Do Hitting the Gym and Hitting the Bottle Go Hand in Hand?

Do Hitting the Gym and Hitting the Bottle Go Hand in Hand?

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If you work out regularly to improve your overall health, you may want to pay extra attention to how much alcohol you’re drinking. New research finds that physically fit men and women are more than twice as likely to be moderate or heavy drinkers compared with people who don’t exercise regularly.The study, published in January 2022 in Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise, not only found a robust relationship between physical activity and alcohol consumption but also between cardiorespiratory fitness and alcohol, according to lead author Kerem Shuval, PhD, MPH, assistant professor at the school of public health at the University of Texas in Dallas. “It is important to note that these behaviors — physical activity and alcohol — tend to go 'hand in hand.' Therefore, when trying to…
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