Decryption – Dry January, consecutive or water fasts, but also Lent… These practices inherited from our ancestors are coming back into fashion to invite us to moderate our excesses. With real health benefits.
This article comes from “Figaro Magazine”.
At the same time every year, the scales tip and the mirror gives us a blurry image. We also curse the extra pounds and this dull, sallow complexion that never leaves us. The year-end festivities have left their mark with a procession of good food and alcoholic beverages. The month of January naturally becomes a month of good resolutions. That we will last more or less… For almost ten years, European countries have adopted Dry January, which can be translated as “January challenge”. Imported from the United Kingdom, it suggests taking an annual break from alcohol consumption.
“The positive effects on mood are seen very quickly, sleepskin, weight and ability to resist the temptation to dive again, assures Laurent Carrilla*, an addiction specialist at the Paul-Brous Hospital in Villejuif. We also feel the benefit for the following six months. Given that…
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