In our eighth episode we talk about our favorite strategies for lowering your intake of alcohol and all the effects on the body.

Intro Description:

• Alcohol is highly marketed to us.
• Lisa shares her theory on why alcohol affects Americans differently than Europeans.
• How the body and brain is affected by alcohol.
• Our top 3 favorite strategies for if you do decide to drink.

Timestamps / Bullet Point Summary:

• 1:20-2:10 Lisa talks about how we are taught that alcohol can be healthy, and we are fed advertisements constantly for alcohol.

• 2:02-3:05 Alcohol is a glorified poison.
• 3:05-4:50 Alcohol inside the green door life. If you have significant weight loss goals, you need to quit drinking.
• 4:50-5:24 Shannon asks Lisa  what her discoveries of alcohol were during her process of building muscle.
• 5:17-6:15 Lisa shares the reality of what drinking does, how alcohol stops burning fat once it is in your system.
• 6:17-7:45 Lisa talks about how good she felt when she stopped, and her awareness after she started logging and realizing she was drinking much more then she thought.
• 7:37-8:17 Alcohol and metabolism, Lisa found motivation in knowing that it was the undoing of her hard work.
• 8:17-10:24 Shannon talk about serving size, calories per serving and the impact.
• 10:33-11:34 Brain recovery, if you drink three days in a row it takes 5 days for your brain to recover. Understand the compounding impact and create a “drinking schedule”
• 11:39-13:35 Lisa  talks about never having Liver in top shape. She talks about her theory on the difference with Americans compared to Europeans. Americans having much more body fat and stress compared to Europeans having less stress and less body fat so they are metabolizing their alcohol faster and ultimately having less impact on the body.
• 13:35-14:35 Glorification of alcohol and how it is almost unacceptable to not drink unless you are pregnant or an alcoholic. How would you feel if you took a break?
• 15:05-16:20 Shannon shares her experience when she stopped drinking for 9 months.
• 16:18-17:30 What she learned and how she discovered that alcohol made her anxious and often hungover.
• 17:35-18:25 Learning strategies how to incorporate alcohol into life.
• 18:25-20:22 #1 strategy is to change the type of alcohol 
• 19:26-20:22 Wine is normalized for mothers
• 20:22-23:30 Mezcal
• 23:30-24:18 Sugar cravings and how to combat them with: water and protein.
• 24:18-24:40 All the things: night sweats, mental clarity, stabilized emotions, nicer to people.
• 24:45-25:30 Lisa talks about her realizations of what she likes when she is sober.
• 25:25-26:25 Talk when you're drinking to escape your life.
• 26:20-28:00 Shannon shares her experience going to AA & NA with a friend growing up.
• 28:16-30:05 #2 Make sure you eat fats and proteins before you drink.
• 31:25-32:02 When you crave fat it is very normal, fat protects your organs from the poison.
• 32:02-33:45 #3 Hydration
• 34:23-38:30 Strategies about drinking cocktails.

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