Because alcohol is high in calories. Unexpected, right?
Alcohol in terms of its calorie content is somewhere between sugar and butter. It is clear that having eaten something high in calories, then you will not want to eat for a long time. This is true for both lard and alcohol.
It is generally accepted that if a person does not consume more than 20 grams of alcohol per day, then this will not affect his diet.
If the dose of alcohol is increased, then drinkers can get part of their daily caloric content only from alcohol. Sometimes it comes down to 50%.
In addition, alcohol is often nauseous. And this does not contribute to weight gain.
Also, from drinking there are gastritis, from which immediately after eating, the stomach hurts. People with gastritis are literally afraid to eat.
Alcohol cleverly stimulates the release of leptin. It's a satiety hormone. It is produced by adipose tissue. If the level of leptin in the blood rises, then the appetite disappears.
Suction
Alcohol is remarkably absorbed by itself in the stomach and a little in the duodenum. That is, our body does not need to spend energy on this matter.
A decent dose of alcohol acts on the stomach and intestines like a compress. That is, it scalds slightly. From this, the wall of the stomach and intestines begins to work incorrectly. Food will be difficult to digest and nutrients will not be absorbed well.
Remember the chronic pancreatitis caused by alcohol? So he, too, is accompanied by poor digestion of food.
Salt and water
Do you think there is a lot of water and sodium in the body of a drinking person? It is generally accepted that such people eat something salty and then quench their dry forest with water. In fact, this is not the case.
The intestines of drinking people are unhealthy. Water and salt are poorly absorbed. This will cause diarrhea.
Drunk people also forget to drink water. They also drink alcohol instead of water. And when you vomit, water and salt also fly out. So the drinking person has a lack of fluid and salt.
Metabolism
People who drink are less likely to store fat, and their inner cellular kitchen, like mitochondria, works anyhow. We can say that drunkenness and carelessness continue inside the cells. Cells waste energy irrationally, go to great lengths and waste internal reserves. From this the drunkard grows thin.
Lack of protein
Our body works at the expense of proteins. In drunkards, protein is poorly absorbed. About 1 in 3 people who are admitted to the hospital with alcoholic liver damage will have a protein deficiency. This is a sure sign that the drunkard will soon die.
How to test a drinking person for nutritional deficiencies
There are special tests. Here are six signs that a person has ruined their metabolism by drinking:
- Not getting enough calories. Now at every step there are calculators by which you can calculate both the calorie content of the eaten and the required calorie content. If a person gains less than 75% of the recommended calorie intake per day, then he has a malnutrition.
- Weight loss. If you lost 5% of your weight in a month, then this is it.
- Loss of muscle mass. In such a poor fellow, the temples sink, because the temporal muscles have decreased. And a bunch of similar signs.
- Loss of subcutaneous fat. This is seen by everyone in their own way.
- Swelling. Sometimes the legs swell, sometimes fluid accumulates in the abdomen. The problem is that edema masks weight loss.
- Weakness in the muscles. This is measured with a wrist dynamometer. Have you seen these on the physical examination at school? The doctor measures before and after. If a decrease in strength is noticeable in numbers, then put a tick on this item.
In fact, two of the above signs are enough to decide that a person is undernourished.
If you suspect something similar, then you should see a doctor. Lack of nutrition is difficult to correct.
