3 blind mistakes when drinking alcohol

In fact, you may hear a lot about the experience of drinking alcohol. For example, drinking alcohol with soft drinks, eating sausages and ham, drinking coffee and tea to reduce the harmful effects of alcohol...

However, according to experts, these concepts are completely wrong. Below are 3 blind concepts to help you drink alcohol in a healthy way.

Drink beer with soft drinks to reduce drunkenness

Nowadays, many people have the idea that drinking alcohol with soft drinks can reduce drunkenness, they mix alcohol with soft drinks, they think that the concentration of alcohol can be reduced because of soft drinks.

According to experts, mixing alcohol with soft drinks and energy drinks not only does not help to relieve hangovers but can also make you drunk faster.

In addition, carbonated drinks can release carbon dioxide in the human stomach and force alcohol into the small intestine quickly. In addition, the absorption rate of alcohol by the small intestine can be accelerated. Therefore, the hidden danger to the human body is greatly increased.

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Serve sausage, ham with beer

Drinking wine and smoked meat creates a great taste, although the taste of wine will linger in the mouth for a long time, but it actually poses a health risk. According to nutritionists, smoked foods contain a lot of nitrosamine (a carcinogen). The concentration of dissolved nitrosamine in wine is very high, which will increase the risk of esophageal cancer, stomach cancer ...

Therefore, when drinking alcohol, you should eat some foods but you should avoid foods such as salted fish, sausages and preserved ham.

To reduce the harmful effects of alcohol on the stomach and liver, you should drink milk or eat eggs before drinking. The high protein in these foods can react with alcohol to reduce the amount of alcohol absorbed by the human body.

Drink tea and coffee to sober up

Many people think that tea and coffee can help reduce the effects of alcohol. But in fact, the main ingredient of coffee is caffeine, if you drink it in moderation, it will help the body to be excited, improve the spirit and benefit the stomach. However, if you drink too much, it can cause poisoning, especially after drinking alcohol because coffee can make alcohol more harmful to the body, especially causing brain damage. At the same time, it speeds up blood circulation, increases the burden on the heart's blood vessels, causing damage several times more than normal drinking.

Tea has the effect of sobering up, but it causes other harmful effects on the heart and kidneys because alcohol and tea both have strong stimulants for the heart. With alcohol, the heart already has to work harder, plus tea makes the heart work harder, leading to excessive excitement. In addition, drinking tea right after drinking alcohol also makes the kidneys work too hard to eliminate stimulants. That elimination is not fast enough, leading to alcohol retention, over time leading to excess uric acid, causing kidney stones.

According to specialists, men should not consume large amounts of coffee after drinking alcohol, which will make dehydration worse. Strong tea is also the enemy of drunk people, because it makes the heart extremely excited and is harmful to the kidneys.

Note, you should not drink alcohol on an empty stomach, the stomach lining and esophagus are easily damaged by alcohol, causing stomach pain, even vomiting, bleeding, and long-term acute gastritis. When drinking alcohol, alcohol will hinder the liver's sugar metabolism. Therefore, before drinking alcohol, you need to eat foods rich in carbohydrates to regulate blood sugar, and at the same time, it also has the effect of quickly reducing the absorption of alcohol and the stimulation of alcohol into the stomach.

To stay healthy and reduce the harmful effects of alcohol, you should understand alcohol and drink it in a healthy and reasonable way.

(VnMedia) - M.D