Drunkorexia A New Name For A Common Problem!

These days most people drink more alcohol than they should. They get into the habit of drinking with their evening meals, as a way of relaxing after a hard day's work and as a given part of socialising at the weekend.
Well, now comes 'Drunkorexia' - the practice of replacing meals entirely with booze. Women in particular are guilty of this, looking to save calories by cutting out food so that they can then drink more in the way of calories when they go out.
I see this as a warped and dangerous version of Weight Watchers, without the healthy guidelines. Counting and replacing food calories, which the body needs, in order to make up the difference with an alcohol-fuelled binge is both unhealthy and short-sighted.
When you're trying to lose fat or maintain a certain weight or level of health, you need good quality, nutritious calories to maintain your blood sugar levels, keep you satisfied and raise your metabolism - the real answer to fat burning.
Most women barely eat enough to satisfy their hunger as it is, and alcohol only fuels this problem, especially if sacred food calories are being restricted on a regular basis.
Cutting calories from food and making up the balance with alcohol calories doesn't work as simply as you might think. Yes, you may think you're evening the balance and staying within your daily calorie allowance, but the problem is that food calories, if from a good source, are high in vitamins and minerals, protein and quality fats.
Alcohol calories are NOT. They are high in poor quality carbohydrates, which blow your blood sugar levels out of the water, and that's it! Nothing else! High carbohydrate diets have been proven to cause weight gain and fat storage, as well as diabetes long term, if these carbs are processed. Alcohol is a processed carb source.
So, do me a favour PLEASE. I can't tell you to stop drinking, much as I'd like to. What I can tell you is that replacing food with alcohol won't let you maintain a trim figure, it won't fill you up and keep you satisfied, and it certainly won't make you feel happy. Once that hangover hits, where do you think your body's going to find the nutrients needed to nurse your hangover and get you back on the straight and narrow?
Be sensible - eat a healthy, well balanced diet, cut down on your poor quality, processed carbs and focus on eating more lean protein, vegetables and fruit.
Do this, and the odd night out on the booze won't hit you nearly as hard. Trust me!