January 3, 2019.
According to a recent study, not drinking a drop of alcohol for 31 days in January would help reduce alcohol consumption in the long term. Explanations.
Immediate health benefits
If you’ve been binge drinking too much during the holidays, you may have made the resolution, in 1er January, to participate in the ” Dry january »Launched every year in England since 2013 by the British association Alcohol Change UK, consists in not to drink a drop of alcohol during the first month of the year.
According to a study conducted in January 2018 by the University of Sussex (England) which followed 800 people who participated in ” Dry january », And published on January 2, 2019, stopping alcohol for a whole month would have immediate health benefits. Indeed, ” 7 out of 10 people reported sleeping better and feeling more energy; 3 in 5 people lost weight and more than half reported having better concentration », Can we read in the columns of the Figaro.
A month of January without alcohol would help to drink less in the long run
The study also shows that “ just going a month without alcohol would help people drink less in the long run “. According to Richard de Visser, who coordinated the study, “ in August, people reported having one extra day of abstinence per week »: 3 days with alcohol against 4 on average before the Dry January.
Another interesting finding: participants reduced the amount of alcohol drunk on each occasion by one drink on average. Finally, the drunkenness episodes went from 3 to 2 per month. When you know the damage alcohol has on your health, if you missed the ” Dry january “, Try the” Dry February “!
Aurélie Giraud
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