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Beer has been the prime choice of beverage in the United States and much of the world too, but it does come with a bit of a bad rep unfortunately. After all, no fit person ever wants to hear dreaded terms like “beer gut” or “beer belly” while being described! That being said, much of the bad reputation that beer has is only true when you drink too much of it. So, as long as you are responsible while drinking beer, it can actually have good effects on your health as well. If you are an athlete, then you would be happy to know that we have some tips and information for you that will let you drink your beer, stay fit and even gain a bit of cognitive boost from it, all at the same time!
Go with Light
Light beer in moderation is okay to drink even for athletes, as they have significantly less calories and alcohol in them. However, if you are looking to get intoxicated, you will definitely have to drink a lot more of the light stuff than usual, which will nullify the benefit of having a light beer to begin with! So, drink for relaxation, not intoxication and stick to the light versions.
Water is a Good Way to Prevent Some Symptoms of a Hangover
Beer is a liquid and unlike hard liquor, it comes in large quantities, which will decrease your thirst for water. Therefore, pay attention to make sure that you have lots of water throughout the time that you drink, even if it means paying multiple visits to the toilet! Continue drinking water even after you are done with your beers and you will wake up to a much less intense hangover, even after going a little over the top on some nights. Alcohol dehydrates us and drinking water prevents it, so even though hangovers are not caused by dehydration, some of the common associated symptoms such as dry mouth, dry throat, dry skin, headaches, lethargy, etc. can be prevented by maintaining proper hydration levels.
Beer Makes You Smarter
One would think that beer would make people appear a bit slow, because that’s pretty much what alcohol does. However, that’s only the short-term effect, which itself can be kept to a minimum by drinking responsibly and eating healthy proteins before starting. As beer is rich in uridine because of its yeast content, drinking beer can actually boost your intelligence over time, provided you don’t drink too much and make the negative impact of alcohol override the improvements in cognition brought on by the uridine in beer.
Can You Actually Feel the Cognitive Boost Brought on by Drinking Beer?
When taken in the right quantities and in the uridine monophosphate form to pass through the blood-brain barrier, uridine supplements can act as powerful nootropic agents to boost essential cognitive functions such as our abilities to create memories, recall, think, analyze, deduce, decide, react and much more. Unfortunately, beer alone isn’t enough to supply the brain with the amount of uridine it needs for you to see marked improvements, as most of the dietary uridine is lost in transition before it can cross the blood-brain barrier. Beer in small amounts still has the potential to make your brain work better over time, but the change will be slow and may not be emphatic enough without adequate supplementation.
To understand how uridine makes not just athletes, but everyone function better by increasing neuron and synapse formations in the brain directly, check this page out here on VitaMonk: https://www.vitamonk.com/blogs/health/uridine-monophosphate-guide. It also explains how to maximize those nootropic effects of uridine on your brain that we just discussed in the shortest amount of time. The article is actually a very informative piece since VitaMonk doesn’t just tell you how good uridine monophosphate supplements can be for the brain, but it goes into the minute details regarding the science of how and why it works so well.
The next time someone asks you to have a pint with them, now you can happily say yes, because you know that it might actually do you some good. Make no mistake though, if you end up drinking too much of it, the toxic effects of alcohol will overtake the benefits of uridine, which will harm you in more ways than one, especially if you are an athlete.
