55 min
Episode Six: Does Alcohol Affect Your Mental Wellness? The Happy Eating Podcast
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Let’s talk alcohol; balancing the risk and benefits of drinking is constantly being discussed in the media. In today’s episode we look at how alcohol may affect your mental health. Is drinking a glass of wine while cooking dinner helpful or harmful? Could your girls night out be impacting your mental wellness over the following few days? And how much really is too much when it comes to mental health? We’ll also share our “mom truth moment” and tell you what we actually do.
Show Notes:
Thank you for listening to The Happy Eating Podcast. Tune in weekly on Thursday’s for new episodes! For even more Happy Eating, head to our website!
https://www.happyeatingpodcast.com
Studies Mentioned:
1.) Alcohol Intake, Wine Consumption, and the Development of Depression: the PREDIMED Studyhttps://bmcmedicine.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/1741-7015-11-192
2.) Effects of Moderate Alcohol Consumption on Cognitive Function in Womenhttps://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa041152
3.) The Benefit of Moderate Alcohol Use on Mood and Functional Ability in Later Life: Due to Beers or Frequent Cheers?https://academic.oup.com/gerontologist/article/60/1/80/5144392
4.) Social Anxiety and the Quality of Everyday Social Interactions: The Moderating Influence of Alcohol Consumptionhttps://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0005789417301156?via%3Dihub
5.) Co-Occurring Alcohol Use Disorder and Anxietyhttps://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6927748/
6.) Association of Low to Moderate Alcohol Drinking with Cognitive Functions from Middle to Older Age Among US Adultshttps://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7324954/
7.) The Triangular Association of ADH1B Genetic Polymorphism, Alcohol Consumption, and the Risk of Depression in Older Menhttps://www.nature.com/articles/mp2013117
Learn More About Our Hosts:
Brierley Horton, MS, RD
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/brierleyhorton/
Carolyn Williams PhD, RD:
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/realfoodreallife_rd/
Website: https://www.carolynwilliamsrd.com
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/RealFoodRealLifeRD/
Got a question or comment for the pod? Please shoot us a message!
happyeating@gmail.com
Let’s talk alcohol; balancing the risk and benefits of drinking is constantly being discussed in the media. In today’s episode we look at how alcohol may affect your mental health. Is drinking a glass of wine while cooking dinner helpful or harmful? Could your girls night out be impacting your mental wellness over the following few days? And how much really is too much when it comes to mental health? We’ll also share our “mom truth moment” and tell you what we actually do.
Show Notes:
Thank you for listening to The Happy Eating Podcast. Tune in weekly on Thursday’s for new episodes! For even more Happy Eating, head to our website!
https://www.happyeatingpodcast.com
Studies Mentioned:
1.) Alcohol Intake, Wine Consumption, and the Development of Depression: the PREDIMED Studyhttps://bmcmedicine.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/1741-7015-11-192
2.) Effects of Moderate Alcohol Consumption on Cognitive Function in Womenhttps://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa041152
3.) The Benefit of Moderate Alcohol Use on Mood and Functional Ability in Later Life: Due to Beers or Frequent Cheers?https://academic.oup.com/gerontologist/article/60/1/80/5144392
4.) Social Anxiety and the Quality of Everyday Social Interactions: The Moderating Influence of Alcohol Consumptionhttps://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0005789417301156?via%3Dihub
5.) Co-Occurring Alcohol Use Disorder and Anxietyhttps://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6927748/
6.) Association of Low to Moderate Alcohol Drinking with Cognitive Functions from Middle to Older Age Among US Adultshttps://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7324954/
7.) The Triangular Association of ADH1B Genetic Polymorphism, Alcohol Consumption, and the Risk of Depression in Older Menhttps://www.nature.com/articles/mp2013117
Learn More About Our Hosts:
Brierley Horton, MS, RD
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/brierleyhorton/
Carolyn Williams PhD, RD:
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/realfoodreallife_rd/
Website: https://www.carolynwilliamsrd.com
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/RealFoodRealLifeRD/
Got a question or comment for the pod? Please shoot us a message!
happyeating@gmail.com
55 min