This Is What Drinking Alcohol Is REALLY Doing To Women's Health | Dr. Brooke Scheller

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I am honored to be in conversation with Brooke Scheller. She is a doctor of Clinical Nutrition, a nationally recognized health expert, and the founder of Functional Sobriety, a nutrition-based program for alcohol reduction. She also wrote How to Eat to Change How You Drink.
In this episode, we discuss the stigmatization of alcohol use and explore the nuances of curiosity and sobriety. We dispel common misconceptions, examine the research on alcohol consumption, tackle the definition of moderation, scrutinize the influence of industry ties, and unravel the issues linked to excessive alcohol consumption.
IN THIS EPISODE YOU’LL LEARN ABOUT:
• How does alcohol affect the brain and body?
• How alcohol impacts the gut microbiome, intestinal permeability, and nutrient absorption
• Dr. Scheller shares her personal experience with alcohol
• How alcohol consumption in middle-aged women could increase inflammation and oxidative stress
• How alcohol impacts blood sugar
• The link between alcohol consumption and male infertility
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This video is for educational and informational purposes only and solely as a self-help tool for your own use. I am not providing medical, psychological, or nutrition therapy advice. You should not use this information to diagnose or treat any health problems or illnesses without consulting your own medical practitioner. Always seek the advice of your own medical practitioner and/or mental health provider about your specific health situation.

[@alexandermacdonald7547]

It annoys me that alcohol is the only substance where a person is expected to give a reason for not drinking it.

[@allesasmart]

When I went dry for a year, my 2018 resolution, everyone assumed it was because I was an alcoholic? so bizarre!

[@learningvideosbynikhil8308]

It annoys me as well, and at times it makes me depressed that to become popular in college you have to drink 😢

[@JustJamsOnly]

About to hit 8 months complete sobrity after 25 years of being a weekend warrior. Best decision I've every made, never picking it up again.

[@hannahross8616]

Amazing work , I feel like I can’t give it up and it has a hold on me even though I only drink weekends I drink to excess , I enjoy having a drink and the relaxed feeling it makes you feel as I have social anxiety I just don’t enjoy having to much to drink and it causing issues in my life

[@lisamokoff7252]

Me too. ✌️

[@debbietreml8104]

For the past five plus years I would say why doesn’t anyone talk about the negative effects of alcohol. Thank you for speaking out! I gave it up 2years ago for my health. It was slowly killing me and I knew it. Thank you!

[@allisonroth9687]

Would like to share that I began Intermittent Fasting (IF) and it literally changed my relationship with both food and alcohol! I was drinking 2-4 glasses of wine almost every day, and the occasional weekend of rum & coke...I don't do that anymore. I was an emotional eater, and I no longer am that either. Highly recommend IF, look up Dave Asprey "Fast this Way" and Dr. Mindy Pelz "Fast Like a Girl" - I've let go of 50 lbs, too! Thanks for this conversation...

[@Laura-hy6bu]

I just started IF on 4/15 and on my second week of ADF. Sugar cravings are pretty much gone. I had a bad addiction and would eat half gallon of ice cream in one night. Down about 14 lbs so far. Way to go on your weight loss!

[@kalena26]

Well done and we'll said. Totally agree. I started with a 4 day water fast for 2 weeks, Sunday- Thursday. Completely changed my food and alcohol desires and addictions. Sober living podcasts are very helpful as well. The better you start to feel the more you realize alcohol adds absolutely nothing to your life.❤

[@allisonroth9687]

@@kalena26 Way to go, Kalena! YES! totally agree 💜

[@wendycrosby7769]

Thank you for this! I feel like such an outsider being a non drinker. It’s just everywhere and a part of everything these days. This episode makes me feel so proud (and healthy at age 55) for choosing alcohol to NOT be a part of my life at all.

[@jeffk464]

You shouldn't, do you feel awkward about not smoking crack?

[@FungusAmungus-fl8iy]

​@jeffk464 who are you to tell someone else how they should feel, especially a positive feeling. Probably time for you to lay off the sauce (see what I did there?)

[@avayu2289]

Just say no to manipulation. Sobriety is the key to an awesome life!

[@annetteredner7258]

To me it is absolutely insane that Someone would have to apologize for not poisoning their body

[@SRS675]

ne So you think you are wiser than Jesus Christ who turned water to wine

[@em7937]

You don't have to apologise! What non sense....

[@lisav6583]

Mocktails for me 🥂. I sleep well and feel much better.

[@alayadeluce]

I was at a restaurant with my 87 yr old mom and after our dinner the waitress brought over two complimentary drink samples called Limoncellos. I asked her if it was alcohol and she said yes. I told her we didn't drink alcohol and she seemed annoyed. She was giving these to all of her customers without asking first. I cant believe she assumed everyone drinks alcohol, and especially that she put one in front of my 87 yr old mom.

[@lesliedddawson]

I would've been the same. Not to ask was not thoughtful.

[@TheVafa95]

Money and marketing trump everything else, including health and well-being of people .

[@jcszot]

Alcohol has always gotten a free pass and nothing angers me more! Both my parents were drinkers. My father has since passed away and now my 84-year-old mother is drinking 4 to 5 glasses of wine a night. I will not call her after 4:30 in the afternoon because I can’t deal with a drunken conversation. I don’t know why the alcohol industry continues to get away with the destruction, devastation and heartbreak that it has caused many people and families. They banned cigarette ads on television and magazines. Now they’re going after the electronic cigarettes/vapor industry. Why have we yet to see an advertisement for alcohol talking about liver disease, and dementia, metabolic disturbances and inflammation disturbances, not to mention deaths….. and the list could go on. You don’t see that on alcohol advertisements. You see groups of glamorous, people consuming alcohol and having a great time! How they continue to get away with this is unbeknownst to me. During the pandemic you were allowed to drive up to the curbside and pick up packaged cocktails from what they called an essential business. I think the entire industry is gross & negligent. I never had a taste for liquor. I tried to drink in my late teens and early 20s to fit in and everything I consumed had me sticking my head in a toilet so finally I just decided to not consume it at all. I’m one of three siblings and one sibling has a potential issue with alcohol that I could connect to my parents but me and my sister want nothing to do with it. My 84-year-old mother fell three days before Easter. She tore open her knee and required 15 stitches which has not healed well and now she is in wound care , not to mention that she fell on her face and she had two black eyes. We’ve spoken to her about her alcohol consumption, and she is not willing to give it up and face it and it’s a very tough position for me and my sister to be in. And yes-people raise an eyebrow when you tell them that you don’t drink. A lot of people assume you’re in recovery. I always need to clarify to people that I just never really had a taste for liquor. At social events, celebrations gatherings, you do feel like the odd guy out a lot! And there’s been many many times over the years that after being at a social event and/or gathering or party that I leave early. By the time I’m three hours into these situations people have had 2 to 3 even 4 cocktails and I watch the behavior shift and morph to something else. I just don’t want to deal with it so I go home lol This was a great program and I thank you ! 🙏🏻 You

[@wendycrosby7769]

Agree 100 percent!! Thank you for sharing!

[@Laura-hy6bu]

I too have a sister that drinks daily and we won’t pick up phone for her after 3pm. I also have a friend who is 65 and I was so embarrassed by her one evening when I went out w her she fell and broke her knee. That was in September and it took a months to recover and then about a month ago she was drinking and fell and broke her other knee. It’s disgusting honestly. I am embarrassed for her and her family complains about her and tells her she needs to stop but it seems to be all she cares about.

[@jeffk464]

Well, because of the disaster that was prohibition.

[@sherrylivering4149]

Incorrect data on fuel for body. You do not need carbs. They are a NON ESSENTIAL micronutrient. Fat and Protein, however, are essential. Your body can run on fat as fuel just fine. And...the little bit of glucose your body does require will be made through gluconeogenesis. Our bodies are very very smart. They want to stay alive! You crave sugar when quitting alcohol because of the sugar in most alcoholic drinks. High protein is the key and she does say this. Meat heavy diet and/or a carnivore diet works great with quitting alcohol.

[@joelcrawford28]

I have soeted my drinking problem making myself tea drunk. What is tea drunk, it somthing very different from being drunk on grog. Tea drunk is when your senses and mind are in an extremely sharp state of mind, however your body is in a complete relaxed state. How do you do this...... Its when you have lots of different small Chinese cups, and you mix heap of Green, Yellow, White, Red and Black teas. Yes thats right once you have around 10 small cups of different tea, your alertness will be throgh the roof, you will have this wonderful relaxed energy and feel great and happy..... That is because of all the wonderful things you just put into your body, very different to alcoholic beverages. Also tea is great for blood sugar rather alcholic beverages do the very opposite.

[@kathleenking47]

It's worse for women to drink..like smoking

[@taylorsaxon1089]

Tea is loaded with oxalates extremely bad for one's health

[@moparmissile]

I find drunks intolerable but I was one! I do not hang out in bars , nothing there for me. I eat healthy food that i prepare and I haven't drunk for 23 years. It feels great never having to remember the stupid things you said or did and no more hangovers. I am glad society is moving on and seeing alcohol in terms of the multiple problems it creates. Even for the moderate social drinkers. Young people seem a lot smarter these days and most don't dive headlong into it. Wise move. Perhaps the vast array of other intoxicants on offer these days is a reason?

[@Youtuberr44]

Just don’t drink at all. That’s what I do. Better health now than when I did drink. So glad I quit. One more freedom I have😉

[@judimeyers769]

This was sooo good Cynthia!! I too have been in medical ( my whole career- nurse educator/research) and I delightfully just found you through Tom Dayspring MD. I love your podcasts and this one was a particular favorite due to your knowledgeable guest, your own comments and specific detailed info and recent research presented. I loved it. I was a healthy 70 yr old who was totally shocked to have a NSTEMI, and then had to become passionately committed to advocating for myself. Ended up at Northwestern Med and am now in a clinical trial for heart failure. I have HFpEF due to microvascular disease, w some resulting pulmonary hypertension. I tell you all this because I am trying to do everything possible to decrease inflammation, I do drink wine (I think too much) and am realizing it’s hard to flat out quit! Socially, for me. And when I cook dinner! But armed with this info ( which I plan to share w friends and family), I WILL. I’m too smart NOT to…and I’m ashamed I haven’t done it sooner. Thank you for all the education you provide- I wish I lived closer, but I will now binge on your videos!!!❤️ Judi

[@terriblue9792]

You CAN do it Judy! Your “why” is really important and needs to be at the forefront of your mind. I’m alcohol free since Jan 3 this year and the health benefits for me have been amazing and I wasn’t a big drinker but found I wanted it every night and any opportunity that came up. My mind was always thinking, Hhmm I’ll be able to have a drink when…SO glad I can spend time thinking of something else in that portion of my brain! What a waste of brain matter right?!😂 Inflammation in my body dropped dramatically and my gut issues healed along with cutting out processed food…and alcohol ALWAYS gave me the munchies so it was a vicious cycle. I pray that you’re on your journey to healing and health 🙌🏽🎉❤

[@judimeyers769]

@@terriblue9792 what an amazingly sweet and thoughtful message! THANK YOU so much @terriblue9792! I can’t tell you how touched I am by your words and the time and effort you took to write them. So so true that keeping your “WHY” at the forefront will help you succeed. And I must. Blessings to you…thrilled that you have started and maintained this new journey and so happy you feel the benefits. Praying I will too!!❤️❤️

[@rachelsabatino2939]

@@terriblue9792so did you stop having cravings or thoughts completely? I can do fine all week but the weekends and parties/ social events are still really tough. But then the craving cycle gets started all over again, and of course, the diet sabotage starts when I drink as well

[@freeasabird5187]

Got into the habit of drinking in the evenings since the scamdemic. Today is day four alcohol free. Sleeping better, feeling a bit off during the day. Probably detoxing. Increasing my filtered water intake with lemon or lime to hydrate.

[@allesasmart]

If you feel like you might fall off, try aloe vera juice mixed with grape drink splash. It tastes like a glass of wine. Enough to help you get through the craving of holding a glass

[@jennifershipp2872]

Very helpful. Thank you.

[@Lifeover60]

such an excellent video....thank you!

[@MissMiriamka]

Very useful information. Thank you for sharing.

[@mariepaukowits1709]

Great stuff!

[@silviahoffmann158]

This is just fabulous. U read my mind. ♥️♥️♥️♥️

[@brigittelee9730]

Appreciate this Ed/info. Bravo Dr. Brooke!

[@fonsedyr]

Thanks for an excellent conversation!

[@barbaragorse3243]

Wonderful interview. So true and informative. Thank you so much.

[@erwinrogers9470]

Great information👍

[@danielle3139]

Very timely talk for me

[@jcszot]

A big big shout out to the Jersey girls! I grew up in Morris County New Jersey! 🙏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻💪🏻

[@talulatree5297]

Cape May here!❤

[@MrTrda]

I just told my wife that I am “sober curious”…. She said, “you look like your sober curious”. 😅

[@jeffk464]

Not drinking around people I knew, not a big deal. Using terms like "sober curious" would have led to nonstop ridicule.

[@josh021588]

I know what kinda phrase is that?!

[@MCR1565]

I’m also sober curious. That’s why I’m here! 💖

[@elizabethlink3993]

💚 Thank for this conversation, this is definitely my issue and I'm struggling to change my relationship with alcohol. 💚

[@cgc1581]

Look up Andrew Huberman here on KZbin. He did an amazing podcast on alcohol and its effects on the body and brain. I no longer want to drink and that’s been enough motivation for me to not drink it for several months now. At first, I replaced it with kombucha but now I no longer have cravings. You can do this 💜

[@lilit384]

There is a link to breast cancer also.

[@KayMN.]

And working with some people causes Stress…. So it’s a ⭕️ circle.

[@smytharmstrong8543]

Do you stream any popular shows? If you do you, you will note the incredible amount of social and non-social (drinking alone) drinking. It appears to me, that if you don't drink you are an outlier -- basically non-social. The stigma is actually around those who don't drink and perhaps have never consumed alcohol (the stigma is simply that something is socially wrong with that person). Social pressure is immense to drink alcohol and it is costing individuals, families and society a great deal.

[@AllieE36]

Great video! Thank you! Thing is...I don't even like the taste of alcohol. Then COVID-Pandemic hit! To cope with the escalating stress, one glass became 3, 3 glasses became a bottle. Wine became whiskey, and 4 years later, life stress continued & compounded & stopping is the hardest! Though I MUST! I know all the dangers of pitfalls of this poison. Hope I haven't done too much body-damage? 😢 Wish me luck staying sober!

[@AllieE36]

...will buy the book!

[@roseother8306]

You can DO this.

[@Custardpie174]

Same scenario here...90 days sober now...worried about damage....

[@vittoriaseaman9240]

There is another good book on this subject written many years ago called The Mood Cure by Julia Ross.

[@dainasworldnumbers88]

I think these are all good suggestions, but I haven’t drank in seventeen years and I couldn’t have even thought about doing that without AA.

[@schahrzadmorgan]

I love wine with dinner! ❤

[@AB-ko9en]

My ex is a primary care alcoholic and teaching doctor. He takes his daughter and his residents on huge drinking parties. I think he has Munchhausen.

[@FungusAmungus-fl8iy]

Or codependency

[@erwinrogers9470]

Right👏

[@StevenSantaCruz-ix9is]

Im binge eating ultra processed food to get over my binge drinking

[@vittoriaseaman9240]

I can relate

[@marykaymartin8420]

There are 12 step programs for that.

[@Aloha4You]

I’m from NJ but live in Hawaii now. Where in NJ are you ladies from?

[@Leahmoonbeamflower]

I’m thinking of moving to Hawaii! I’m in New Jersey ( currently) but I’m originally from Mississippi. 😂 Would you recommend living In Hawaii?

[@Aloha4You]

@@Leahmoonbeamflower come out for a visit and check it out! I love it!

[@Aloha4You]

@@Leahmoonbeamflower I love Hawaii!!

[@murielleleblanc4377]

Know quite a lot of alcohol being sober for 16 years

[@johnrakthai]

Carnivore diet is the way to go if you want to ridge yourself of any addiction. Meat heals both physically and mentally, along with the high saturated animal fats. Look up all the carnivore doctors on KZbin and be inspired by all the success stories!

[@Goodkindoflife]

Good health is one of my core values. Alcohol drinking does not honor that value. I choose not to consume alcohol.

[@peacelove7437]

Moderation is 2 drinks a week. That’s what I do , 1 martini at happy hour Friday or Saturday and one at brunch on Sunday

[@AB-ko9en]

Why

[@flipdiva0007]

​@AB-ko9en maybe because she enjoys it?? Jeez...

[@FungusAmungus-fl8iy]

That's moderation FOR YOU. It's like this comment section is full of a bunch of drunks deciding what everything is and means for everyone else.

[@margaretoconnor874]

@@FungusAmungus-fl8iyI tried the moderation and it’s not working for me. You convinced me to go cold turkey. Scary! Pretty sure I can do it this time. More for health reasons than anything!

[@FungusAmungus-fl8iy]

@@margaretoconnor874 you can do it!

[@Shellbee22]

I have one or two glasses of red wine weekly with dinner …no issue

[@cl5470]

Even that much has a negative effect on your brain. You do you, though.

[@cr528]

Same i like to enjoy life & if you do not like to drink then fine 😊

[@alishajones3439]

Red wine is good for you no matter what anyone says. French and Italians are some of the longest living people in the planet and they drink red wine every day.

[@trueblue450]

@@alishajones3439studies shown it’s because of the Mediterranean diet not the wine you weirdo.

[@em7937]

so uou keep half a bottle of wine open until next week? hoe does that work, if you only drink once a week?

[@jaishankarravindran2242]

Any wine is not beneficial for health.

[@donnazukadley7300]

Resveratrol is a supplement from red wine.

[@sherrioliver5083]

We can take away sugar and carbohydrates completely. Lots of people do it very successfully on carnivore diet.😊

[@mariepaukowits1709]

Yes! That is what I am doing! I’m 47 and trying to feel better naturally and so far so good

[@teresayoung1138]

Yep, don't need any carbs! I only eat animal meat and animal fats. Been eating this way going on 4 years.

[@mariepaukowits1709]

@@teresayoung1138 awesome! That’s my goal no carbs at all. I do eat a little carbs now. Slowly weaning off!

[@debbiegrooman5800]

I cant give up my blueberries! ❤😊

[@robinsmith4958]

Your body and brain need complex carbs. When I cut carbs I became very ill.

[@ianmallows660]

A starving rat want drink alcohol don’t that tell us something we’re being brainwashed in to drinking a highly addictive drug 😢😢😢😢😢

[@GinaSherman-gc2cx]

I don’t think having one drink or two isn’t that bad ,

[@brentolson5504]

Get too the point.

[@taylorsaxon1089]

Gawd "sober curious" 🤮

[@lizauger9828]

I think women drinking is disgusting when its not part of a celebration or occasion. Then it should be just one or two. Women of child bearing age shouldnt drink at all, in case they are pregnant or breastfeeding. If your trying to conceive dont drink at all.

[@donnazukadley7300]

I think your comment is disgusting and judgemental

[@SRS675]

So you think you are wiser than Jesus Christ who turned water to wine

[@flipdiva0007]

Don't believe everything you read.

[@ianmallows660]

Y don’t the show us every nite on the news or in the news papers about how addictive alcohol is and the homes of alcohol what it does to every family on the planet 🌍 I’ll tell you you y coz it makes billions ov pounds a year 🥲🥲🥲🥲🥲🥲