Not drinking alcohol for a month? These are the benefits

Does this ring a bell? The phrase “well… one beer is fine”? And how often does it actually end with one beer? Alcohol is worse for your body than you may think. You will immediately notice this in your health when you stop drinking: it will improve considerably. How? We summarize that

Your immune system strengthens

If you didn’t drink for a month, the white blood cell count would return to what it was before your alcohol consumption. And so you are less likely to get sick.

You sleep better

Your liver has to work very hard to break down alcohol. That is one of the reasons why you do not wake up so refreshed after a night out: your body has had to work to drain everything and has not been able to rest.

By cutting off alcohol, you will notice that you can sleep better. And skipping that hangover, that’s just a bonus.

Your liver recovers

It’s true: alcohol breaks down your liver. Four to six glasses of alcohol a day can severely shrivel your liver. Fortunately, there is a simple remedy: stop drinking alcohol.

When you stop consuming alcoholic beverages for a month, your liver can grow back up to 70% of its original size. It will take a while, but all good things take time.

You lose weight

Lose weight, but don’t like that gym at all? Quitting drinking can help immensely. For example, with a glass of red wine per day, you already have 574 calories per week. That’s 2,296 calories in a month!

Those extra calories are usually stored as belly fat – yes, red wine also gives you a beer belly. Maybe next time, make a smoothie instead of opening a beer?

You get better skin

If you suffer from irritations or dry skin, we recommend that you go through life without alcohol for a month. Alcohol dries out enormously and thereby reduces the production of hormones that absorb water in your skin.

Don’t start with all kinds of skincare products, but naturally clean your skin: drink more water and less alcohol.