“Ever-popular 30 day challenges are a well-known wellness trend. One especially common self-imposed test is Dry January, which encourages participants to give up alcohol for a month. If that sounds tough, imagine going more than three months without a drop of booze. Now that’s rough.

Freelance journalist and former Men’s Heath UK senior editor Jonathan Thompson went 100 days without alcohol to see how it would improve his overall health. Not only did Thompson give up alcohol, but he also went without sugar and increased his exercise regimen for the last half of the experiment.”

Find more from Men´s Health UK (UK, 2019)