The side effects of binge drinking

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"Alcohol is marketed all too well." When actor Suniel Shetty and cult.fit-owner Mukesh Bansal discussed the side effects of alcohol.    : Nikhil Kamath

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00:00I believe alcohol is as bad as smoking.

00:02It starts with one drink and then, you know, it suddenly builds drinking.

00:05Anna has never had a drink, no?

00:07I've never.

00:08I used to see mild, timid guys change with a one drink, with two drinks, with three drinks

00:16and a four drink, you know, and different personalities.

00:30I used to binge drink before, you know, like every once in a while.

00:59You know, we'd all catch up and once a friend's around, you know, it starts with one drink

01:04and then, you know, it's suddenly binge drinking.

01:07But then, you know, the last two, three years, all the research I've done, I mean, I think

01:10binge drink, there's nothing more harmful that it can do to your body than binge drinking.

01:14Do you drink Mukesh?

01:18Used to.

01:19I was a regular drinker, never really a heavy drinker, but I was into my wine.

01:25I think over a period of time, I learned to enjoy my wine.

01:28But every time I'll drink, next day I'll pay the price.

01:31I'll have a terrible sleep.

01:32I'll wake up, you know, just feeling groggy and not up to it.

01:35I will definitely miss my workout and whole day I'll feel like my brain is not working.

01:38I'm like this, you know, compromised, you know, person, you know, just there, but not

01:42really there.

01:43And then I'll remind myself, you know, is it really worth it?

01:45Do I want to do it again?

01:46Next will come by, next week will come by, next social occasion.

01:49Then you start with, you know, one drink.

01:50Last year, I decided enough is enough, you know, I stopped.

01:53It's been nine months.

01:54I have not touched a drink.

01:55The intention is to not do drink.

01:56And I agree with you on all the research I've seen.

01:58This alcohol, you know, I think it's been marketed all too well, especially wine is

02:02good for you kind of marketing last 20 years and absolutely bogus, there's no truth to

02:06it whatsoever.

02:07Alcohol, I mean, I guess I can say on this podcast, at this point, I believe alcohol

02:11is as bad as smoking.

02:13It's only a matter of time before, I think science already caught up.

02:16There is absolutely no dispute as far as science goes, but the mainstream media and the communication

02:20has not caught up.

02:22I think it's a matter of time.

02:23Apparently, most people die of loneliness and stress.

02:26I mean, that's really the bigger killer than, you know, cardio or mental and etc.

02:32I mean, loneliness and stress.

02:33And then if a little bit of alcohol can get you over that, now, the question is, is it

02:38a safe enough compromise to make or not?

02:41Because, you know, if a drink is a reason for you to get together with friends, can

02:46it bring down the stress in a way helping you in some way, right?

02:49And maybe the key is to keep it to just one drink.

02:51The problem is the inhibition goes down so much after the first drink and that's when

02:55your troubles start.

02:56I mean, it's just, I think, much easier to not drink than to have just one drink and

03:01stop, right?

03:02So that's like once the one becomes two or three and that's when, you know, I think you're

03:05well past solving for loneliness and social isolation and so on.

03:09Anna has never had a drink, no?

03:11No, but then you're the chauffeur when you don't drink, you know, with friends, you're

03:16driving them around.

03:17I've never, I never did.

03:18But what was the, what was the thing in your head which made you not even want to have

03:22a sip?

03:23I guess, like I said, my martial arts background and then heavy drinkers at times in the family

03:28and what they go through.

03:30Is that it?

03:31Like somebody you saw drinking heavily?

03:32Not necessarily impacted, that hasn't impacted or, you know, that's not the decision.

03:38But then I've seen people and behaviors change and people change and running a restaurant

03:43myself, a bar myself, you know, we used to work with dad and took care of the bar.

03:50And I used to see mild, timid guys change with a one drink, with two drinks, with three

03:58drinks and the fourth drink, you know, and different personalities.

04:01So I think somewhere down the line, I also saw too much of that and decided, you know

04:06what, it's better to stay away.

04:08And then it became a challenge and then people started, like I said, started appreciating

04:12your health and your career was dependent on your fitness.

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