Why Alcohol Is Tougher On Women’s Health

Dishing Up Nutrition

Nutritional Weight & Wellness, Inc.

Nutrition, Self-improvement, Health & Fitness, Education, Health & Fitness:nutrition

4 • 818 Ratings

🗓️ 28 July 2025

⏱️ 36 minutes

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Summary

We’ve all heard that alcohol affects everyone differently, but did you know that women are biologically more vulnerable to alcohol’s effects than men? In this episode of Dishing Up Nutrition, registered dietitians Britni Vincent and Melanie Beasley dive into the science of how alcohol impacts women’s hormones, metabolism, sleep, bone health, and risk for disease—even at lower levels of drinking. You’ll hear eye-opening statistics along with practical, compassionate guidance for anyone rethinking their relationship with alcohol - so whether you're sober-curious, cutting back, or simply want to make more informed choices, this episode offers non-judgmental support, science-backed insights, and realistic tools for better health.

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0:00.0	Welcome to Dishing Up Nutrition, brought to you by nutritional weight and wellness.
0:12.4	Today we're diving into how alcohol impacts women's health and the surprising reality of why drinking alcohol could be way more damaging to a woman's
0:23.9	health than it is to a man's. And this information, I think it's all over the media right now. So you may
0:30.5	have seen some blurbs about it, but we're going to dive into the science here. And you might be
0:36.1	questioning yourself, what is your relationship with
0:39.3	alcohol and wondering if it's worth keeping in your life? You may be noticing that drinking alcohol
0:46.2	has bigger consequences to how you feel than it used to. If this sounds like you, you are not
0:53.0	alone. We will be going more in depth about why alcohol
0:57.0	is especially harmful to women and some things you can do to support your health if alcohol
1:03.1	has been part of your life. Before we dive into that, let's quickly introduce ourselves. My name is
1:09.4	Brittany Vincent. I'm a registered and licensed
1:11.8	dietitian and I am here with Melanie Beasley, a registered and licensed dietitian. You know,
1:18.3	up until recent history, the focus on studying alcoholism has been on men, big surprise. So from the
1:27.0	studies on health effects of drinking alcohol to the most effective recovery
1:31.5	treatments, the focus has always been on men.
1:35.5	So we're going to break through and have a little conversation about women today.
1:40.3	Because women are catching up to consume more alcohol than generations before.
1:46.1	And it's catching up to our health as well, wouldn't you say, Brittany?
1:50.1	I think so.
1:51.4	Yeah.
1:51.6	So it's become much more acceptable for women to drink, whereas it used to be back in the 50s, men would have a cocktail after work.
2:01.2	You know, I can remember my folks always having, well, it's happy hour.
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