Drinking and stay sober

You yourselves know that it is best not to drink at all. Yes, there are safe levels of alcohol for the bodies that have been created for the filtration of toxins, such as the liver. For other bodies, any dose of alcohol, alas, is harmful. But we are all people, and there are situations where it is impossible not to drink. For such cases, we figured out how to do it with less damage to health. Here we collected even more information about how to help the body, vanquished alcohol or substandard products.

1. Fortified with something easy and useful

• Why it works: Part of alcohol - about 20% - absorbed What happens when you drink alcohol? the blood immediately from the stomach. Other first goes into the small intestine. When there is food in the stomach, alcohol transition into the small intestine slows down. The liver, which filters the blood stream with ethanol, the alcohol has time to process, and you do not get drunk.

An empty stomach - a momentary intoxication. The ideal diet includes predkutozhny light foods rich in protein and healthy fats. For example, the salad with avocado and chicken breast, fish with vegetables, ragout turkey eggs with beans in tomato sauce, Greek yogurt with berries and whole grain crackers.

It is not necessary to overeat fried potatoes or fatty meat - they increase the burden on the liver, which is already difficult to account for. Avoid salty foods: in combination with alcohol salt breaks Increased salt consumption induces body water conservation and decreases fluid intake water metabolism in the body. And this is a direct route to a heavy hangover.

Stick to this diet and the course of the evening. Better snacking olives and unsalted nuts than biscuits or crisps with herbs.

2. Stretch each glass

• Why it works: the average rate at which a healthy adult liver neutralizes Liver and alcohol breakdown alcohol - 10 g of alcohol per hour. The rest is spread to organs, into the brain and disrupts Alcohol and Neurotransmitter Interactions work neurotransmitters - molecules that are responsible for your mood and behavior. To avoid this, the alcohol should come slowly.

intoxication speed all its own and is associated with age, weight, intake of drugs and other factors. You probably noticed that someone can drink a liter of beer and be like stoklyshko and the other takes a sip from a mojito.

Central safe dose is a glass of wine (125 ml), half a pint of beer (300 ml) or one shot of spirits (35 ml) per hour.

Choose a drink that can stretch to an hour. Convenient option - a glass of beer or wine. You can slowly sip whiskey with ice, even if not accepted strain spirits in Russia.

But scientists from the School of Experimental Psychology, University of Bristol in general speak Glass shape influences how quickly we drink alcoholThat the absorption rate of alcohol affects the shape of the glass. They found that of the smooth glass people drink two times slower than that of the dishes with curved edges or walls. Perhaps this is due to the optical perception: forward glass easier to track how rapidly decreases the drink.

3. take enterosorbent

• Why it works: in the human body is oxidized ethanol Alcohol Metabolism: An Update into acetaldehyde and then into the acetate and then decomposed into water and carbon dioxide. The first decomposition products - toxic carcinogens. The body will by all means try to get rid of them. Enterosorbent will quickly associate the toxins in the stomach and to bring a natural way.

Enterosorbent - a kind of Velcro to which adhered harmful substances. If you take a drug before the party, it will neutralize the toxic products as soon as they enter the body. How many toxins "to paste" the enterosorbent and display depends on its sorption capacity.

High sorption parameters in preparation "polisorb». This powder is colorless and odorless, which you need to stir in water. To drink or not to poison the body, take "Polisorb" an hour before the feast: two tablespoons in a glass of water.

If you are late to the prevention and bust, drink enterosorbent once they return home, and then again in the morning. From this you will not run to work skipping, but will come to life faster.

4. Avoid sugar and soda

• Why it works: when alcohol enters the stomach, the body throws all the forces at its excretion. Other processes depart Alcohol and Sugar the wayside, including the production of hormones necessary for metabolism of sugar. It turns out that the level of sugar in the blood increases, and insulin activity - falls. This leads to a more severe hangover, and even increases the potential risk of type II diabetes. If the alcohol has a carbon dioxide (gas) and sugar, it is rapidly absorbed ethanol metabolism in the blood.

Mononapitki - the best choice, if you decide to drink, but do not get drunk. They will be easier to control how much pure alcohol you have used an hour. Sweet syrup and soda make strong cocktails taste like limonadik and lull your vigilance.

It is logical to assume that, once the problem of the Sahara, it is possible are mixed cocktails with diet soda. But this is not the case. there are studies Alcohol mixed with diet drinks may increase intoxication more than alcohol and regular drinksConfirming that such drinks provide even higher levels of alcohol concentration in the blood than their sugary counterparts.

Even if you do not mix anything from sweet sparkling wine you zapyaneete faster than dry and without gas. At the University of Surrey, we conducted an experiment Champagne does get you drunk faster: Two groups of people with the same weight and the usual drinking sparkling wine. After five minutes in the first 0.54 mg of alcohol was found in the blood, while the second - 0.39 mg.

5. drink water

• Why it works: alcohol - this is a diuretic, which redistributes The diuretic effects of alcohol and caffeine and total water intake misclassification water in the body. The consequences - in the mouth is dry, hands are shaking, aching head. With regular intake of water the body is easier to maintain the balance of fluids.

To Alcoholic wave is not clouded mind, dilute it with water. Make it a rule to alternate each drink with a full glass of water. Carbonated - do you remember about the impact of carbon dioxide on the rate of absorption of alcohol. In order not to choke with plain water, add it to the mint, ginger, lemon or other fruits and berries.

It is better not to combine the drinks with caffeine - another well-known diuretic and stimulant Mechanisms of caffeine-induced diuresis. Under normal conditions, the effect of strong coffee, and tea appears quite soft, but paired with alcohol they will rock the cardiovascular system, increase blood pressure and increase the burden on a heart.

6. Do not smoke. Yes, that's it

• Why it works: Nicotine alters the neurotransmitters in the brain work in response to the receipt of alcohol and promotes a feeling of satisfaction. The brain perceives this as a signal that the action must be repeated - and you drink again and again. More acetaldehyde in cigarette smoke lay Nicotine administration in the wake-promoting basal forebrain attenuates sleep-promoting effects of alcohol foundation for tomorrow's headache and a heavy hangover.

We understand that it will not be easy, if you are a smoker, or accustomed to smoke when you drink. But the goal for the evening - drink without serious consequences. Have you made a reasonable decision, and it makes sense to supplement his victory over cigarettes.

Adhering to the first five tips, you keep control of the mind, and not smoking will be a little easier. Reliability ask friends for not giving you a cigarette and did not call for a smoke break. Whenever you want to smoke, keep your hands busy - twist decoration, key chain, cloth. Do not attempt to get rid of thoughts about cigarettes. Take your desire, then remember that today decided not to smoke, and think about how you will proud of themselves tomorrow.

A brief reminder

before drinking

• Eat something with protein and healthy fats, not overeat heavy and greasy.
• Enterosorbent Take, for example "polisorb». Two tablespoons of powder to a glass of water.

During the feast

• Drink calculation of a drink (10 g alcohol) per hour.
• Prefer drinks without gas and sugar, drink cocktails with a bunch of components.
• Do not tilt the glass in one gulp, stretch drink.
• After each portion of alcohol drink a glass of water.
• Do not smoke. Just one cigarette too, do not smoke. This will trigger a desire to drink and smoke more.
• Snack on low-fat and unsalted snacks: nuts, olives and vegetables.