Chuanguan News reporter Wei Feng.
The Spring Festival and the reunion of relatives and friends are inseparable from the link of pushing the cup and changing the lamp. What should I pay attention to when drinking during the Chinese New Year, and what conditions should I not drink? Why is it healthier to drink? During the Spring Festival, Sichuan CDC and Chengdu CDC experts popularized science about those things that do not hurt the body by drinking.
How to achieve "drinking limit" during the Spring Festival
The maximum amount of alcohol to drink a day is recommended to be no more than 15 grams, and it is easy to get drunk and cause great damage to the gastrointestinal tract.
Experts from the Sichuan Institute of Disease Control and Health said that excessive alcohol consumption can cause damage to various organs of the body, especially the liver, stomach and heart, and increase the risk of high blood pressure, stroke, breast cancer and digestive tract cancer. It can also affect people's judgment and reaction ability, increasing the risk of accidents. How to limit the amount of alcohol you drink and try not to hurt your body? Here are some suggestions:
One is to understand the alcohol content of different types of alcohol. Everyone drinks differently, and knowing the alcohol content of different types of alcohol can help control the amount of alcohol consumed. Normally, the maximum amount of alcohol that adult men and women should drink a day is recommended to be no more than 15 grams in terms of alcohol consumption, but this is only the amount of pure alcohol, and it needs to be converted in practice.
According to Chengdu disease control experts, according to the latest research based on a large sample of more than 500,000 Chinese, there is a positive linear relationship between alcohol consumption and the risk of death from multiple diseases, rather than U-shaped. This means that there is no "safe amount" of alcohol consumption. If you can't avoid drinking, it is necessary to control the amount of alcohol.
Secondly, it is to drink slowly and with food. Don't drink too quickly and too violently, as food can slow down the absorption of alcohol and reduce the effects on your body. A heavy infusion is not only easy to get drunk, but also more damaging to the gastrointestinal tract.
Experts from the Sichuan Institute of Disease Control and Prevention also reminded that it is necessary to control the time of drinking. Try not to drink alcohol too late in the evening to avoid affecting the quality of sleep. At the same time, try to choose low-alcohol alcohol, under normal circumstances, high-alcohol alcohol is more damaging to organs such as the liver than low-alcohol alcohol.
How to "eat" when drinking is more scientific.
Eat more vegetables, whole grains, potatoes, meat, eggs and soy products to protect the liver, and drink plenty of water.
Chengdu disease control experts recommend that you should be at the bottom before drinking, and you must not drink on an empty stomach, because the absorption rate of alcohol on an empty stomach is much higher than that on a full stomach. It is recommended to eat some staple foods and pureed foods, such as porridge and sesame paste, to protect the gastric mucosa.
When drinking, one is to drink more water to promote alcohol excretion; Second, we should eat more vegetables, coarse grains, potatoes, protein-rich meat, eggs and soy products to delay alcohol absorption and protect the liver.
After drinking, experts recommend drinking more water, or rice soup, white fungus soup, etc., or eating some fresh fruits to help dilute alcohol concentration, increase urine output, and promote alcohol metabolism.
In addition, most of the culprits of gout are purines in the diet, and alcohol (especially beer) itself is high in purines, which can inhibit the excretion of uric acid and promote uric acid production. "Beer and seafood" is the "gout**" of the real hammer, but in fact, animal offal, seafood and thick soup are also the "hardest hit areas" of purines, so patients with hyperuricemia cannot drink alcohol, let alone take the risk of trying "gout**".
Chengdu disease control experts also reminded that drinking strong tea, coffee, and vinegar does not cure hangover. Strong-tea and coffee not only fail to increase the amount or activity of acetaldehyde dehydrogenase, but may also increase the burden on the kidneys and heart. The main component of vinegar is acetic acid, acetic acid is also a metabolite of alcohol, which is bound to reduce the rate of alcohol metabolism, and vinegar will also stimulate the mucosa of the digestive tract, so it is not advisable to use vinegar to relieve hangover. The best way to cure hangover is to drink plenty of water.
People who drink alcohol, blush, or are taking blood pressure medication should not drink alcohol.
Experts from Sichuan CDC and Chengdu CDC said that these groups of people should not drink alcohol:
1. Pregnant women, nursing mothers and children. Excessive alcohol consumption in a pregnant woman may cause the fetus in the womb to develop alcohol syndrome, which can lead to physical defects, intellectual or cognitive impairment of the fetus; Whereas lactating women drink alcohol, the alcohol will enter the milk. Don't drink it for children, as alcohol can affect brain development for children and teens.
2. People who blush when drinking alcohol and are allergic to alcohol. The reason for the flush is that the body has a weak ability to remetabolize acetaldehyde, a metabolite of alcohol, into acetic acid, resulting in a large accumulation of acetaldehyde in the body. Acetaldehyde is a class I carcinogen, and drinking alcohol on the face is acetaldehyde poisoning. Alcohol allergy is generally manifested as itching, rashes, hives, cold sweats, etc., and in severe cases, it may have difficulty breathing, and it can be fatal if the rescue is not timely. Since you are allergic to alcohol, you should not drink alcohol, let alone exercise for the sake of desensitization. If you have allergies, please consult a doctor promptly.
3. People with special occupations and certain diseases. For example, driving a car, operating a machine, or doing other jobs that require skill or concentration. People with certain diseases (such as hypertriglyceridemia, diabetes, pancreatitis, liver disease, etc.); People with high blood uric acid should not drink a lot of beer to reduce the risk of gout attacks.
4. In addition to cephalosporin, there are also people who are taking these drugs. Many people know that cephalosporins can easily cause disulfiram-like reactions, in fact, there are many drugs, such as antibacterial drugs, ** non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs, anticoagulants, antihypertensive drugs, etc., all interact with alcohol.