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5 Sneaky Ways Alcohol Affects Your Health and Beauty (and How to Prevent Them)We're conditioned to think it's glamorous, but when it comes to your health and looks, drinking's insidious side effects are anything but |
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That visual of attractive folk milling about, martini/wine/champagne glass in hand, has long been promulgated in all forms of media. F. Scott Fitzgerald painted images of the luxe, lush life in his novels (while suffering from alcoholism in his real life); the whole world knows James Bond's cinematic beverage of choice; and no self-respecting primetime drama is complete without a bar scene or two.
See how drinking alcohol makes you ugly.
The takeaway, of course, is that drinking alcohol is glamorous. And, while it may be fine to raise a glass every now and again, drinking too much, as everyone knows, definitely takes a toll on your body and your looks.
As author Jason Vale says in his book "Slim for Life," drinking "batters your liver, kidneys, and pancreas; it dehydrates your body; destroys brain cells and can shrink your brain. It eats away your stomach lining, weakens eyesight and causes impotence, diabetes, and obesity." And that doesn't even begin to cover what it does to the outside.
Let's find out precisely what kind of havoc drinking too much can wreak on your looks (besides, of course, making you fat, that's a given) and discuss what you can do — besides becoming a strict teetotaler — to keep that damage to a minimum. And, to round things out, we'll walk through a few ways to make it look like you didn't over imbibe — even when you did. So, if you're game, let's put down that glass and get cracking...
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Nice info.
by Mollysunshine Thursday, March 28, 2013 at 02:12AM Report as inappropriate
Interesting
by kc99012 Saturday, December 15, 2012 at 05:33AM Report as inappropriate
Didn't realize how bad alcohol was for your body...even if it is just a drink every now and then.
by MizzPink Wednesday, December 12, 2012 at 12:06PM Report as inappropriate
I'm glad I drink alcohol rarely. I have never been drunk before! :D
by MandyBoo Tuesday, December 11, 2012 at 11:15AM Report as inappropriate
Just another reason to stop drinking.....
by Hcaddy15 Wednesday, October 31, 2012 at 09:32AM Report as inappropriate
interesting article.
by lazorc Sunday, March 18, 2012 at 07:16PM Report as inappropriate
This was a great article. I'm so glad that I choose not to drink.
by taryn.romero Thursday, October 27, 2011 at 08:17AM Report as inappropriate
This article is really a wake-up call for me. I'm in college and surrounded by so much alcohol, but this article will definitely make me think twice about what and how much I'm drinking on the weekends. I definitely do not want to age earlier than necessary!
by vfalkow Friday, September 2, 2011 at 02:11PM Report as inappropriate
I love that this article shows the dangers of alcohol! In many of my biology and psychology classes we learn a ton about drugs, especially caffeine and alcohol, and so its nice to see people getting serious about alcohol like everyone already is with smoking and other drugs. Thank you for the article!
by Steph53 Wednesday, August 10, 2011 at 09:48AM Report as inappropriate
Complete, nothing more, nothing less. Alcohol is toxic. So, if we're so concerned with the nature pollution, why should we take the pollution inside? If we consider also the fact that alcohol is directly linked with the breast cancer...
by kariro Thursday, July 14, 2011 at 05:55AM Report as inappropriate