Can I drink wine after working out?

The fitness industry has been popular from ancient times to the present day, from the pursuit of strength to strengthening the body, and has been active in every period of human history. As humans enter this peaceful age, strong and powerful muscles are no longer needed to carry huge shields or hold spears. What people compete with each other is whose muscles are stronger, more durable, and bigger. At least in the eyes of most people, these big guys who are having sex in the gym are like chicken blood, and they take off their pants just to compete with each other.

Does wine have any health benefits?

The antioxidants in alcohol are beneficial to the body. For fitness enthusiasts, it is very necessary to maintain a certain level of antioxidants in the body. Before talking about this topic, let us first understand what "oxidative stress response" is.

The so-called "oxidative stress" refers to the imbalance between oxidation and antioxidant effects in the human body. If the human body tends to oxidize, a large amount of oxidative intermediates will be produced. As the intensity of exercise increases, the body's oxidative stress increases, and the body tends to become oxidized. In short, walking produces almost no oxidative stress, jogging produces slight oxidative stress, but if you run fast, your body will experience severe oxidative stress. If this reaction continues, the most serious consequence is diabetes. It can be seen that not all diabetic patients are stay-at-home people with irregular lifestyles.

So, in order to cope with this horrible reaction, athletes or fitness enthusiasts need to take a certain amount of antioxidants after exercise. It can be vitamin E tablets, it can be fruit juice, and of course, the resveratrol in wine is a great natural antioxidant.

How much wine can you drink to prevent oxidation?

As for the antioxidant properties of resveratrol, studies have shown that a fitness enthusiast needs to consume 250 mg of resveratrol daily to prevent the body from experiencing severe oxidative stress.

On average, each glass of wine contains about 0.1 to 1 mg of the antioxidant resveratrol. Each bottle of wine contains 1 to 9 mg. So the question is, how many bottles of wine does a sports drinker need to drink every day...

28 bottles! Almost comparable to the 12-jin bottle of Baijiu in Xi'an!!

OK, now that we have enough antioxidants, let’s see what else this sports-loving alcoholic is taking in? (I think we should call him a physical model)

Let's do a simple calculation:

This drinker drank 28 bottles of dry red wine and also drank: 20 kilograms of water, at least 4 kilograms of sugar, at least 2.5 kilograms of pure alcohol! And 20 grams of pure tannins.

Obviously, this is not something that humans can do... except him...

How is alcohol harmful to fitness?

In order to build bigger, stronger muscles, your body needs sleep to repair itself after training. Alcohol disrupts sleep and robs the body of a very precious growth hormone. Growth hormone is a prerequisite for bigger and stronger muscles. Alcohol can reduce the secretion of growth hormone by up to 70%!

At the same time, alcohol is even more of a toxin to sore muscles. Alcohol is transported through the blood to every organ and tissue in the body. This causes dehydration and slows the body's ability to heal. He will make the soreness worse and seriously dampen the fitness enthusiasm of all the masters and ladies.

Having said so much, in fact, if you observe your surroundings, you will find that otakus have plenty of cigarettes, alcohol, and napkins. After a day of eating and drinking, they use the radiation from the computer screen to grow some fat on their bellies. Those who love fitness basically love to eat vegetables, love to bask in the sun, don't smoke, don't drink, don't like women, and they build a strong body through an abstinent life.

Of course, if you must use alcohol to relax a little after exercise, then choose wine. At least, that tiny amount of resveratrol won't make your hard work for a whole night go to waste.