Secrets to Natural Bodybuilding, Alcohol Kills Your Muscle Gain

Aug 30, 2009 @ 04:21 am by Guest Author
by Ricardo d Argence

In the next few lines ai am going to tell you why alcohol affects the muscle growth process.

Another thing that will frustrate your efforts to build muscle is consuming too much alcohol. People underestimate the affects of alcohol and the way this drug changes their lives.

It negatively affects protein synthesis. Protein is made by the joining of amino acids to form complete proteins. The problem becomes obvious when you realize that your muscles, which are composed of mostly protein, work less when alcohol is consumed in large amounts.

It lowers testosterone levels and increases estrogen. Testosterone is the most important muscle-building hormone in your body. One of the limiting factors that determines how much muscle a person can gain is their level of free-flowing testosterone. If you are serious about building muscle and burning fat, you want all the free testosterone levels you can get.

Alcohol causes dehydration. The body can quickly become dehydrated because the kidneys have to use so much water to be able to process the alcohol. A minimal amount of dehydration can be critical to body builders due to the fact that water is crucial to the muscle-building process. Our body’s muscles are made up of 70% water.

Significant vitamins such as A, C, B, Calcium and several others are depleted quickly when you drink alcohol. Natural supplements keep your bodies running correctly and much of this is related to muscular development and maintaining such.

Alcohol can actually be quite fattening with its 7 empty calories per gram. Drinking can also mess with the Kreb’s Cycle, which is critical to burning more fat.

If you consume alcohol close to bedtime it could have an effect on your quality of sleep. Another important step in the process of building muscle is getting the sleep you need. If you do not get the right amount of rest and let your body take time to recover, you will not notice the same benefits.

While it is vital to enjoy things in life, excesses may result in trouble. For attaining substantial results in muscle-building, one’s alcohol consumption must be checked and if need be, brought down moderate levels, and this is imperative if you are serious in your intentions.

Don’t be afraid to go out and have a good time once in a while, just make sure to keep your drinking nights infrequent and properly nourish yourself to lessen its effects.

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