'Dry January' is the month-long period where people decide to refrain from drinking alcohol. Here's what you need to know
It is often a challenge people undertake to reflect on the influence alcohol has on their lives and reap the health benefits from it.People often take part in “Dry January” to reap the physical and mental health benefits that come with abstaining from alcohol. Doctors say that many who take part in the trend report feeling more well rested and alert.
“That’s a lot of the reasons why people engage in Dry January and this journey to begin with, because there are little things that bother them about the way that alcohol makes them feel,” Dr. Dawn Sugarman, a research psychologist at McLean Hospital in Massachusetts and an assistant professor at Harvard Medical School,Is “Dry January” safe? Can you develop alcohol withdrawal symptoms?, most people who stop drinking for a month will not develop withdrawal symptoms.
However, people who drink daily or almost every day and are alcohol dependent are at risk of developing withdrawal symptoms.found that short-term abstinence from alcohol for one month improved insulin resistance, weight, blood pressure and cancer-related growth factors.
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