Can liquor really fight cancer? Liquor soaked in wolfberry, can it be healthy? tell you the truth
"Drink liquor, try to drink high alcohol!"
"Drinking liquor can fight cancer!"
"Add some wolfberry to white wine, drink 2 taels a day, and keep healthy!"
China has a rich history of wine culture. Whether it is a party or a job, many people like to have a drink or two. Wines with different alcohol content have different tastes. Which wines with 38%, 42% and 52% are more harmful? Can alcohol fight cancer? Will wine and wolfberry be healthy?
1. Liquor is really anti-cancer, can wolfberry liquor be healthy?
There is such a propaganda for "liquor" in the market: liquor can fight cancer and maintain health, especially the lycium barbarum in liquor can prolong life. Many people believe this, but does liquor really have such an effect?
The source of the anti-cancer effect of liquor is that according to a research conducted by a well-known domestic university on a certain brand of liquor, it was found that the liquor of this brand has a higher concentration of active substances, lichenin, than other liquors.
Lichenin is a polypeptide composed of 7 amino acids and fatty acids, mainly secreted by Bacillus licheniformis. In some studies, lichenin has been found to have certain antibacterial and anticancer effects.
Wine is mainly fermented from koji, and koji contains a compound of bacteria and fungi, among which Bacillus licheniformis is mixed into the koji, which leads to the appearance of lichenin in the fermentation product of wine.
However, this conclusion is not reliable.
At present, the relevant activity studies of lichenin are mainly concentrated in animal and cell experiments, and no reliable evidence has been obtained in human experiments.
Secondly, the content of lichenin in liquor is actually not much , that is to say, it is not convincing to deduce that drinking alcohol is anti-cancer based on a trace of anti-cancer substances.
Finally, the largest component of alcohol is a type of carcinogen . Drinking liquor not only does not fight cancer, but may even induce cancers such as esophageal cancer, oral cancer, and breast cancer. The more alcohol you drink, the greater the risk of cancer.
Lycium barbarum is a good health product with the effect of clearing the liver and improving eyesight, so the wolfberry wine must be healthy. It is also said on the Internet that drinking 2 taels of wolfberry + wine every day can help health preservation. Are you also confused by this "health fallacy"?
Goji berries are actually just an ordinary food, even though they contain many nutrients. Moreover, the "infusion amount" of wolfberry nutrients in liquor is actually very small, not even worth mentioning.
More importantly, when wolfberry and liquor are combined, the harm of liquor to the human body is actually far more than the therapeutic value of wolfberry itself. People think that wolfberry wine can be healthier, but it is actually a kind of psychological comfort.
Second, 38 degrees, 42 degrees and 52 degrees, which one is more harmful?
We all know that wine is divided into degrees, so how is the degree of wine measured?
The so-called alcohol content is actually the volume percentage of ethanol. The state stipulates that 20 ℃ is the standard detection temperature for alcohol, so at 20 ℃, 100ml of wine, the content of ethanol is 10ml, and the degree of this wine is 10 degrees.
The current standard liquor degrees in China include: 28 degrees, 33 degrees, 35 degrees, 38 degrees, 39 degrees, 40 degrees, 42 degrees, 45 degrees, 48 degrees, 50 degrees, 52 degrees, 53 degrees, 56 degrees and 60 degrees , 68 degrees. According to many evaluations by winemaking experts, it is generally believed that the taste of wine with 52-54 degrees is the most mellow.
Low alcohol alcohol has a lower volume percentage of ethanol, so is it healthier than high alcohol alcohol?
Generally speaking, whether high or low, alcohol is harmful to human body . Under the premise of ensuring quality, the higher the degree of alcohol, the greater the harm.
However, it should be noted that most high-quality low-alcohol wines are actually further processed from high-alcohol wines.
However, some unscrupulous merchants will cut corners for personal interests when brewing low-alcohol wine , such as adding flavors and fragrances after reducing the degree of base wine, or adding water, flavoring wine, etc. In this case, the harm of low-alcohol wine may be greater. .
3. Are hangover drugs useful? How to reduce the harm of drinking
Drinking is indispensable in daily work, social interaction, etc. What should I do if I accidentally drink and get drunk? It's alright, take the antidote, and I can have two more glasses!
However, do all the hangover drugs on the market really work? In fact, there is no real legal hangover medicine at all.
At present , most of the hangover medicines on the market belong to the category of health care products . They are not medicines. Moreover, hangover medicine manufacturers will exaggerate and promote the anti-alcohol effect of hangover medicine, and some even have the problem of illegal addition . According to laws and regulations, health products should not claim to have any therapeutic effect on diseases, and health products cannot replace medicines .
Some drugs can treat problems caused by alcohol, but they are not hangover drugs after all, and they cannot eliminate the damage of alcohol to human health .
The packaging of most hangover medicines will also publicize some liver-protecting ingredients, such as polyene phosphatidylcholine, reduced glutathione, silymarin, etc. The effect is still open to question .
In addition, hangover drug manufacturers may also add so-called "natural ingredients", such as cassia seeds, pueraria, curcumin, etc. Although animal experiments can prove that these substances can avoid alcohol damage to the liver, it is still open to question in human experiments , and may even lead to more serious liver damage.
So if you don't drink something like alcohol, you can't drink it. If you really want to drink it, how can you reduce the harm of drinking? Mainly to "delay alcohol absorption", or to reduce the physical discomfort of drinking.
1. Control the amount
The "Dietary Guidelines for Chinese Residents" recommends that adult men should drink no more than 25g of alcohol a day, which is equivalent to 750ml of beer or 250ml of wine, or 75g of 38-proof liquor and 50g of high-quality liquor. Adult women should not drink more than 15g of alcohol a day, which is equivalent to 450ml of beer or 150ml of wine, and 50g of 38-proof liquor.
2. Do not mix
The alcohol content of various wines is different, and if you drink it in combination, it may be more likely to cause headaches and discomfort such as easy intoxication.
Also, be careful not to mix alcohol with soft drinks such as cola, so as not to accelerate the body's absorption of alcohol.
When drinking alcohol, you can drink water appropriately, because drinking water can reduce the discomfort caused by alcohol dehydration.
3. Not fasting
When drinking on an empty stomach, the absorption of alcohol will be accelerated, and drinking on an empty stomach will cause greater harm to the stomach. It is generally recommended to drink some milk and eat some snacks before drinking.
It is not recommended that you choose preserved foods such as sausages, bacon, and sauced meat when drinking , because when the nitrosamines in the preserved foods are dissolved with alcohol, it may increase the incidence of cancers such as gastric cancer and esophageal cancer.
4. Do not drink tea or coffee immediately after drinking
Tea contains a lot of theophylline, which has a diuretic effect. If you drink a lot of tea after drinking, it is likely to cause water shortage in the body , prompting the premature entry of acetaldehyde that is not fully decomposed into the kidneys, and damage to the health of the kidneys.
Coffee contains a lot of caffeine. Drinking coffee after drinking will stimulate the nervous system, causing dizziness and headache due to telangiectasia . Coffee can also be a diuretic. Drinking coffee after drinking may also damage kidney health.
5. Anti-aspiration after drunk
The vomit after drinking is easy to be sucked into the airway, which is likely to cause aspiration pneumonia or the danger of suffocation. Therefore, for the drunk, the side position must be used instead of the supine position.
In a word, no matter how many degrees of liquor, it is harmful to the body, so we don't drink it if we don't drink it. If you must drink, you should also pay attention to drinking in moderation. Before drinking, you should eat some snacks or drink milk to cushion your stomach, and after drinking, you should pay attention to drinking more water to promote the metabolism of alcohol.
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