The biggest lie I've believed in over 20 years: Drinking warms the body

I heard that the setting sun is a signal to drink (not true).

If you say: It’s too cold, I won’t drink!

Then your friends will definitely say: Drink some white wine to warm you up!

OK, there is a scientific loophole in this sentence. Tadpole will teach you how to refute your friend’s words and successfully escape from the drinking party.

Warm yourself up with a hot bottle of wine in winter?

Anyone who has ever drunk alcohol has had this experience. After drinking, they generally feel their body getting hot. Some people even sweat in winter. The higher the alcohol content, the more obvious the performance. Therefore, many people like to drink a pot of hot wine in winter.

In fact, it is the changes in your body that give you this illusion.

When the external temperature is low, the body's temperature regulation center will send a command to the body to contract blood vessels, activating a self-protection mechanism to reduce surface heat dissipation and allow the body to conserve heat.

When the blood vessels are in a state of strong contraction, the sudden "visit" of alcohol will ruthlessly destroy this self-protection mechanism. Alcohol and its metabolite acetaldehyde will cause the blood vessels to dilate, and the dilation of blood vessels will make the body feel temporary warmth.

We think that drinking alcohol can keep out the cold in winter, but drinking alcohol does not transfer heat to the body. The body becomes hot only because of the heat loss caused by alcohol. Drinking alcohol and getting hot is just a misunderstanding and illusion.

Drinking alcohol will only reduce the body's heat, so it is not advisable to rely on drinking to keep warm. If someone is drunk at the table, stop drinking and wrap the drunk person with thick clothes or blankets to preserve heat.

You drink too much once you are drunk. How do you sober up?

Some people say that I have a secret to drinking. Not only do I take hangover pills before drinking, but I also "take it easy" after a hangover, that is, drink more wine to "fight the hangover with wine." Does this work?

Tadpole can seriously tell you that there is no real hangover cure!

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The so-called hangover remedies on the market only temporarily relieve the vomiting and nausea after drinking. To some extent, they have a calming effect and give you psychological comfort. So far, no hangover remedy has been certified by clinical trials.

In addition, the tips for sobering up in life, such as drinking vinegar and eating garlic, have not been clinically proven, and most of them are psychological effects. Moreover, it is not easy to eat a lot of vinegar and garlic on an empty stomach, which will irritate the stomach and intestines and aggravate the discomfort of drinking. At present, there is no real way to sober up and guarantee "a thousand cups without getting drunk". For the sake of health, it is better to drink in moderation and stop at the right time.

After a hangover, drinking some more "clearance" seems to really help?

After a hangover, some people like to drink a little more to “feel right”. In fact, “feel right” has no scientific basis and will only increase the burden on the liver.

However, people with practical experience will ask, "taking a deep breath" after drinking too much can indeed make you feel much more comfortable!

In fact, after waking up from a drunken sleep, our body functions and immunity are lower, and our body will feel uncomfortable. Drinking a little more alcohol can paralyze the nerves and make people feel more comfortable.

But you should know that drinking again will only increase the burden on the liver and aggravate damage to the digestive tract and cardiovascular and cerebrovascular systems. It is harmful to your health and is not advisable.

Do not drink alcohol after taking cephalosporins. Remember this! Remember!

Cephalosporins contain antibiotics. When alcohol is metabolized in the body, it can be converted into acetaldehyde through alcohol dehydrogenase. Under normal circumstances, acetaldehyde will be converted into acetic acid under the catalysis of acetaldehyde dehydrogenase, and then further converted into water and carbon dioxide.

Cephalosporins can inhibit the activity of acetaldehyde dehydrogenase, which prevents acetaldehyde from further decomposing and causes large amounts of accumulation in the body, affecting the normal functioning of human organs and endangering life.

Since it takes a process for drugs to be metabolized in the body, Tadpole recommends that you abstain from alcohol for at least five days after taking such drugs.

After Tadpole’s interpretation, do you have a better understanding of wine?

Drinking not only fails to keep us warm, but also consumes our own calories. When the alcohol content is too high, our gastric mucosa and intestinal mucosa will be damaged, which will affect the body's absorption of other nutrients.

Moreover, drinking alcohol can cause many kinds of harm to the body. For the sake of your health, it is best not to drink alcohol!

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Review expert: Wang Guoyi, postdoctoral fellow in food safety.

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