What is the difference between 38 degree and 53 degree liquor? Cheap wine is alcohol blended?
"An academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering said that Chinese liquor is the most healthy and beneficial wine among all distilled wines!"
The 55-year-old Uncle Li was walking towards home just after buying vegetables when he heard such a sentence.
It turned out that the nearby shopping mall was holding a tasting of new liquor products, and the host on the side was enthusiastically introducing the various "benefits" of liquor.
"The academician can say that our Chinese liquor contains more than 3,000 trace ingredients, hundreds of which are beneficial to human health, and there are also anti-cancer ingredients!"
Uncle Li usually likes to drink baijiu, but recently, he has been strictly controlled by his wife and has not drunk it for several months, so he approached the booth involuntarily.
"Hey, uncle, it seems that you are in a drinking outfit. Come and taste our white wine. The 53-degree white wine has a mellow taste, which is completely different from the low-alcohol wine mixed with water outside!"
Uncle Li tasted it. I don't know if I haven't had it for a while or what. I feel that this liquor is very delicious. So under the enthusiasm of the host, Uncle Li bought 2 bottles of baijiu that are not cheap, and took them home to hide. Get up and drink secretly.
Unlike most wines, baijiu has a high alcohol content and a mellow taste, which is loved by many Chinese. It is well known that alcohol is harmful, but there are sayings that "white wine fights cancer" and "a small glass of white wine every day is good for health". Is it true?
1. What is the difference between 38°, 42° and 52° wines?
The history of winemaking in China can be traced back to the Neolithic Age. At that time, people discovered that fruits, grains and other foods could be transformed into mellow wine under suitable conditions, so they began to consciously create conditions for brewing wine, but they were limited by technology at that time. , mostly fermented wine.
In the Yuan Dynasty, the Chinese people's brewing technology made a qualitative leap. At that time, distilled liquor became the mainstream. In the Ming Dynasty, the liquor produced by distillation technology has reached maturity, and even Maotai, Wuliangye and other famous Chinese liquors have been developed.
When participating in a wine bureau, the most common phrase is "How many degrees of liquor to drink?" What is the degree, and what are the standards for the degree of liquor?
Alcohol degree is also the alcohol degree, which refers to the volume percentage of alcohol (ethanol) in the wine. If 100 ml of wine contains 10 ml of ethanol, then the degree of this wine is 10 degrees.
The current domestic standard liquor degrees are: 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, 60 degrees, 68 degrees.
After numerous tastings by winemaking experts, it is unanimous that the liquor with 53 degrees is the most mellow. The fusion point of this degree between wine molecules and water molecules is harmonious, and the taste at this time is also the most mellow. If the degree is too high, the wine will be too strong, and if the degree is too low, the taste of the water will be too heavy.
Does that mean that the lower the degree, the lower the damage to the body? But in fact, it's not.
Low-alcohol wines are often made from high-alcohol wines through further processing . A batch of high-quality low-alcohol wine requires high-quality base wine, treated purified water, filtration technology, and high-quality seasoning wine blending.
This set of processes is no less difficult than that of high-grade wine, but some factories will add water to reduce the degree and add spices in order to cut corners. These low-quality wines have a low production threshold, but they are very harmful to human health.
2. Liquor is the most "healthy" wine, and can it fight cancer?
A paper published in "Wine Science and Technology" stated that there are lipopeptide active substances in liquor, which have antiviral and anticancer effects. The article was vigorously promoted by the industry and was directly reported as "Liquor has anti-cancer effect." Can liquor can fight cancer?
Active substances have indeed been found in liquor. In 2015, Jiangnan University published a paper. Through experiments, they detected 52 terpenes in liquor.
In fact, liquor is originally fermented from grain, so it is not uncommon to find "active ingredients". However , "active ingredients" does not mean "active ingredients" . There is no conclusive evidence to prove the efficacy of these ingredients, and there is no corresponding human experimental data to demonstrate, so "active ingredients" or "active ingredients" cannot be regarded as the same. for "effective anti-cancer".
In fact, no matter how many active ingredients are contained in liquor, it is an undoubted fact that "alcohol causes cancer".
The World Health Organization has long listed alcohol as a class of carcinogens , and a report on a group study published in The Lancet in 2020 also shows that the incidence of alcohol-related cancers is esophageal cancer, liver cancer and breast cancer in order. Several studies have also confirmed the carcinogenic effects of alcohol on humans.
But there are still sayings that "drinking in moderation is good for health" and "drinking is bad for your health, but drinking a little to keep you healthy", what is the truth?
The World Heart Federation's statement stated that "moderate alcohol consumption reduces the risk of cardiovascular disease" is not valid. Based on mostly observational studies, few further studies have confirmed the health benefits of drinking alcohol , and there are many unknowns that further weaken the evidence.
In a study published in Nature, researchers from the University of Pennsylvania analyzed the relationship between alcohol intake and brain structure in 36,678 healthy middle-aged and older adults from the UK Biobank. association.
The final results found that as alcohol intake increased, the volume of gray and white matter in the brain decreased , and the shrinking of these substances accelerated the aging process of the brain.
3. Can Chinese wolfberry soaked in white wine be healthy? No more fake care
There is a folk saying that "wash the wolfberry fruit, soak it in white wine to seal, and soak it for more than seven days, you can have aphrodisiac effect", which sounds very unreliable, but what is the truth?
Lycium barbarum contains vitamin A, carotenoids, flavonoids, wolfberry polysaccharides and other substances, of which the latter two have aphrodisiac effects.
But in fact, there is very little wolfberry in the wolfberry wine, and the health care components of the wolfberry itself are limited . In addition, the active ingredients precipitated through alcohol are not high, and the final effect of "health" is almost negligible.
Even if you drink a small amount and moderate amount of alcohol, alcohol still has a lot of damage to the human body. Is there any way to reduce the damage?
1. Do not drink on an empty stomach
When drinking on an empty stomach, it will speed up the absorption of alcohol, and people will easily get drunk. Before drinking, it is best to eat some high-fat, high-protein, high-carbohydrate and other foods to help delay gastric emptying, delay alcohol absorption, and reduce alcohol damage to the body.
2. Control the amount of alcohol you drink
Uncontrolled drinking can only cause irreversible damage to the digestive system, and overeating can increase the risk of high blood pressure, stroke, breast cancer and osteoporosis.
If it is impossible not to drink alcohol, it is best to drink less. According to the dietary guidelines, men should not exceed 25 grams of alcohol a day, and women should not exceed 15 grams of alcohol.
3. Drink small sips, do not mix
Drinking should be carefully poured. The faster the drinking speed, the faster the ethanol concentration will rise, and it is easy to get drunk. Many people think that drinking mixed with alcohol can reduce the alcohol content. In fact, when different wines are mixed, they will react with each other.
No matter how much water is added, wine is wine after all. There is no such thing as "small wine to nourish the body", as long as you drink a sip of wine, the body will have a negative impact on health due to the intake of alcohol.
References:
[1] "4 common cold knowledge of liquor degree, drinkers may not know". Consumer Review Network. 2021-01-13
[2] "A small amount of alcohol is good? The World Heart Federation issued the latest statement: No drink is healthy". Health Times. 2022-02-13
[3] "Can a small amount of alcohol reduce the harm? Every drop you drink is hurting your brain! 》. Health Times. 2022-06-30
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