mechanistic
Analysis v1
Strong Opposition
Drinking alcohol after a workout doesn’t seem to make your muscles break down faster than drinking a protein shake or a sports drink — at least not in the first few hours after you exercise.
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Evidence from Studies
Supporting (0)
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No supporting evidence found
Contradicting (1)
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Alcohol Ingestion Impairs Maximal Post-Exercise Rates of Myofibrillar Protein Synthesis following a Single Bout of Concurrent Training
Randomized Controlled Trial
Human
2014The study found that drinking alcohol after exercise slows down muscle building, but it didn’t check if it makes muscles break down faster — which is what the claim is about. So we can’t say if the claim is right or wrong based on this study.
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