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A beer a day...

darreneatschicken
darreneatschicken Posts: 669 Member
edited November 2024 in Food and Nutrition
is ok?

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  • glevinso
    glevinso Posts: 1,895 Member
    Why wouldn't it be? I can't think of more than a handful of days in the past year where I didn't have at least one :)
  • SueInAz
    SueInAz Posts: 6,592 Member
    As long as you keep making progress toward your goal it's fine.
  • mkdm291
    mkdm291 Posts: 139 Member
    Keep it within the calorie limit and all good! I love a cold beer or glass of wine at the end of the day!
  • darreneatschicken
    darreneatschicken Posts: 669 Member
    I'm not worried about gaining weight, since that's my goal, but I've read articles that alcohol actually slows down protein synthesis and thus, interferes with muscle growth. But I guess that's only if you're binge drinking?
  • Sevendust912
    Sevendust912 Posts: 122 Member
    Dern420 wrote: »
    is ok?

    For me, no it's not.

  • glevinso
    glevinso Posts: 1,895 Member
    Dern420 wrote: »
    I'm not worried about gaining weight, since that's my goal, but I've read articles that alcohol actually slows down protein synthesis and thus, interferes with muscle growth. But I guess that's only if you're binge drinking?

    If you binge all the time, yea that's bad. A little alcohol is not going to harm anything.
  • JenAndSome
    JenAndSome Posts: 1,893 Member
    Dern420 wrote: »
    I'm not worried about gaining weight, since that's my goal, but I've read articles that alcohol actually slows down protein synthesis and thus, interferes with muscle growth. But I guess that's only if you're binge drinking?

    Having a beer a day and binge drinking are two different things. Having a beer a day is fine. Binge drinking everyday is not and will most likely affect your progress in several ways that would make protein synthesis and muscle growth a moot point.

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