Aunt Wang went to a friend's house to be a guest, and found that her friend, who had been teetotalless, was holding a glass of red wine and tasting it carefully.

"I'm too old to drink." Aunt Wang whispered to her friend.

"Haven't you read that article? Red wine is a good thing, which can not only beauty beauty, but also soften blood vessels and fight cancer. " The friend said, while taking out his mobile phone to show the article to Aunt Wang.

When Aunt Wang answered the phone, she was still chanting: "It must be an expert who made it up to lie to us old people in order to sell wine."

My friend pointed out the article to Aunt Wang and said plausibly, "Look, this is an authoritative study."

Aunt Wang followed her friend's finger. It was really a study that red wine could treat cancer. This time, Aunt Wang was completely dumbfounded. Aunt Wang has always adhered to the theory of not drinking. Is there something wrong?

Drinking red wine for health has always been a commercial gimmick for merchants to sell wine. At present, many scholars have done a lot of research on the anticancer effect of red wine, and have also achieved some scientific research results. However, drinking red wine can fight cancer. Is it reliable? Is it wrong for people to say that long-term drinking is harmful to health?

In recent years, I believe everyone has heard of 1.2 million needles of anticancer drugs. This expensive anticancer drug is the product of CAR-T therapy. Simply put, CAR-T therapy is to install a "radar" that can identify tumor cells on patients' T cells, cultivate such cells in large quantities in vitro, and return them to patients' bodies to eliminate tumor cells in vivo.

Although this therapy is passed down as an anticancer drug, it will also bring some side effects to the body. The study of red wine should start from here. It is found that resveratrol in red wine can improve the function of T cells and the safety of immunotherapy, and can greatly reduce the side effects in CAR-T therapy.

However, this research only stays in the experimental stage and has not really been put into clinical use. As soon as this study came out, major media rushed to report that some merchants with ulterior motives took the opportunity to create rumors in order to increase the sales of red wine. For a time, the saying that "drinking red wine can fight cancer" and "drinking red wine can keep you healthy" is so rampant that it is difficult to distinguish, and many people fall into the trap of merchants.

Then the question is, can drinking red wine fight cancer?

Of course not. Resveratrol can play a role in treating cancer, and it cannot be equated with red wine, and the two cannot be simply and rudely equated directly. Moreover, the content of resveratrol in natural plants is very low and its stability is poor. In addition, in the brewing process of red wine, the manufacturing process is different, and some even blend, so the content of resveratrol is even lower.

How much resveratrol in this red wine can be fully absorbed by the human body, no one can give an accurate answer. So, again, any theory that talks about curative effect without dosage is a hooligan.

Moreover, at present, most of the research results on red wine are obtained from animals and have not yet entered the clinical stage. The structure of human body is much more complicated than that of animals, and the experimental results on animals cannot be equal to the effects on human body.

On the contrary, alcohol was listed as a carcinogen by WHO many years ago. It has been proved that long-term intake of alcohol can induce many diseases, even cancer. So, why do some people say that drinking red wine can protect cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases?

This statement is also very unscientific. This statement stems from the "French paradox." To put it simply, the French always like to eat foods high in fat and sugar, but the incidence of heart disease is the lowest in the world. Some people attribute this to the French love to drink wine. The famous "French paradox" gave birth to the theory that drinking red wine can reduce heart disease, and once praised red wine as "the star of wine".

So, can drinking red wine really reduce heart disease? Later, someone studied this statement. Red wine does contain anti-oxidation, anti-aging and removing excess cholesterol in the body, but these beneficial ingredients in red wine are very limited.

If you want to protect cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases by red wine, you need to drink dozens of liters of red wine every day. Not to mention that ordinary people can't drink so much red wine, just looking at the alcohol content in these red wines is more harmful to the human body.

On the one hand, drinking red wine has little protective effect on cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases, on the other hand, it is carcinogenic substances such as alcohol in red wine. After weighing the pros and cons, I believe everyone can make the right choice.

Others think that drinking helps to sleep, and adequate sleep also helps to reduce the burden of cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases. In fact, this is also one of the misunderstandings about red wine. After alcohol enters the human body, it can first excite the central nervous system. With the increase of alcohol intake, it will inhibit the central nervous system and make people sleepy.

Many people think that this is the effect of drinking to help sleep. Actually, it's not. This is the manifestation of central nervous system injury. Drinking red wine often will break the balance of the central nervous system and be harmful to the human body.

Sleep caused by drinking is different from normal sleep. The former has short sleep time and poor sleep quality due to the inhibition of the central nervous system. Although it looks like sleeping, the body can't get enough rest. Therefore, when people wake up after drinking, they often feel tired and dizzy. The balance of life rhythm is broken, and it needs to be adjusted for a few days to recover, which is even worse for the health of cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases.

From this perspective, drinking red wine can not only prevent cancer, but also protect cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases, and alcohol in red wine can also induce other diseases and even cancer.

According to a survey by The Lancet magazine, in 2020, about 740,000 people will be newly diagnosed with cancer related to drinking. The carcinogenicity of alcohol is mainly related to the principle of its metabolism in human body.

After alcohol enters the human body, only 10% can be metabolized through the gastrointestinal tract and excreted with food. About 80% of them are decomposed in the liver. The liver first oxidizes ethanol into acetaldehyde, acetaldehyde into acetic acid, and acetic acid is further oxidized to produce carbon dioxide and water, which are then excreted.

When alcohol is metabolized in the body, if vitamin B6 in the body is insufficient, ethanol will be converted into ether, which is a first-class carcinogen! It can not only directly interfere with the synthesis and expression of cell DNA, induce canceration, but also interfere with chromosome rearrangement, which greatly increases the probability of human cancer.

Some bad manufacturers use moldy raw materials in the production process, or some people make wine improperly, which leads to deterioration. Deteriorated raw materials or homemade wine may contain a lot of aflatoxin, which is a strong carcinogen. Drinking this wine for a long time is likely to lead to gastric cancer.

In addition, if women often drink alcohol, it may also lead to breast cancer. It is found that there is a positive correlation between women's alcohol consumption and the occurrence of breast cancer, that is to say, the more women drink, the higher the risk of breast cancer.

Some people may say that the alcohol content of red wine is lower than that of white wine and beer, and red wine has the effect of beauty beauty. Drinking red wine in moderation is not necessarily harmful.

Actually, it's not like this. Regardless of whether red wine has the effect of beauty beauty, some studies have found that if the alcohol intake of women who drink wine every day is less than or equal to 12.5g, the incidence of breast cancer will increase by 4%; on the contrary, the incidence of breast cancer will increase by more than 40% for women who drink more than 12.5g every day, which shows that the harm to women's health is not determined by the type of wine, but by the amount of alcohol.

If drinking alcohol is inevitable, what can be done to minimize the harm?

If you want to reduce the harm of alcohol to human body, the most standard way is not to drink alcohol. There is no healthy dose of alcohol.

But some people need to drink and socialize because of their work, or some people have become dependent on alcohol and can't stop drinking in a short time. What can be done at this time to reduce the harm of alcohol to the body?

1, and the most important thing is the limit principle.

The limit mentioned here refers to alcohol intake. Studies have shown that men's daily alcohol intake should not exceed 25g, and women should not exceed 15g. For example, the drinking accuracy of red wine with 10% should not exceed 250ml for men and 150ml for women. The less you drink, the less harm you do to your health.

2. Try to avoid drinking on an empty stomach.

When drinking, try to avoid drinking on an empty stomach. Eating starchy food before drinking can avoid direct contact with gastrointestinal mucosa, which can also enhance satiety and reduce the desire to drink.

And drink with people, try to talk while eating, take your time, and avoid the behavior of persuading people to drink on the wine table. Persuading alcohol can easily lead to excessive drinking, which may be life-threatening. It is necessary to know that excessive persuasion causes personal injury and is legally liable.

3. A reasonable mix of snacks and drinks

When choosing appetizers, reduce the intake of high-calorie foods and try to avoid increasing the burden on the liver. Moreover, in order to avoid the harm of unhealthy food and alcohol, the intake of high-sodium processed foods such as bacon, bacon, pickles and kimchi is also reduced when drinking.

Generally speaking, it is not credible that drinking alcohol can fight cancer and protect cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases. The healthiest amount of alcohol to drink is not to touch alcohol. If you really want to reduce the incidence of diseases and have a healthy body, you should still insist on exercising, eating scientifically, developing good living habits and maintaining a positive and healthy attitude. The easiest way to stay healthy is to change from life.

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