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Although I'm not necessarily a fan of this guy, this article is very good at explaining the dietary effects of alcohol. It covers how it affects muscle protein synthesis too (spoiler: alcohol seems to have no real negative effect on MPS, except in alcoholics and rats).


TL, DR: as long as you have a healthy diet, don't drink excessively, and exercise regularly, there's no significant impact on body composition.

I'm still not a fan of alcohol and I discourage its use. It decreases sleep quality and there are other negative health effects that are not related to body composition (like its negative impacts on the circulatory system). Ethanol is one of the few molecules that can enter every type of cell in the body, so its effects are far-reaching.
 

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Although I'm not necessarily a fan of this guy, this article is very good at explaining the dietary effects of alcohol. It covers how it affects muscle protein synthesis too (spoiler: alcohol seems to have no real negative effect on MPS, except in alcoholics).


TL, DR: as long as you have a healthy diet, don't drink excessively, and exercise regularly, there's no significant impact on body composition.

I'm still not a fan of alcohol and I discourage its use. It decreases sleep quality and there are other negative health effects that are not related to body composition (like its negative impacts on the circulatory system).
Interesting. I read another study that found that alcohol slowed MPS by around 25%.

Looks like I need to do a bit more digging.
Ethanol is one of the few molecules that can enter every type of cell in the body, so its effects are far-reaching.
Yep. What makes it a great solvent also makes it a great poison.
 
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study that found that alcohol slowed MPS by around 25%
As far as I know, the effect is real, but very short-lived. This study was flawed from the beginning, as only 8 subjects were used:


It showed lowered MPS with the group who ingested alcohol, but since n=8, it is far from definitive. It also measured MPS directly after resistance training, so it did not provide data for alcohol consumption on a rest day/several hours after lifting.

This is a very comprehensive review of the data available as of 2019:


It basically found that blood levels of testosterone and amino acids were decreased and cortisol was increased if alcohol was consumed directly after resistance training. Again, this is directly after; no other time window was studied.

The effect is real, but likely insignificant.

If you really want to optimize MPS, then don't drink after training. If you want to optimize health, don't drink at all.
 

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Most alcoholic bodybuilders drink tequila fyi. Man up pussy.
Tequila 101 - For entertainment purposes only :cool: (y)

Tequila is a pain in the ass to make. Ya gota find blue agave nectar and the more of that you use the less cane sugar and other shit you need. So anything over 50% is ok but you want your wash like 80% nectar or what ever you like then ya add in ya sugar n water n get it cooking down in 4 to 5 gallons of water.

bring that up to temp like 125 or so right and disolve it all , dont over cook it just disolve the sugar then pull it off the heat , get you a gallon , gallon of cold water and stir it up every 4 or 5 min while you check the temp as it cools down once you get that to 75-80 degrees your good to go

add in your tequila yeast ,, yes tequila yeast hahahaa dont get champagne yeast or shit for beer or bread.

keep that in the open pot for 5 min or so then split it into two buckets set up for your fermenting , cap n air lock will do , you can add a spigot too find a good spot that stays around 80 degrees and set her in there for a week ,, keep checking the air lock ,, and give it a taste with ya finger from the spigot if ya got one , when it stops bubbling n farting and dont taste sweet any more , shes done.

cheese cloth all that mess til all the sediment n shit is out of it then put that in your pot to get cooking down .. heres where shit is a pain in the ass , you need a hydrometer at this point , thats going to check your alcohol level , you aint making shine so you need to keep an eye on it and not cook it over 20%abv thats around 40 proof for the first run , dont seperate anything , we keep the whole run for this part and refill 20% of whats in there with water

now heres where ya gota know a bit about cookin liquor , foreshots n heads are pure poison , its all toxins and nasty shit. cant drink that shit at all.

we gota run that off so we gota bring the temp of the condenser up to 166 - 168 degrees No higher than 168 , yes it matters

the first bit of that is foreshot , and its nasty as fuck you can smell it aint for drinking .. dump it out , thats about 5% of your run ,,, whats gonna run next is the heads that shits no bueno either , acetone and toxins ,, thats gonna be around 30% of whats left in the run

once that condenser stops leaking and running we ready to go up in temp to 175 degrees , thats gonna get our heart running , as the kool aid man says ,, oh yeahhhh!! thats gonna be around 30% of whats left in the run at this point , good quality and drinkable.

at around 30% of what was in the pot start really paying attention to your run at the spout and your gonna notice a change in the way it smells , stop it.

you've hit the tail and you can tell by smell and taste , and its going to have a bit of an oil on top of it , or an oily look on the sides of your glass or jar

what your seeing is just carbs n proteins you can run that out put it aside and save it to add into your next wash in the future
 

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You sure about that ? ,,, come out to the shed with me for a minute. Bring ya coffee cup :cool: (y)🔥💯

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I like that... Not H2O 😂

I don't actually drink, but I enjoy making it and giving it out to friends.

Here's some mead I made a year or two ago. Came out to be 22% abv, and was super smooth and silky. It caught all my friends off guard; they got knocked on their asses 😂

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I like that... Not H2O 😂

I don't actually drink, but I enjoy making it and giving it out to friends.

Here's some mead I made a year or two ago. Came out to be 22% abv, and was super smooth and silky. It caught all my friends off guard; they got knocked on their asses 😂

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Up here thats a fridge fulla 100 dollar bills all day , or half a deer , snow mobile , engine for my lawn tractor , wood splitter hahahaah Fuck yeah ! high quality rednecking right there
 

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I like that... Not H2O 😂

I don't actually drink, but I enjoy making it and giving it out to friends.

Here's some mead I made a year or two ago. Came out to be 22% abv, and was super smooth and silky. It caught all my friends off guard; they got knocked on their asses 😂

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ol lady likes her cranberry brandy for christmas , brandys a two stepper , gota make ya wine first then cook that down , but its worth it
 

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ol lady likes her cranberry brandy for christmas , brandys a two stepper , gota make ya wine first then cook that down , but its worth it
Ah, in the world of mead that would be similar to a botchet... which is what all those buckets contain. I think one of them was a blackberry melomels also.
 

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Up here thats a fridge fulla 100 dollar bills all day , or half a deer , snow mobile , engine for my lawn tractor , wood splitter hahahaah Fuck yeah ! high quality rednecking right there
How long until you know who starts calling me a boot legger meth dealer king pin? 😂
 

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I like that... Not H2O 😂

I don't actually drink, but I enjoy making it and giving it out to friends.

Here's some mead I made a year or two ago. Came out to be 22% abv, and was super smooth and silky. It caught all my friends off guard; they got knocked on their asses 😂

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So, not only do u cook meth. But you are also a bootlegger. Sounds like u know how to party! 😂
 

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I have one generous shot of vodka in flavored water in the early evening. I mix my beet juice powder in it as well.
 

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I know a guy that drinks vodka and gatoraid Preworkout.

No I’m not joking.

Yes he has a home gym.
 

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I know a guy that drinks vodka and gatoraid Preworkout.

No I’m not joking.

Yes he has a home gym.
I don't work out until 10 or 11pm, so any effect has worn off long before that. I would not feel comfortable drinking alcohol prior to a workout. Being dizzy or impaired in any way doesn't entice me in the least.
But hey, more power to him I suppose.
 

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