Is Alcohol Bad For Muscle Growth? [Alcohol and Fitness]

Weight training and alcohol is a common question within the health and fitness world.
[" Is Alcohol Bad For Muscle Growth? " - The relation between alcohol, muscle growth, and overall fitness. How bad is for trainning].
I will answer how alcohol affects the body when gaining muscle and losing fat.

With the Fourth of July approaching this weekend, I will explain if drinking is worth it and how you could minimize consumption.

Alcohol will impede your training, but there are ways to mitigate the damage. I will go in further detail within the video, and provide studies within the description that support my claims.

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STUDIES:

Alcohol and muscle protein synthesis
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Muscle Protein synthesis Rats
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17264221

De Novo Lipogenesis, Lipid Kinetics, and Whole-Body Lipid Balances in Humans After Acute Alcohol Consumption:
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/19154606/

Effect of Acute Postexercise Ethanol Intoxication on the Neuroendocrine Response to Resistance Exercise:
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/10642377/

Alcohol impairs skeletal muscle protein synthesis and mTOR signaling:
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4233249/

Testosterone Increases in Men After a Low Dose of Alcohol:
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/12711931/

Alcohol and testosterone:
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12711931
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11912073

Alcohol Ingestion Impairs Maximal Post-Exercise Rates:
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3922864/

Influence of Piperine on the Pharmacokinetics of Curcumin in Animals and Human Volunteers:
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/9619120/

Alcohol Abuse-Duration Dependent Decrease in Plasma Testosterone and Antioxidants in Males:
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/17193902/

Alcohol and appetite:
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20851724

Alcohol and fat loss:
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/10539756
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