What Daily Intake of Alcohol Beverages Can Do To Your Skin
What better thing to do after a tiring day than drink a glass of white wine? This year, especially, bottles of wine have surely been emptied by people who want to forget the worries that the pandemic has brought temporarily.
According to Jairo Rodriguez, a nutritionist from New York, the actual damage alcohol brings is mainly to the skin. He added drinking is categorized as "two drinks each day."
Rodriguez also said there is an ample amount of skin damage that occurs. More so, the nutritionist added, "Alcohol affects any mucus membrane, from the liver and pancreas to the skin."
Essentially, the first adverse effect of drinking too much alcohol is dehydration since it is taking all the fluids from the skin.
Try to look at a woman who has drunk for two to three decades, Rodriguez explained, and a woman of the same age who has not to dunk at all. The expert elaborated, one would see a big difference in the two women's skin.
The woman who has been drinking was observed to have more wrinkles resulting from the dehydration damage, which, the nutritionist specified, can make a person "look 10 years older."
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A recent study, the JAMA Network Open journal recently published, indicates that the overall consumption of alcohol this year increased by roughly 14 percent from last year for American adults aged 30 years.
Vitamin A Deficiency and Other Health Conditions
Previous studies also revealed you could have Vitamin A deficiency too if you're drinking too much alcohol. Vitamin A helps maintain collagen, and it also keeps you looking young.
Everyday alcohol intake can lead your blood vessels to enlarge. As a result, your skin gets red, but not the 'blush' red is which, most of the time, cute to see. Furthermore, as almost everyone knows, alcohol drinks can damage eventually damage your liver.
Other than the skin, experts say, a myriad of other health issues are caused by drinking alcoholic beverages. Among these conditions include heart disease, weight gain, neurological disorders, and diabetes, among others.
Pandemic Resulted in More and Frequent Drinking
As mentioned earlier, this has been a particularly challenging year for an individual who uses alcohol as his way of dealing with stress, or basically anyone affected by the pandemic.
A recent study that the JAMA Network Open journal recently published indicates that the overall consumption of alcohol this year increased by roughly 14 percent from last year for American adults aged 30 years.
This results from additional drinking each month by 75 percent of adult individuals compared to 2019. Meaning, this has been a tough year to cut back on alcohol consumption, although it is possible, and it may help save your skin and make you stay looking young.
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Remedies
If you've been drinking and you're worried about skin damage and early aging, there are still remedies you can try while it's early.
One of the best and most effective therapies is sleep. Sleep experts say this is always the answer. Alcoholic beverages negatively affect a person's sleep cycles and stop him from achieving that "deep REM sleep."
Another remedy is water. You should drink more water even if it's not your favorite drink. Water does not just keep you hydrated and healthy. It can also reverse some of the skin dehydration effects.
Completing the effective remedies is exercise. Yes! Regular workout helps you keep your body in shape, giving you more energy and helping you deal with stress. And the most important of all, exercise can help you live longer.
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Oct 17, 2020 11:00 AM EDT
