This is Optimal Health Daily, episode 1794. From Happy Hour to the gym, is it ever okay to

exercise after drinking alcohol by Michelle Konstantinovsky withhealthline.com. And I'm your host

and narrator, Dr. Neal. Hey there, happy middle of the week Wednesday and welcome back to Optimal

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and start optimizing your life. From Happy Hour to the gym, is it ever okay to exercise after drinking

alcohol by Michelle Konstantinovsky with Healthline.com.

Some things are meant to go together. Peanut butter and jelly, salt and pepper, macaroni and

cheese, but when it comes to one particular pair, people seem uncertain about their compatibility,

exercise and alcohol. The unlikely combo comes up more often

than you might expect. After all, post-work workouts typically coincide with post-work happy hours.

For ambitious, athletic socializers, there may be temptation to do double duty. But is it okay to

hit the gym after a few drinks, or even one

boozy libation? Here's what you need to know. What happens to your body when you drink alcohol?

First things first, when you sip an alcoholic beverage, you're not just bringing on a buzz,

you're kicking off a series of physiological changes. Once you swallow the alcohol,

it goes to your stomach and gets absorbed in the small intestine. It then travels throughout your

bloodstream, affecting the major parts of your brain, protein synthesis, hormones, and more.

Michael Richardson, MD, a Boston-based one medical provider, says,

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