New Research Shows How Alcohol Hurts Your Skeletal Muscles
Alcohol use impairs skeletal muscle health by increasing protein breakdown and oxidative stress while impairing regeneration, but abstinence and lifestyle changes can help.
Acute alcohol use can cause muscle breakdown and weakness that resolves in 1-2 weeks. Chronic alcohol use causes progressive muscle loss and damage.
Alcohol decreases muscle protein synthesis, increases muscle protein breakdown, damages muscle cell structures, and increases oxidative stress.
Quitting drinking improves muscle strength, though not to norma…
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