What are the dangers of excessive drinking

When we do business in our lives, we may inevitably encounter banquets. At this time, we will accompany guests to drink, but we should not drink too much, because drinking will not only affect our business negotiations, but also cause some liver diseases. Therefore, we suggest that you should control the amount of alcohol in your life, so that you can avoid the occurrence of alcoholic fatty liver.

In daily life, the alcoholic beverages that are often consumed include beer, wine and liquor. The sources, brewing processes and ethanol content, that is, the alcohol content of various wines are different. Alcohol content usually refers to the percentage of ethanol contained in the wine (by volume). For example, Beijing beer contains 5.4% ethanol, wine contains about 11-16% ethanol, usually called 11-16 degrees, and liquor contains 38-60% ethanol. Among them, the one containing 38% ethanol is called low-alcohol liquor.

Long-term drinking can lead to deficiencies of multiple nutrients in the body. Wine is one of the pure energy foods. Can be broken down in the body to produce energy. But it does not contain any nutrients. Excessive drinking firstly reduces the intake of other foods containing various important nutrients (such as protein, vitamins, and minerals). Secondly, it can reduce appetite, reduce food intake, and long-term excessive drinking can damage the intestinal mucosa and affect the intestinal absorption of nutrients. All of the above can lead to deficiencies in multiple nutrients.

The ethanol in wine has a direct toxic effect on the body's tissues and organs, and the organ most sensitive to ethanol is the liver. Continuous excessive drinking can damage liver cells, interfere with the normal metabolism of the liver, and thus cause alcoholic hepatitis and cirrhosis. Excessive drinking affects fat metabolism. Ethanol slows down the oxidation of fatty acids, which may be beneficial to the storage of dietary lipids, increase liver fat synthesis, increase serum triglyceride levels, and increase the possibility of hypertriglyceridemia.

In addition, epidemiological studies have shown that long-term excessive drinking can increase the risk of hypertension and stroke. Alcoholism can also lead to violent accidents, which is harmful to personal health and social security. The beneficial effects of fruit wine have been talked about a lot recently. A French report found that some drinking areas had less coronary heart disease than others. However, the reduction in heart disease risk cannot be attributed entirely to certain components in red wine, because in areas of France where red wine consumption is high, the consumption of vegetables and fruits is also high, and vegetables and fruits have higher antioxidant capacity. These data indicate that the lifestyle of fruit wine drinkers (such as less smoking, higher consumption of vegetables and fruits, etc.) leads to a reduced risk of cardiovascular disease.

To sum up, drinking has both advantages and disadvantages to human health. Drinking a small amount of low-alcohol wine has some benefits, but drinking large amounts for a long time is harmful. Especially for teenagers and pregnant women. Teenagers are in the stage of growth and development and are more sensitive to the harm of alcohol. Therefore teenagers cannot drink alcohol. The harmful effects of ethanol on pregnant women affect fetal development and may even induce congenital malformations in the fetus, so pregnant women are absolutely prohibited from drinking alcohol.

This article introduces us to the dangers of excessive drinking in detail. I hope you can take good precautions in your life. It is good for you to drink a little alcohol in normal times, but drinking too much will cause harm to our body, especially for those who are often drunk, it will aggravate the detoxification function of your liver.