Your Gut After One Drink

One night of drinking can shift your gut by morning — and most people have no idea it’s happening.

You might think alcohol only affects your brain or your liver. But within hours of drinking, your gut bacteria begin to change. Not weeks. Not years. Hours. That glass of wine or those beers don’t just pass through quietly — they interact with trillions of microbes that influence your mood, energy, cravings, inflammation, and immune function.

In this episode, Mike Hardenbrook breaks down the real science behind alcohol and your microbiome, including:

• How alcohol disrupts beneficial gut bacteria like Lactobacillus and Bifidobacteria
 • Why even moderate drinking can increase intestinal permeability (“leaky gut”)
 • How gut shifts may contribute to next-day anxiety, brain fog, and mood dips
 • The connection between alcohol, serotonin production, and the gut-brain axis
 • Why cravings spike after drinking — and what your microbes have to do with it
 • Practical ways to support your gut, even if you still drink occasionally

You’ll also learn how ingredients like Milk Thistle and N-Acetyl-L-Cysteine (NAC) — found in Daily Restore — may help support liver function, antioxidant defense, and overall resilience when alcohol strains your system.

🎧 Tap play to understand how alcohol impacts your gut in real time — and why feeling better might start deeper than you think.