Joe Rogan has joined the rising tribe of teetotalers.
On a latest episode of “The Joe Rogan Expertise,” the podcaster, 57, stated he has given up consuming alcohol.
“I feel I’m executed,” he stated. “For no purpose, aside from that, it’s not good for you.”
Rogan famous that he didn’t should give up and that he loved it, however that the times after consuming had been “simply too tough.”
“And I’m like, ‘What sort of a moron who takes so excellent care of his physique is poisoning himself a pair days per week for enjoyable?’” he went on. “Why am I doing that?”
Rogan, who can also be a UFC commentator, stated he requested himself, “Will I nonetheless have the identical quantity of enjoyable if I don’t poison myself?”
‘”It seems, sure,” he stated
Different celebrities which were open about their alcohol cessation embrace Brad Pitt, Rob Lowe, Valerie Bertinelli, Bradley Cooper and Elle MacPherson.
Quitting alcohol could also be probably the most impactful, modifiable threat elements for age-related illness and weight problems, second solely to quitting tobacco, in response to Dr. Brett Osborn, a Florida neurologist and longevity skilled.
“Alcohol is a neurotoxin that disrupts neurotransmission, promotes neuroinflammation, and has been straight linked to an elevated threat of neurodegenerative ailments comparable to dementia,” he instructed Fox Information Digital.
It additionally harms the physique, he warned, impairing glucose metabolism and interfering with blood sugar regulation.
“It contributes to metabolic dysfunction and visceral fats accumulation and will increase the probability of kind 2 diabetes,” he stated.
“Lengthy and quick: Alcohol makes you fats. It’s a supply of pointless extra energy.”
Research have additionally proven that alcohol is a carcinogen, related to increased charges of liver, breast, esophageal, colon and head/neck cancers — even with low ranges of consumption, Osborn famous.
“When somebody quits consuming, the advantages are speedy and profound,” he stated.
“Sleep improves inside days, power ranges rebound, irritation subsides, your joints not harm and insulin sensitivity returns.”
After ditching alcohol, which is a depressant, individuals sometimes have a newfound motivation to train and pursue different wholesome habits, the physician added.
GLP-1 agonists, like Ozempic and Wegovy — which had been initially developed for kind 2 diabetes and at the moment are getting used for weight reduction — have additionally proven early promise in serving to people cut back alcohol consumption.
“My sufferers on these drugs not solely discover vital urge for food suppression, however their ‘thirst’ for alcohol is dramatically tempered,” Osborn stated. “Most cease consuming altogether inside six to 12 months.”
The neurosurgeon predicts that these drugs might quickly be a part of a dual-approach technique — “facilitating abstinence from alcohol whereas concurrently selling fats loss and enhancing an individual’s metabolic well being, thereby lowering their threat of practically all non-infectious age-related ailments.”
“Keep in mind, we not die of tuberculosis or The Plague, however ‘artifical’ ailments, a few of which begin within the nonetheless.”
Fox Information Digital reached out to Joe Rogan for remark.
