Taking Care, 5 Truths About Alcohol & Parables

1)

Your body is designed to last your entire life, if you take care of it.

Your mind is designed to last your entire life, if you take care of it.

Your soul is designed to last your entire life, if you take care of it.

2)

5 truths about alcohol:

1. Alcohol is not a macronutrient, but it does have 7 calories in every gram. (For context: carbohydrates have 4, protein has 4, and fats have 9).

2. Alcohol isn't regulated by the FDA (Food and Drug Administration). It's regulated by a different federal agency (the Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau) which doesn't require nutrition labeling. This means that we often can't trust all of the information we see on nutrition labels for alcoholic beverages.

3. Studies have found that alcohol decreases sleep quality, recovery & heart health (decreased HRV & increased resting heart rate).

4. Alcohol dehydrates the body.

5. Calories from alcohol are often referred to as “empty calories” because they can not be converted to glycogen and used as energy. Simply put, your body can’t do anything with them

3)

We don’t always get to pick the parable were living, but we always get to pick the person we are in the parable.