I Can't Drink Now Like I Used to a Few Years Ago (26M), is that Normal?
I Can't Drink Now Like I Used to a Few Years Ago (26M), is that Normal?
During college and a few years after (maybe til 23/24) I drank almost weekly and don't get drunk that easily. In terms of beers, maybe I get tipsy at about 6 and give up at 10.
But now, I drink 2 and I get tipsy, and maybe tap out at 4/5.
Is that normal?
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It's fairly normal to suddenly find hangovers are a big problem as we get older... it feels like one day you're able to go out, knock back a hideous amount of booze, then bounce back the next day ready to do it all over again... and all of a sudden those two pints of beer create the hangover from hell.
Not sure about tolerance though. What country are you in... is it easy / cost effective to get a liver test done? It might be down to lots of perfectly natural factors... if you lost weight; if you have a different diet (some foods 'soak up' alcohol better than others and cause it to be absorbed more gradually, if you're drinking on a salad instead of say, pasta you'll see a difference); you could be drinnking different beers.
Also, if you've had significant weight gain, this causes your liver to get fatty, which puts a strain on it; I'm not a medical professional but would think that could have an effect too.
Just an aside:
Fatty liver disease is so associated with alcoholism that it's the default!
the other term is non-alcoholic fatty liver disease :)
Both come from an overabundance of carbohydrates in the diet. Alcohol is converted very efficiently into blood glucose which is interesting. Before diabetes became super common, most people only got their excess carbohydrates from drinking.
/End aside
Interesting, thanks. My mum has it (FLD), but she rarely drinks, just quite overweight unfortunately (cue the mum jokes lol). My dad has a condition I call 'microliver', he went through years and years of blood tests then liver biopses before a surgeon opened him up for something more than a core sample... and in his words "laughed at how small the liver was". He gets drunk exceptionally quickly!
So genetically I'm double-fucked. Starting to get the same 'weird' gamma GT levels in my blood tests and being told I'm an alcoholic (as my dad did for 2 decades in the air force before they discovered what's up), I do drink but prob about once a fortnight. I'm much taller than him though so maybe I just have a miniliver instead of a microliver :)
If you're worried about developing fatty liver disease, you might want to look at a ketogenic diet. But I don't want to get preachy, I'm happy to give you more information if you want it.
Reducing the carbohydrate load, reduces the amount of visceral fat stored in organs, which makes the liver more performant and healthier.
I am in a constant struggle atm to lose weight. Am 6' tall, but 94kg so definitely technically overweight (and it's fat, not muscle, do they make bras for men? Cause I've got hairy tits right now).
You're right, last time I cut down on carbs combined with drinking green tea the weight melted off (though I was also doing a lot of pushups daily which also helped). cries in love of pasta
I'm a big advocate for the ketogenic diet (when followed correctly), but even just cutting down carbs is a great way to reduce weight and lower your A1C. Cutting down sugars from a typical diet can lead to withdrawals that are almost as bad as cutting smoking. We eat too much sugar as a species.
Am in the final stages of buying a house (hopefully), landlord evicted me over repairs so I'm temporarily living with my dad... he's a bit of a feeder, I did make the point to him last night that if he puts food on a plate in front of me I'm going to eat it (brought up to eat everything I was given, 'starving kids in Africa' etc) and he agreed he'd stop offering me food all the time. I'll defo make an effort to eat more protein & less carbs, thanks for the headsup!
Going keto can be hard. But you can try eating clean keto for two meals, and then having a normal carb meal socially. That limits your carbohydrate intake to a small window per day. Your body processes it out of your system and three or four hours. So most of the day your body's working in keto.
It's hard to do, because you're constantly going to be craving, but it's more socially acceptable especially when you're living with a feeder.
I really like metrics, so I got a keto mojo, and I can measure my blood ketone levels everyday. Helps me stay on track. If you like data that might be an option for you
Some great tips there, very much appreciated. I'm fairly ignorant re keto so will do some reading up on it, if you have any resources to hand I'd be interested to read them
I think https://charliefoundation.org/ is a good intro
I recently did another round of keto. It was very easy to search up starter diet plans, and recommendations (and plenty of folks will sell you their goods and services ) and just start doing it.
There will be an adjustment time at the start , look up keto flu. It's mostly just being grumpy.
In addition: you don't have to spend any money to do keto, in this post below there's a diet cheat sheet, just print that out and follow it's pretty easy. All the data's on the web, YouTube as well. Happy to answer any questions you got, this was my pandemic passion project, so I did a ton of research while diving into solve a high blood pressure issue myself. And it did work I don't have high blood pressure anymore
diet doctor is an excellent resource. Everyone of their articles and pages has citations and references. Just hover over the number. You don't have to sign up for anything, in fact I never did. But it's a great resource regardless of their slightly slick marketing veneer
The book fat lot of good is a great resource. Especially this pdf food guide
If you have medical issues and want to be help adjusting to keto while treating them : morbid obesity, diabetes, high blood pressure... Virta health is a great medical, paid coaching platform. They'll help you titrate down medications as you ramp up on keto
The only thing I actually recommend you buy, is the keto mojo, but that's because I'm a data-driven person and I like to see figures to keep me honest. Keto mojo
Excellent fun reading, but not required at all, is why we get sick you can find it on the high seas pretty easily as well. You don't have to buy it. It's just motivation around the mechanics.
And if you're like me, and listen to medical lectures while driving, working out, walking.. I highly recommend low carb down under a medical lecture YouTube channel with real doctors from mostly Australia. But they dive into the various mechanisms
Keto-ade can be great for taking the edge off keto flu. It's basically a home-made concentrated sports drink - artificial sweetener, potassium & magnesium salts and a lot of water. All the fluid & electrolytes help your kidneys filter out the metabolized fat that would otherwise linger in your bloodstream.
"Yo momma so fat she has fatty liver disease" just doesn't hit the same.
hahahaha. Yeah it's a bit too on the nose.
I did gain about 15 to 20kg.
I should just tone down on drinking.
I'd say that's significant. Your liver is probably kinda creaking under the combined strain.
Have a serious think about your drinking, as if you are actually alcoholic / addicted then it could be harmful to go cold turkey instead of reducing gradually. I know from experience it's really hard to say no especially if your social life revolves around pubs / bars & clubs. But it's certainly not impossible, you've got this.