Ate, drank and enjoyed it, but now it's time to face reality and see what to do to detox.
To this end, each year many take refuge in crash diets, but with so many pseudoscientific advice in the media, it is difficult to know what to believe.
Therefore, we filter the evidence to help you find proven back in shape with the least possible ways agony.
consider abstain
Although the idea of abstaining from alcohol, in January has become a regular habit for many drinkers, there is little evidence that it has long-term benefits.
However, research by the British magazine New Scientist has some interesting clues about.
In a joint study with the School of Medicine at University College London UK 10 journalists from abstained from alcohol for a month.
All showed a 15% reduction of fat in the liver, causing a series of liver diseases, and reduced cholesterol and blood glucose.
The evidence is preliminary, and Professor Rajiv Jalan, University of London, emphasizes that refrain in January can not compensate for 11 months excesses.
Despite this, research by the University of Sussex found to abstain the first month of the year also helped reduce consumption levels in the remaining months in a sample of students. The research was funded by the charity Alcohol Concern or Alcohol Concern.
Do not be fooled with Superfoods
To Beyoncé is a diet lemon juice, red pepper and sap; for others it is quinoa, tea dandelion roots, blueberry and algae.
For many, these superfoods have the potential to drain the body of harmful chemicals and improve the condition of skin and hair, and achieve a more tapered waist.
In fact, scientific studies not give convincing evidence that any of these diets "detox" or detoxification can remove contaminants in the body, according to a comprehensive analysis released last month.
Even the supposed benefits of antioxidants, which has long been thought to prevent cancer, are in doubt.
If you are looking to lose weight and live a longer and healthier life, the best option is still a rich in fruits, vegetables, fish and unprocessed carbohydrates balanced and moderate diet.
Read also: the Mediterranean diet helps keep "genetically young"
win muscle
Although fisicultura may seem a matter of people obsessed with the gym, lifting weights should be part of routine exercises of all.
This is because more healthy muscles help reduce problems such as insulin resistance, which causes diabetes and heart disease.
This applies no matter what your weight. Obese doing exercises to strengthen the muscles have the same risk of heart attacks healthier people.
Exercises to strengthen the muscles also help lower blood pressure and are thought to be particularly beneficial for older people who lose body mass faster.
Combine aerobic exercise to strengthen muscles is the most efficient way to control weight and protect the heart.
See also: Really sweat makes you lose weight?
Did not feel much
Even if you exercise regularly you do not let the satisfaction of having done your routine take you to complacency.
One study found that half of women who exercise actually gain weight, perhaps because they feel that exercise gives them license to be less active after the routine.
The fact is that regular exercise even good, can not alone counter the adverse effects of a sedentary lifestyle.
Sitting for long periods, rather than, for example, entertain doing things in the garden, allowing glucose and blood fat accumulation, and generates peaks in the generation of insulin.
And all this can contribute to long-term problems with metabolism.
The consequences give much thought: one study suggests that after 25 years, each time watching television costs a person 22 minutes of life. With this, your life expectancy is reduced by five years, even if the person is exercising on a regular basis.
Activities such as reading, writing or video games have the same effect.
One solution is to adopt more active pastimes and if you spend a lot of time working at a desk, can counteract the effect by standing and doing a short walking every twenty minutes or so, to limit the potential long-term damage.
Do not be puritanical
Somehow, our resolutions early years is a triumph of hope over experience: only 8% of people meet their purposes.
Maybe it's because we are too ambitious and we judge ourselves harshly when we fail to meet those high standards.
Psychologists say that the fault may have an impact on our behavior and leads to more temptations and boycott our own goals.
Meanwhile, if you enjoy the occasional indulgence, that can help you recharge your self-control.
So even if you intend to submit to a rigorous abstinence, be sure to leave room also for some vice.