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What are the dangers of drinking too much?

Excessive drinking can cause damage to the human intestinal mucosa and damage to liver function, thereby affecting the digestion, absorption and transport of nutrients. In severe cases, it can also lead to alcoholic malnutrition.

Alcohol has direct toxic and side effects on the liver. The ethanol absorbed into the blood is metabolized in the liver, causing changes in its redox state, thereby interfering with the normal metabolism of nutrients such as lipids, sugars, and proteins. It also affects the normal detoxification function of the liver.

Even small amounts of alcohol can cause adverse consequences for some people in certain situations, such as when preparing to drive, operate machinery, or perform other tasks that require concentration, skill, or coordination. Some people are allergic to alcohol and will experience obvious adverse symptoms such as dizziness, nausea, and cold sweats after drinking even a small amount of alcohol.

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Misunderstandings about drinking:

1. Drink directly without eating.

Drinking on an empty stomach means that alcohol can enter the body without any obstruction, reach the stomach, and directly damage the gastric mucosa. Drinking on an empty stomach can also easily cause alcoholic hypoglycemia. Such patients generally do not experience the excitement caused by alcohol. Instead, they become pale and sweat all over their body soon after drinking, and then develop symptoms of hypoglycemia such as drowsiness and coma.

In order to avoid the discomfort caused by drinking, it is important to prepare before drinking. Director Tan suggested eating a few slices of bread and drinking hot milk or soy milk to protect the gastric mucosa and delay the absorption of alcohol. Promote decomposition.

2. Drink too much too quickly.

There is often such a custom at the wine table. For example, if the glass is full of sincerity, it will be refreshing if you take a sip. Therefore, many people accidentally drink very fast and violently, and drink a lot at once. Director Tan believes that this kind of drinking method will cause the concentration of ethanol in the blood to rise rapidly in a short period of time, because the body does not have enough time to decompose the ethanol, so drinking this way is the most likely to cause drunkenness quickly.

3. Mixing drinks makes you more likely to get drunk.

Some people mix wine with other drinks. The most common ones are red wine with Sprite, beer with Coke, whiskey with ice tea, etc. Carbonated drinks such as Sprite and Coke release carbon dioxide in the stomach, which in turn speeds up the body's absorption of ethanol.

In addition, the original wine tastes better because it is mixed with a drink. In addition, some people think that the alcohol is diluted by mixing it with a drink. This perception will make people drink too much without knowing it, and end up drunk. I don’t even know.

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