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because when I went out for a drink or a meal
“Eating a bacon sandwich I still paid for my share of the alcohol. At home
a couple of times a week I may have saved around £40 on the bottles of
wine I didn’t buy.
As for my biochemistry, well along with the
is more dangerous to your weight loss there was a slight fall in my blood
long-term health” pressure and a modest improvement in my
fasting glucose and cholesterol levels. My liver
enzymes were unchanged. All in all, it was
occasional glass of wine is unlikely to do you an interesting experiment. As a result of my
harm and may well do you some good. findings, I will attempt to reduce my drinking
to 14 units a week, as that is where the sweet
SLIMLINE MOSLEY spot seems to lie. So good luck to anyone who
So what effects did an alcohol-free month is thinking of giving Dry January a go.
have on me? By the end of November I had lost
just over two kilograms, which was a pleasant
by DR MICHAEL MOSLEY (@DrMichaelMosley)
surprise. A bottle of red wine contains about
Dr Mosley is a presenter on BBC Two’s Trust me, I’m a
630 calories, so I calculated that a month of
Doctor and the author of The Clever Guts Diet.
not drinking had saved me consuming around
5,000 calories, which adds up to around 0.7kg
If you are concerned that you or a loved one has a
of fat. I suspect eating fewer crisps also helped. > oblem with alcohol, please contact your GP or ring
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It’s hard to estimate how much money I saved, Drinkline (0300 123 1110) for confidential, free advice.
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