One. A small amount of drinking is good for health.
Modern scientific research has confirmed that a small amount of drinking is beneficial to human health. What are the benefits?
1. Nutrition: The survey shows that French people like to eat steak, and the intake of meat, especially fat, is several times that of Americans; However, the incidence of cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases is much lower than that of Americans. The reason is that the French benefit from red wine. Studies have shown that red wine contains phytochemicals such as resveratrol, proanthocyanidins, polyphenols, etc., which have the functions of antioxidation, reducing the contents of cholesterol and triglycerides in blood, preventing aging, preventing atherosclerosis, preventing cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases, and resisting cancer. Red wine also contains vitamins B and C, inorganic salts and trace elements such as calcium, potassium, magnesium and selenium. Beer is called' liquid bread' and is rich in amino acids and vitamins. High quality liquor is called' liquid cake'; Yellow rice wine contains 18 amino acids and a lot of vitamin B. 100 ml yellow rice wine contains 1.2~ 1.6 g protein, which can provide 120 kcal of heat. In a word, wine is rich in nutrition.
2. Have an appetite: There are sayings of' aperitif' and' rice wine' in many areas. So, why can drinking be appetizing and adding rice? Because: the vitamins and acidic substances contained in it can increase the secretion of saliva and gastric juice and increase the secretion of insulin. So it can increase appetite and help digestion, so it has the functions of' appetizing' and' adding rice'.
3. Cheer up: Drinking is a fusion agent of interpersonal relationships, which can cheer up the spirit, help interest, adjust the atmosphere and increase fun. Friends and relatives get together, colleagues have dinner, business talks, diplomatic activities,' no wine, no table', no wine, no atmosphere, drinking is an essential content. Therefore, China people can drink a glass of West Lake water a year; Adult male drinking rate reached 42.2%. Obviously, the national liquor monopoly is not a small income.
4. Courage: wine can be courageous and increase heroism. Song Wu, with a strong drink, was as brave as an ox and heroic in Jingyanggang. He just punched and killed a fierce tiger. After three glasses of wine, dare to say what you dare not say: the decision you dare not make is final; The pace of hesitation began.
However, things always follow the law of quantitative change to qualitative change. Drinking too much is harmful. After exceeding a certain amount, the greater the amount, the heavier the harm to the human body.
Two. Excessive drinking is harmful to health.
Wine is made from grain or fruit; Alcohol is harmful to human body. The main component of alcohol is ethanol. After entering the human body, 90% ethanol is detoxified in the liver, converted into acetaldehyde, gradually oxidized, and finally turned into carbon dioxide and water.
What harm does alcoholism do to human body?
1. brain injury: after alcohol enters the human body, it weakens the inhibition process of the cerebral cortex, enhances the excitement process, and makes people appear excited. ; With the increase of alcohol concentration in blood, the cerebral cortex and the whole central nervous system are more inhibited. When the blood concentration of alcohol reaches 0.05%, people will feel excited when they are excited. When it reaches 0. 1%, alcoholism, loss of self-control, unclear articulation, unstable walking, or gibberish occur; When it reaches 0.2%, it is as drunk as a fiddler; At 0.3%, you will be drunk; at 0.4%, you will be unconscious, which can be life-threatening in severe cases. According to some data, if you drink alcohol for more than two or three years every day, your intelligence will drop by 30%~50%.
2. Sadness: Alcoholism accelerates heart rate, increases myocardial oxygen consumption, coronary artery spasm, induces angina pectoris and even myocardial infarction. Some data show that drinking alcohol for more than three to five years every day can cause alcoholic cardiomyopathy, which is characterized by palpitation, shortness of breath, chest tightness, fatigue, cough, heart enlargement, arrhythmia, heart failure, "decapitation hypertension" and so on.
3. Liver injury: Because alcohol is mainly detoxified in the liver, the liver can handle 6-7 grams of alcohol per hour. If alcoholism, the alcohol entering the liver exceeds the processing capacity of the liver, then the first victim is naturally the liver. Ethanol, the main component of alcohol, first decomposes into acetaldehyde after entering the liver. Acetaldehyde can directly damage the liver and promote the formation of fatty liver. Long-term heavy drinking can lead to liver injury, alcoholic hepatitis, fatty liver, liver cirrhosis and even liver cancer. 40% patients who died of liver cirrhosis were caused by chronic alcoholism.
4. Promote cancer: Alcohol is not a carcinogen, but a carcinogen. After drinking, the anti-cancer substances such as carotene, riboflavin, vitamins, folic acid, zinc and magnesium in the blood decreased, and the enzyme activity of inhibiting ammonium nitrite decreased, which promoted the occurrence of cancer. Therefore, the probability of liver cancer, lung cancer, colorectal cancer, esophageal cancer, laryngeal cancer, oral cancer, breast cancer and other cancers has increased significantly. ,
5. Teratogenesis; The primary reason why parents drink too much makes the fetus mentally retarded. This is because excessive alcohol will affect the motility of sperm and eggs, and also affect the structure and number of chromosomes. It is also easy to produce other fetal malformations.
6. fatal; It is not uncommon for people to die in car accidents after drinking and driving. As for personal injury or death caused by drunkenness, there are not a few.
Three. How to drink is better?
Adult men drink alcohol every day, no more than 20 grams of alcohol; Women's words are not more than 10g. The standard in our country is that drinking alcohol should not exceed 15g every day. In order to avoid the trouble of switching between wine and alcohol, it is generally understood that liquor should not exceed one or two ounces, red wine should not exceed two ounces and beer should not exceed one catty every day.
Healthy drinking means that if you want to limit drinking, you should drink scientifically, safely and healthily, and drink a small amount or a moderate amount of low-alcohol alcohol in an appropriate way on appropriate occasions, so as to avoid drinking alcohol under any inappropriate circumstances and minimize the harm of alcohol.
1. Drinking at dinner: According to the biological rhythm characteristics of the human body, various enzymes in the body are generally more active in the afternoon, so moderate drinking at dinner is less harmful to the body.
2. Less and slower: a small amount of slow drinking is more appropriate; Don't try to be brave, drink too hard and too fast, and don't smoke while drinking, which will aggravate the damage to your body. Eat some food before drinking or eat lean meat, beans, eggs, milk and other foods rich in protein and fresh vegetables at the same time to delay the absorption of alcohol and protect the gastric mucosa.
3. Comfortable mentality: Mental state is also very important for drinkers. When the physical condition and mental state are good, the human body has a strong ability to decompose alcohol. Therefore, when you feel comfortable and have something to celebrate, you can drink a small amount or a moderate amount of wine; It is best not to drink when you are upset, depressed and lonely.
4. Four shortcomings: First, women are more susceptible to alcohol than men, and women have acetaldehyde dehydrogenase deficiency, so try to drink as little as possible. Second, when you are sick, you should ban alcohol or follow the doctor's advice to avoid aggravating your illness or adding new diseases. You should abstain from alcohol or follow the doctor's advice when taking medicine. Third, obese people have greater hidden dangers of physical diseases, and alcohol produces higher calories, which will further promote weight gain, which is not conducive to health, so it is not appropriate to drink alcohol. Fourth, people who are allergic to alcohol should not drink alcohol.