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All in Moderation (seriously)
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Add Some Rocks (figuratively speaking)
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Yes drinking a lot not only gets you a hang-over. But just about this time of the year, doctors report seeing a spike in erratic heartbeats—dubbed “holiday heart syndrome.” It is more common among people who usually aren't heavy drinkers but drink in excess for a short time.
“Alcohol may be toxic enough to cardiac cells that it disrupts the
coordination required to maintain a normal heart rate,” says Kenneth Mukamal,
an internist at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, in Boston.
Melting ice dilutes a cocktail and creates more liquid. to avoid a quick buzz order your drink on the rocks, try and to sip it longer
before you get a refill. Use soda water as a mixer for liquor (a cocktail with
liquor and club soda is only about 100 calories), and don’t be ashamed to add
ice cubes to bubbly.
If you drink heavily, you may pass out more quickly then normal; But, the
problem begins when the effects of your drinking begin to wear off. The period
in which your body is metabolizing the alcohol is when sleep is disrupted.
You
may wake up frequently in the middle of the night (even if you don’t remember
doing so) and miss out on restorative rest. The best strategy is to allow time
for the alcohol levels in your body to drop before going to sleep; at the very
least, give your body several hours to burn through some of the alcohol before
going down for the night.
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