Orangeyouglad
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- Joined
- Jun 24, 2019
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I’ve been a LONG time lurker here and I’m grateful that I’ve found this community.
I’ve implemented a lot and like many of you, I’ve come from other dieting backgrounds (Keto, paleo, etc.) and I’ve felt at home here for the last year or so, implementing RP principles.
The reason I’ve come out of the woods is to talk about something no one here seems to agree 100% on - alcohol.
The one thing I really want to understand, and can’t get a clear understanding is the mechanism in which alcohol makes me feel, well, fantastic. Even the following day.
From what I understand, it could be and increase in GABA, or possibly lowering endotoxins. I also understand that it can lower test and raise estrogen, so I’m torn on what’s going on.
I don’t drink too often, maybe twice a week, and only a couple drinks, but when I do I finally feel, for lack of a better term, like myself. Lower social inhibition, higher motivation, general well-being, and a certain clear-headedness to see the “bigger picture”. This is more than the the average guy gaining liquid courage. It sort of feels like I can see what life should be like, and how most people go about interacting with their lives. I feel like I sort of settle into myself.
I would like to know what I can do to work in diet/supplementation to help bring me this sort of felling in my day-to-day life - and what mechanism this wellbeing is happening by.
Any thoughts, comments, and discussion would be appreciated. I imagine I’m not the only one who’s had this though here.
I’ve implemented a lot and like many of you, I’ve come from other dieting backgrounds (Keto, paleo, etc.) and I’ve felt at home here for the last year or so, implementing RP principles.
The reason I’ve come out of the woods is to talk about something no one here seems to agree 100% on - alcohol.
The one thing I really want to understand, and can’t get a clear understanding is the mechanism in which alcohol makes me feel, well, fantastic. Even the following day.
From what I understand, it could be and increase in GABA, or possibly lowering endotoxins. I also understand that it can lower test and raise estrogen, so I’m torn on what’s going on.
I don’t drink too often, maybe twice a week, and only a couple drinks, but when I do I finally feel, for lack of a better term, like myself. Lower social inhibition, higher motivation, general well-being, and a certain clear-headedness to see the “bigger picture”. This is more than the the average guy gaining liquid courage. It sort of feels like I can see what life should be like, and how most people go about interacting with their lives. I feel like I sort of settle into myself.
I would like to know what I can do to work in diet/supplementation to help bring me this sort of felling in my day-to-day life - and what mechanism this wellbeing is happening by.
Any thoughts, comments, and discussion would be appreciated. I imagine I’m not the only one who’s had this though here.