Vegan + drinking?
Hey all!
I've been properly vegan for 4 months now, and have been on-and-off vegetarian for the past year prior to becoming vegan. Eventually decided to just go for it, & I'm feeling great! I also have IBS and going vegan has helped my digestion oodles. I've also started doing yoga. So, overall, I feel way better than I used to!
Only one problem which has sprung up around the same time I started eating a healthy vegan diet (not a pizza & french fries vegan diet) - I've started to be unable to tolerate alcohol. Before I became vegan I was a pretty regular drinker with a very high tolerance, and without any adverse effects when drinking (as long as I drank a bit of water before bed I almost always avoided a hangover, no matter how much I drank). Now, all I have to do is have 2 drinks & I'm in the bathroom the entire night, even if I don't feel slightly drunk from those drinks (that's what I'm doing right now basically, just taking a brief interlude to post on here - it's 7am where I am, nope haven't slept, been too sick)!
I'm not too sure if anyone else has experienced this, or if this sort of reaction from my body has something to do with me generally being healthier and my body is rejecting what is effectively a poison (alcohol). I had made a conscious decision not to drink anymore, but last night I decided to see what effect minimal drinking would have (2 drinks over a 5 hour period). BAD IDEA!
This has never, ever been how my body has reacted, ever, not until I began eating a vegan diet.
Not sure if the two are connected. Thoughts?
I've been properly vegan for 4 months now, and have been on-and-off vegetarian for the past year prior to becoming vegan. Eventually decided to just go for it, & I'm feeling great! I also have IBS and going vegan has helped my digestion oodles. I've also started doing yoga. So, overall, I feel way better than I used to!
Only one problem which has sprung up around the same time I started eating a healthy vegan diet (not a pizza & french fries vegan diet) - I've started to be unable to tolerate alcohol. Before I became vegan I was a pretty regular drinker with a very high tolerance, and without any adverse effects when drinking (as long as I drank a bit of water before bed I almost always avoided a hangover, no matter how much I drank). Now, all I have to do is have 2 drinks & I'm in the bathroom the entire night, even if I don't feel slightly drunk from those drinks (that's what I'm doing right now basically, just taking a brief interlude to post on here - it's 7am where I am, nope haven't slept, been too sick)!
I'm not too sure if anyone else has experienced this, or if this sort of reaction from my body has something to do with me generally being healthier and my body is rejecting what is effectively a poison (alcohol). I had made a conscious decision not to drink anymore, but last night I decided to see what effect minimal drinking would have (2 drinks over a 5 hour period). BAD IDEA!
This has never, ever been how my body has reacted, ever, not until I began eating a vegan diet.
Not sure if the two are connected. Thoughts?