why tequila is bad for you?
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Tips for a healthier tequila cocktail. Let's be honest: There's no healthy alcoholic beverage. Even though tequila is low in sugar and carbs, mixers and chasers can up your caloric intake. They can also be loaded with sugars, dyes, and other additives that won't win you any nutrition points.
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Margaritas are loaded with sugar. And the cocktail's negative effects on your weight don't just stop there. Margarita mix often has double the amount of calories than the rum or tequila used in the drink. Not to mention, the calories come from the worst type of carbs — simple and refined sugars.
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3. It aids digestion. Whilst tequila may not be your go-to post-meal digestif, studies suggest it may actually be the best choice to help you digest your food. The agave plant contains high levels of inulin, which helps the digestive system by growing good bacteria.
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Alcohol use disorder can cause serious and lasting damage to your liver. Your liver is responsible for removing toxins from your blood. When you drink too much, your liver has a harder time filtering the alcohol and other toxins from your bloodstream. This can lead to liver disease and other complications.
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Despite the folate and prebiotics, Guinness is still alcohol. Consuming too much can impair judgment and wreak havoc on the liver.
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You've probably heard that tequila is the only “upper” spirit. But tequila is still alcohol and alcohol is a depressant. While anecdotal evidence (aka, your 28th birthday party) may suggest that the agave spirit is a stimulant, there have been no studies to support that theory.
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Because they are highly distilled, hard alcohols or liquors—including gin, rum, brandy, tequila, whiskey, and vodka—have very few, if any, sugars. As such, they have minimal effects on blood sugar levels or on your caloric intake.
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The good and bad alcohols Short-chained alcohols are considered 'bad' because they can have limited benefits for most hair types as they have very few carbon atoms, which mean they're generally used in hair products that need a quick drying effect, aka traditional hair sprays.
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Alcohol slows the immune system, making bacteria-fighting white blood cells sluggish and much less efficient. Heavy drinkers may be more likely to succumb to illnesses such as tuberculosis or pneumonia, and increased risk of numerous forms of cancer.
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Tequila has numerous health benefits (and is lower in calories than Smirnoff vodka). Agavins, the natural sugar found in tequila, are non-digestible (meaning they act like fiber) and won't raise your blood sugar levels. Furthermore, the sugar is shown to help lower cholesterol and can help you lose weight.
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For reference, one shot of tequila has 0 g each of carbs, fat, and protein, for 97 calories. Note that alcohol has 7 calories per gram.
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Alcohol in any concentration is harmful to the body, so the 2-3 shots, a pretty decent amount, are already doing damage to your body.
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Heavy drinking can make you more likely to get serious health problems like liver disease, cancer, and peptic ulcers, among others. Regular or high alcohol use can hurt your heart and lead to diseases of the heart muscle, called cardiomyopathy. Drinking alcohol regularly also can raise your blood pressure.
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A study from the American Chemical Society suggests that tequila could have the heart-healthy ability to lower bad cholesterol and raise good cholesterol.
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Pure agave tequila (100 percent agave) is low in sugar. It only has 69 calories per ounce and no carbohydrates thanks to the distillation process.
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Too much can be destructive to your health, raising your blood pressure and your risk of developing several kinds of cancer. Too little may hold you back from some of the benefits that moderate drinkers enjoy, like lower incidence of cardiovascular disease, mortality and type-2 diabetes.