January is a troublesome month in many ways and many say February is no better. There’s the obvious post-Christmas downer we all experience, which usually kicks in once you’ve taken down the decorations and boxed them up for another year. You’ve spent the festive season eating and drinking to excess and seen your waistline expand and the only thing shedding pounds is your wallet.

It’s cold, it’s dark and payday is a long way off. Psychologists have even come up with something they call Blue Monday, which kicks in about two-thirds of the way through the month and is supposed to be the prime time for the January blues to really really bite. You need a drink, but you can’t even turn to that now as you’ve sworn you’re definitely doing Dry January this year and possibly going to see whether you can stretch it to February.

Dry January originated as a drive by alcohol awareness charities such as Alcohol Change UK and is intended to promote the benefits of abstaining from alcohol for 31 days at the start of the year. Health experts are certainly aware of the upside. In recent years, studies have shown that, if you are medium to heavy drinker, giving up alcohol for a month can help you shift an average of 2kg in weight. There are also benefits for your blood pressure with abstinence leading to a drop in blood pressure of around 5% and you are a third less likely to be at risk from diabetes.

However, some experts also warn that a sudden and enforced detox like this may not be the best way to address your relationship with alcohol and recommend moderating your drinking over a longer period of time instead. Total abstinence can be followed by a period of reward, when people think that their month-long detox means they can go back to drinking at the same levels they did before, and some even increase their drinking to make up for the lost month.

Critics say that the pitfalls of drives like Dry January lie in the fact that people feel they are being forced to do something rather than deciding to cut down on their alcohol intake because they want to.

In fact, the vast majority of people who start Dry January rarely make it to the end with their sobriety intact. Many find it too difficult to go cold turkey after spending the previous month using wine and beer to wash down warm turkey.

Cutting down on drink at this time of year can be tough, but there are ways to make it easier. The first is to seek out alcohol-free alternatives to your favourite drinks. You might also want to consider rescheduling social events where possible as these are often the occasions when it is most difficult to avoid taking a drink if you are used to doing so.

As part of a wider drive to detox, you should drink plenty of water throughout the day and eat better overall. You should also think about taking up a new activity and getting more active. Not only will this improve your health and fitness, but it will keep you busy (and tire you out!), leaving you less likely to reach for that drink.

Dramatically reducing your alcohol intake can improve your health, from losing weight, to reducing blood pressure, giving you better skin and improving your concentration. However, the sudden shock to the system that something like Dry January can be difficult to absorb, and with all the factors mentioned earlier that can contribute to a sluggish mood at this time of year, sometimes we need a helping hand.

Many people may have started a more nutritious diet at this time of year and the annual health kick can lead many to continue their healthy eating regime throughout the year. However, sometimes eating vitamin-rich food may not be giving us all the nutrients we need for a number of reasons. Some foods don’t contain the requisite concentration of the vitamins we need while other foods which are high in those vitamins prove difficult for our bodies to break down, and so we are not getting the full benefits of them.

You need something which will get those nutrients straight to your door and then straight into your body. That’s where home delivery IV nutrient therapy comes in. Such services are now quite widespread, with clients given the option of visiting a number of locations or having the treatment administered at home.

IV Boost is one such company by Dr Joshua Berkowitz, the IV drip therapy IV Boost provides does not take the long round, it gets the vitamins and minerals straight into your bloodstream so they can start acting right away.

You’ll feel the benefits instantly, with a string of satisfied patients already extolling the benefits of IV drip therapy. IV Boost has already been given the thumbs up by athletes, celebrities and busy professionals. Treatments typically take around 45 minutes to an hour and patients report of feeling the benefits straightaway.

The therapy has range of great benefits, from reducing tiredness and fatigue to maintaining healthy bones, muscles, teeth, skin and hair. Particularly at this time of the year when immune systems are flagging and there are all kinds of nasty bugs and viruses flying about, IV drip therapy can help fight off the onset of colds or flu and get you motoring again.

The therapy can also supercharge your detox and dieting efforts, helping you keep those New Year’s resolutions on the straight and narrow. With the detoxification boosters from IvBoost, the toxins are removed from your body and that can help maximise your own efforts at weight loss. It will also recharge your batteries, raising energy levels and allowing to exercise more effectively.

This is also the time of year when people are more likely to face mental health fatigue. With an energy booster administered by IV drip, patients have reported that not only do they feel more energised, but that they mental wellbeing has improved dramatically, cutting out the Blue Mondays.

Sickness and stress are the two greatest barriers to productivity in the many workplaces, and it’s no surprise to discover that both are intertwined. Suffering from anxiety and stress due to being overworked makes your body much more prone to infection and your health suffers as a result.
If you run your own business, you will be aware of the financial cost of sick days and, even as an employee, too many sick days does not look good on your record. Giving your health an IV boost from time to time is a great way to keep the wheels of industry turning.

And, even if Dry January hasn’t gone as planned or if you’re planning a big blow out, there are emergency IV delivery services available which can get you rehydrated in double-quick time, allowing you to quickly shake off the aftermath of ‘the night before’.

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