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Moms & alcohol consumption
There are some pretty scary stats of late about women (moms especially) and alcohol consumption. According to NPR, one of the few gender gaps women are swiftly closing is in excessive alcohol consumption. Women are close to a 1-to-1 drink for drink consumption rate with men, and that's not a good thing. When women drink alcohol, it takes us less time to suffer some of the big health complications that come with over-indulgence: liver damage and disease, heart disease, and even certain cancers. The thing is, while women have been turning to alcohol for decades to reduce stress, many researchers are finding that it can actually increase anxiety and depression, especially in women and moms.
Women and water retention
As we know well, women are superheroes. That's a fact. But, our bodies are built differently than men's. So, while we feel like we carry the weight of the world on our shoulders and we're always bloated, women actually have less body water than men do. Body water dissolves alcohol. That means that men of the same weight can drink more than women can and suffer fewer long-term effects. The same number of drinks for women leads to more alcohol in our blood—women's blood alcohol concentration rises a lot faster than men's. Our body tissues are also exposed to more alcohol per drink. It's a lot, and it's all...not great news for our delicious red wine habit. Just so we're clear, however, we're definitely not knocking red wine. We're simply pointing out what the current research is saying—especially if your one glass has been turning into three more often than not. With the COVID-19 pandemic continuing to rage, many moms are drinking more than that occasional glass of wine in the evenings—they're drinking to cope. Female alcohol intake is increasing at levels that are pretty staggering. Have you noticed that hearing other moms joke about their wine habit has started to feel a little less cute? We have. But, if you're reading this and feeling bummed out about your alcohol use, don't! Adele was doing it, too. She's someone we always associated with red wine, too. Or, maybe that was just us swaying near Alexa while we were sipping and stirring and ignoring the children. Our point? There is hope for all of us. As you'll see, that hope comes in the form of a beautiful thing we call cannabidiol, or, by its cool kid nickname: CBD.
Women and water retention
As we know well, women are superheroes. That's a fact. But, our bodies are built differently than men's. So, while we feel like we carry the weight of the world on our shoulders and we're always bloated, women actually have less body water than men do. Body water dissolves alcohol. That means that men of the same weight can drink more than women can and suffer fewer long-term effects. The same number of drinks for women leads to more alcohol in our blood—women's blood alcohol concentration rises a lot faster than men's. Our body tissues are also exposed to more alcohol per drink. It's a lot, and it's all...not great news for our delicious red wine habit. Just so we're clear, however, we're definitely not knocking red wine. We're simply pointing out what the current research is saying—especially if your one glass has been turning into three more often than not. With the COVID-19 pandemic continuing to rage, many moms are drinking more than that occasional glass of wine in the evenings—they're drinking to cope. Female alcohol intake is increasing at levels that are pretty staggering. Have you noticed that hearing other moms joke about their wine habit has started to feel a little less cute? We have. But, if you're reading this and feeling bummed out about your alcohol use, don't! Adele was doing it, too. She's someone we always associated with red wine, too. Or, maybe that was just us swaying near Alexa while we were sipping and stirring and ignoring the children. Our point? There is hope for all of us. As you'll see, that hope comes in the form of a beautiful thing we call cannabidiol, or, by its cool kid nickname: CBD.
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