A Nutritionist's Advice for 'Mindful Drinking'

A Nutritionist's Advice for , 'Mindful Drinking'.
HuffPost recently spoke with a registered dietitian , to offer readers tips for "mindful drinking" , to mark the end of "Dry January.".
1. Official guidelines, According to the CDC, men should have no more than two
drinks a day, while women should have no more than one.
Those specific guidelines also point
out that it doesn’t mean seven drinks
in a week for women, it means one
drink a day — so not drinking for
five days and then drinking six drinks
on the sixth day is not the same thing, Christine Byrne, registered dietitian and the owner of Ruby Oak Nutrition in Raleigh, North Carolina, via HuffPost.
2. Stay hydrated, A good practice is following up
any alcoholic drink with a glass of water. .
3. Don't forget to eat, Alcohol can hit harder and faster on
an empty stomach, as it is absorbed
into your body faster without food.
4. Alcohol should
not replace meals, Alcohol lacks necessary nutrition
like protein, fiber or fats, while
still containing calories.
4. Alcohol should
not replace meals, Alcohol lacks necessary nutrition
like protein, fiber or fats, while
still containing calories.
Nutrition is about getting what we
need: proteins, carbohydrates, fats,
vitamins and minerals and water,
and when we’re cutting those things
out to maintain calorie balance,
then there’s a nutrition risk, Christine Byrne, registered dietitian and the owner of Ruby Oak Nutrition in Raleigh, North Carolina, via HuffPost.
5. Avoid binge drinking, The CDC's official definition of binge
drinking is five drinks or more for men
and four drinks or more for women. .
5. Avoid binge drinking, The CDC's official definition of binge
drinking is five drinks or more for men
and four drinks or more for women. .
6. Consider your options, Drinking can be leaned on as a way to de-stress,
but often there are other ways to accomplish
this without consuming alcohol.
If somebody believes that having that
drink at the end of the day is their way
to relax, then just by default they’re
not thinking about other ways that
they actually could decompress, Christine Byrne, registered dietitian and the owner of Ruby Oak Nutrition in Raleigh, North Carolina, via HuffPost