affect hormone levels and muscle protein synthesis
It is not recommended to train the day after drinking alcohol
Try to create a caloric gap before drinking
Avoid high-fat foods while drinking