Why Alcohol Hits Women Harder After 40 + 3 Ways to Drink Less

<p>Struggling to know what to do when stress, boredom or big emotions hit?<br></p><p>Download my free guide &quot;100 Things to Do Instead of Drinking&quot;, a toolkit for sitting with those feelings instead of reaching for a glass of wine.</p><p><br></p><p>Get your free guide → <a href="https://sarahrusbatch.com/free-guide-100-things-to-do-instead-of-drinking"><u>https://bit.ly/4qOiGUw</u></a></p><p><br></p><p>If you cannot bounce back from two glasses of wine the way you did in your twenties, you are not imagining it. There are three biological reasons women process alcohol less effectively than men, and all three get stronger as we age.<br></p><p>In this solo episode I walk you through the three reasons women cannot metabolise alcohol as effectively as men. I cover the body composition difference, the enzyme we produce less of than men and less again as we age, and the hormonal piece almost no one talks about. I also share what I learnt in my menopause coach training about shrinking liver volume in midlife, and the health risks that arrive faster for women. Then I give you the three tips I use with the twelve thousand women I have supported through my alcohol reset challenges. I was a grey area drinker for twenty-nine years, so none of this comes from a place of judgement. <br></p><p>Key Topics Covered</p><p>-Less water and more body fat, and why a man dilutes the very same drink far more effectively than you do.</p><p>- The enzyme that clears alcohol, and why men produce more of it than women do from the start.</p><p>- Why aging stacks the odds, as we make less of that enzyme every decade that passes.</p><p>- The harms that arrive faster for women, from liver disease and stroke to addiction and breast cancer.</p><p>- Oestrogen and where you are in your cycle, and why two glasses can feel like nothing one week and floor you the next.</p><p>- The shrinking midlife liver, and what that means for the organ doing most of the work.</p><p>- Adding something in when you take alcohol out, because a break with no plan for stress and fun rarely holds.</p><p>- Awareness first, then thirty days of data, tracking sleep, mood, energy and anxiety so the decision is yours.</p><p><br></p><p>***</p><p><br></p><p>Sarah Rusbatch is an accredited Health and Wellbeing Coach and one of Australia’s leading experts on grey area drinking. Her podcast, Stronger, Bolder, Wiser, is the go-to space for women who are questioning their relationship with alcohol, navigating life alcoho