How much alcohol are you consuming? We’re not talking about an Egg Nog at Christmas, we’re talking about on a daily basis. Do you drink occasionally or are you knocking off a bottle of wine or worse, each day?

It’s time, to be honest. This is not a matter of making you feel bad about your drinking habits, it is about giving you knowledge.

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How Alcohol Affects Your Body

To begin with, let’s look at how alcohol affects your body. As you can see from the infographic above, very little escapes the wrath of alcohol. You increase your risk of breast cancer and that’s just the beginning of it.

Women who are pregnant should also not indulge. Alcohol actually lowers your libido long term, and reproduction chances too in men.

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6 Ways Alcohol Affects Your Body

Your brain and nervous system also don’t escape alcohol. It can affect your memory and produce a delayed reaction time that would not usually be present.

Alcohol can slur your speech and give you poor impulse control. It is also a natural depressant.

You may also notice the day after drinking that you have hollow legs. You are triggered to eat a whole lot more and you particularly crave fat filled carbohydrates.

It is not compatible with your digestive system, can cause tooth decay and slows your metabolism to a slug.

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Giving your body regular stints off alcohol will do wonders for your health. Just look at the results achieved by a small group of people who gave it up for 5 short weeks. They noticed big drops in their glucose levels, liver fat, weight and cholesterol.

You should also schedule in alcohol free days each week and avoid sugar laden pre-mixes. Try and water down your wine with soda water and drink some water between drinks.

How Alcohol Affects Your Body

Be sure to watch this video that explains in detail what alcohol does to your body. It’s well worth viewing. Click Play above ^