Festive Party Season Tips for Evenings out on a Jolly

Ideally I would recommend not drinking this season to keep you in optimum health, but instead, lets keep healthy with the top tip rundown for an enjoyable party season:

Pre- party planning

·         Take a potent probiotic daily to replenish the beneficial bacteria lost from alcohol

·         Take a B complex daily to keep your energy and mood in check

·         Have liver supportive foods in your meals such as beetroot, onion, cruciferous vegetables and onions to support detoxification of toxins through the liver caused by alcohol

On the evening

·         Replenish your electrolytes to keep you hydrated by having coconut water before going to bed  

·         Have beetroot juice before going out to aid the liver

·         Make sure you don’t go out on an empty tummy and add salt to your dish to reduce dehydration

·         Have a glass of water with each drink that you have to keep yourself hydrated

·         Aim to stick to organic red wine which is rich in phytochemicals that are less toxic on the system

Following morning

·         Have a glass of coconut water to replenish some electrolytes lost

·         Have a banana to rebalance your blood sugar levels and also to replenish potassium lost from dehydration

·         Take a B complex to avoid lethargy and to replenish those that are lost

·         Take a liver supportive supplement the following morning to detox the liver

Below are some top ingredients to keep with you and some reasons why they will help your jolly along:

Probiotic

It’s the winter months which can make you more prone to the sniffles and a few other ailments, and we don’t want you missing your party season because you were poorly; therefore it is so important that if you are going to drink, you take a probiotic alongside and this why:

Alcohol leaves the party with the gatecrashers and takes your friends with it

Think about it this way, when you clean your hands with anti-bacterial gel, it contains alcohol to kill all bacteria present. Now, think about when you drink alcohol you are essentially doing the same, it’s a bit like paint stripper on your digestive tract wiping out good aswell as bad bacteria. 

B complex

Alcohol can exhaust your body in a number of ways leaving you feeling lethargic with alcohol blues, therefore it is important to replenish to keep you lifted and not wasting the following day

Beeing busy bees should not be flat-lined the following day  

Alcohol when it depletes your beneficial bacteria also has an impact on the b vitamins that they produce. Your B vitamins are your go getters that feel you with energy and support the production of your happy brain chemicals to keep you feeling alert and cheery

Electrolytes

You wake up the following morning and you are feeling a bit dehydrated.  In the evening you may have noticed that you were constantly noticing you needed to visit the rest room, this causes a loss of many minerals that aid water balancing in the body.  The minerals to consider in this situation is calcium, magnesium, potassium and sodium. 

Here you go, all prepared for your jolly season….enjoy!

Tips to follow with a busy life

Life can be busy and rushed, therefore make life simple for yourself so get yourself into a  routine of following the below top five tips:

1.  Make a juice with vegetables that you have in your fridge, such as carrots, beetroot, celery and green vegetables to encourage a healthy antioxidant level for healthy skin, immune system and detoxification of nasties from your body.  Do this on your Sunday evening and freeze the juice in portions so that you a juice for each morning.
   
2.       Eat every 3-4 hours to stabilise your energy and encourage a good metabolism for weight management, this doesn’t mean eating big meals as they will make you sleepy. Have snacks the size of your two fists put together as this is roughly your stomachs size. Leaving long gaps between eating can really knock the metabolism causing excess weight gain and make you feel sluggish.  Keep snacks in your handbag such as a bag of mixed plain nuts and seeds to graze on throughout the day to support energy and healthy hormonal levels.
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   3.Have a glass of water with fresh lemon before each meal to encourage stomach acid to
      breakdown food to encourage absorption of nutrients into your system and a flat tummy.
   
   
   
   4. Keep those blood sugar levels balanced to prevent blood sugar dips that can cause a crash in energy. A
       simple way to manage this is by taking chromium after a meal to balance the glucose tolerance factor
       and having protein rich foods (meat, fish eggs,beans, legumes) with everything you eat and keeping
      snacks in your handbag such as a bag of mixed plain nuts and seeds to graze on throughout the day to
      support energy and healthy hormonal levels.
   
   
   
   
   
   5.Take a high strength multinutrient first thing in the morning to give you a good start to do the day.
       Although this is not the solution to a good diet it is a nice bit of support to give you some basics when
      you are on the move.