 What is up guys Noah Banks here and the topic of the day is alcohol and the reason why I want to go over this topic this is something that a ton of people ask me up here in New York because there's so many happy hours birthdays celebrations a new job graduations all this type of stuff and everybody the first thing people want to celebrate with are drinks you know the champagne whether it's liquor whether it's wine you know watching like scandal or something like my girlfriend does it that's that's why I say that but I want to do some research and give you guys a few things just give you an intro into alcohol which you probably already know give you some crows and cons and then I'm giving my recommendations and that's about it so let's go ahead and get to it all right guys so intro so alcohol I kind of separate into three barriers you got your beer you got your wine and you got your straight liquor itself and if you want to think about it in this type of way if you want to see from an alcohol content perspective beer has about 5% wine has 8 to 14% and then liquor can go anywhere between 35 and 45 keep in mind different types of alcohols have a little bit more higher alcohol concentration and for you guys who don't know like so you you might see something that says 80 proof liquor what that means is basically it's twice the amount of alcohol content that's in the actual bottle itself so if you see an 80 proof any type of drink it has 40% of alcohol now a lot of people want to go ahead say you know you want to drink moderately you want to be a moderate drinker well what is a moderate drink size look like right so I did a little bit of research into it and a moderate drink if you want to look from a beer perspective it's 12 ounces of beer 12 ounces of beer has around 153 calories and then if you want to have a light beer it's around 103 calories and then for the wine it's basically five ounces so one serving of wine equals five ounces so five ounces of a red wine is around 125 calories and then for white wine it's around 121 calories so there's not really a difference actually between the two and then for liquor it's around 1.5 ounces which is around the size of a shot so that consists of vodka gin whiskey that's gonna run you for one around a 100 calories and the biggest thing about alcohol a lot of people are like oh man like what's the benefit so it actually technically it does provide energy so you know your cards provide four calories per gram your protein four calories per gram your fat nine calories per gram alcohol actually does seven so technically it is a you can say it is a food but the thing is it's not a nutrient it does zero like it does nothing for your body and that leads me to talk about the effects of alcohol on your body so it does have positive and negative effects the biggest thing to realize actually is that alcohol actually is prioritized over your carbs the proteins and fats in your body for when it comes to breaking down so your body's gonna be like try to get all the alcohol out of your system first and then it's got to worry about everything else so you got to keep that in mind if you're trying to lose weight or really optimize the food that you're eating and the energy that you're expending if you're drinking alcohol the alcohol is gonna be broken down first and then the rest of your macro nutrients so that's number one to the liver is your the main organ that breaks down alcohol and it can only do so much in a given amount of time so how I kind of like to explain is you think about it that your blood alcohol content level so your BAC is at its peak at like about 35 to 45 minutes after you've had only one drink your liver can only take so much alcohol after after it's had enough it's over capacity it's all the alcohol is gonna go right into the different body fluids so think about like your sweat the your urine your lungs and that's why you use to get that breathalyzer test of the police comes and catches you driving or anything like that so don't don't do that PSA don't do that and that's how they can tell from your breath another fact that I learned actually is for the women out there actually so women and this is actually something I find out do the fact that usually women tend to be a little bit smaller and they also have 40% less of the enzyme the stomach enzyme that breaks down alcohol in the body so it actually their body absorbs alcohol a lot faster so just be cautious ladies when you're out there that's why they usually say for our moderate serving that guys can have two drinks and girls can have one it's just because the fact that your body naturally biologically absorbs alcohol a lot faster another effect that alcohol has on your body is of course hangovers we all have those times where you wake up the next morning you had a little bit too much fun the night before you wake up the next morning your head's hurting you're feeling gross you might throw up again and those are all effects of alcohol so alcohol one makes you dehydrated which makes that's why you're really thirsty it makes you dehydrated and very light headed stops any type of glucose production and that glucose of course is your energy if you don't remember that go watch the carbs video so yeah so you have low glucose levels you already have low energy it irritates your stomach which is why you throw up so those are a couple negative effects that you have to keep in mind and we all notice this but a big solution to this and it's not like I'm not saying this is the 100% solution but one of the main reasons why people have always stated the don't drink on an empty stomach is because food actually slows down that process of alcohol getting in into your bloodstream so when you eat especially to eat a little bit more fat of your foods it lets your stomach digest more of the alcohol and really get it out of your system so it doesn't go to your blood and that's what really makes you have that hangover hangover afterward so always make sure you don't drink on it that's actually a true that's not a myth that's actually a real thing make sure that you eat before you drink now there are supposedly positive effects to it one is that you have a lower chance of getting any type of cardiovascular disease lower risk of diabetes your high blood pressure improves your good cholesterol which is your HDL and it helps sometimes reduce blood clotting and then I'm gonna finish up on my recommendation so my recommendation one is to think about the goal that you have in mind whether that's for your body with just health like what's your main goal so my main goal to be honest is to gain a little bit more weight and gain a little bit more muscle in order to do that I need to eat a lot of food and my body needs to metabolize that correctly I drink alcohol a lot of it it kind of hinders that process because of course my body's got to try to take care of the alcohol first then then it's got to take care of everything else like the protein which is gonna be huge for me that also leads to number two if you do decide to have some drink moderately right that means having maybe one drink every day or so I would say like maybe four or five times you know four or five times max during the week and that doesn't mean binging a lot it means just taking a moderate drink enjoying and having fun and then three my biggest recommendation is if you are gonna drink don't this is actually something I started doing it helped so much even with like hangovers actually is don't try to get high calorie mixers so you know these big sodas these juices all these like great concoctions that you think these margaritas they're actually adding the more more stuff you put in your drink that's more calories and that's the more unhealthy or that your drink gets so I personally I know it doesn't sound so like tasty but I drink most of my drinks straight and it makes me one makes me drink less because the fact that it's so strong and I could sip on it throughout the night so I usually do that or you can get it like a sugar-free mixer my roommate usually does like cranberry like sugar-free like cranberry juice I think and it's still like you know he still gets a nice effect of mixing with something else now I want you to make the choice for yourself I can't tell you all this is good this is bad you don't do this or do this that is up to you that is your choice based off of what you think is best for you and what's best for your body so I just want you I just wanted to go ahead and relay the information that I did all the research facts I did feel free to look up any information yourself you find something let me know if you liked this video feel free to like and subscribe and don't forget if you have any questions feel free to email me at noblebanks at embraceahype.net and I'll be happy to answer and get back to you thank you guys for watching I hope you have a wonderful day and you 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