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Alcohol: the 18 line and the recovery cost

Under 18: none. After that, your call, with the facts.

SPWe reviewed the research on it.Food, fuel and supplements

Hand-drawn diagram of framework 206, Alcohol: the 18 line and the recovery cost: Under 18: none. After that, your call, with the facts.
Framework 206 · in one look
How to use it

Under 18: none, per Danish health advice. After that it's your call, with the facts: no health benefit for under-40s, and drinking after training blunted muscle building in a trial. Never the night before training or competing.

How sure we are

S Evidence: strong. Large trials or many studies, pointing the same way.

P Evidence: promising. Good studies, but small or few. Use it and keep checking.

Sources

GBD 2020 Alcohol Collaborators 2022 · Parr et al. 2014 (crossover trial) · Sundhedsstyrelsen · the popular claim that partying and drinking "don't really cost muscle" runs against that trial (🔴).

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