Here’s What Happens to Your Body When You Cut Out Alcohol for 30 Days<br /><br />Cutting out alcohol if you drink in excess can bring about health benefits for your liver, heart, and body composition.<br />The current Dietary Guidelines for Americans recommend that alcohol should be consumed in moderation — up to one drink per day for women and up to two drinks per day for men.<br />Alcohol consumption has been linked to cancers of the head, neck, esophagus, liver, breast, colon, and rectum.<br /><br />Many people turn to Dry January as a motivator to start off the new year alcohol-free.<br /><br />But while abstaining from alcohol for a month might seem like a trendy, short-term New Year’s resolution, there are several health benefits that come with it.<br /><br />“The benefits can vary from person to person depending on how much of a change from their baseline behavior this is,” Dr. Rekha B. Kumar, medical director of the American Board of Obesity Medicine.<br /><br />For those who drink in moderation, Kumar said partaking in Dry January won’t do harm, but it may not do much good either.<br /><br />“There are people who have learned to practice very reasonable alcohol consumption that contributes to psychosocial well-being in a way that does not impair their health. In these people, completely cutting out healthy/moderate/social consumption might interfere with their social dynamics, cultural factors around meals, and mildly interfere with one’s routine of stress management,”
