How to drink without harming your health

　　Some people choose to drink on an empty stomach early in the morning. Is this okay? After being drunk, some people drink tea to relieve hangover. What effect does it have?

　　Myth 1

　　Is it better to blush after drinking alcohol?

　　We often hear people say: People who drink well have a rosy complexion after drinking. This is a good sign. If a person's face turns rosy after drinking alcohol, it means that the enzymes in the person's body are not enough to break down the alcohol.

　　Drinking complexion is caused by temporary dilation of blood vessels under the skin. These people have efficient alcohol dehydrogenase in their bodies, which can quickly convert alcohol in the blood into acetaldehyde. Acetaldehyde has the function of dilating capillaries, which can cause redness in the complexion.

　　People are born with less enzymes in their bodies. After drinking alcohol, alcohol will dilate blood vessels and cause blushing. Some people who are born with high enzymes in their bodies and do not drink often can metabolize the alcohol quickly even if they drink two more drinks, and they will not appear flushed in the face. People with low enzymes can increase the enzymes in their bodies by drinking alcohol for a long time, and they will no longer blush when drinking.

　　In addition to alcohol dehydrogenase, there is also a substance called acetaldehyde dehydrogenase in the human body. People who blush after drinking only have the former enzyme but not the latter enzyme, which causes acetaldehyde to accumulate rapidly in the body and cannot be metabolized, so the blushing time will be longer. Compared with people whose faces remain unchanged after drinking, acetaldehyde stays in the body for a longer time and has a greater toxic effect. However, generally speaking, the red color will gradually fade after 1-2 hours. This is because the cytochrome P450 in the liver will slowly convert acetaldehyde into acetic acid, which will be metabolized after entering the circulation system.

　　What should I do if my face turns red after drinking? Traditional Chinese medicine practitioners recommend drinking sweets or protein-based foods to detoxify from hangovers. These foods can increase blood sugar concentration and alleviate the damage caused by alcohol to the human body.

　　In addition, researchers from the National Headache Research Foundation have pointed out that honey contains a special kind of fructose, which can promote the decomposition and absorption of alcohol and reduce headache symptoms. Drinking fruit juice or sugar water in time after drinking can also protect the liver.

　　A latest report from the World Health Organization reports that people whose faces tend to turn red after drinking if they drink regularly may be much more likely to develop esophageal cancer than those whose faces do not change after drinking. WHO identified 20 years ago that drinking alcohol and cancer While it was only clear that esophageal cancer and liver cancer could be caused by alcohol, a recently reassessed report states that breast cancer There is also a "causal relationship" between colorectal cancer and alcohol.

　　Experts conducted a survey on 2,500 people who drink a little bit of alcohol every day and found that those who lack acetaldehyde dehydrogenase have a cancer rate that is more than 10 times higher than the average person. Among them, the rate of esophageal cancer is 12.5 times, and the rate of oral and throat cancer is 11.1 times.