How much liquor is good for your health?

Liquor is an indispensable item on the Chinese dinner table. China is also a country of wine culture with a very old traditional wine culture. Nowadays, wine has become an indispensable medium for us to communicate and discuss things. But is drinking alcohol good or bad for your health? We all know that drinking a little wine is good for the body, but drinking too much will definitely harm the body, especially our liver. So what I want to tell you today is, how much liquor is good for the body, and how to grasp this amount?

1. How much liquor is good for your health?

Drinking should be done in moderation. Beer only contains 4% alcohol, is less irritating, and is recommended by doctors. Since ancient times, a moderate amount of alcohol has been considered the "best of all medicines". As long as you drink it in the right way and not in excess, alcohol is indeed beneficial to the body. It can help to strengthen the body and has a preventive effect on cardiovascular disease. However, drinking more than one glass of liquor or one bottle of beer a day is not good, as it will reduce the health effects to zero. Moreover, if you drink in excess every day, not to mention the burden on the liver, it will increase the incidence of heart disease. Therefore, scientists recommend that drinking one glass of liquor and one bottle of beer a day, no more, no less, is best for health. Whether drinking red wine or beer, it can reduce the incidence of cardiovascular disease, but red wine drinkers have the best protective effect. Drinking 22-32g of red wine a day can reduce the incidence of cardiovascular disease and cancer by about 33%. Regardless of whether you drink red wine or beer, or love both, drinking in moderation every day is helpful for heart health.

In short, just a small cup is enough, drinking too much is not good.

2. How much alcohol is good for your health?

At present, the alcohol content requirements of distilled spirits in different countries are not consistent, and the alcohol content of different types of spirits is also different. For example, whiskey and brandy have an alcohol content of 37 to 43 degrees, most of which are 40 degrees; vodka is 32 to 40 degrees; rum is higher, around 47 degrees; and gin (juniper) is 35 degrees. However, traditional Chinese liquor is different from other distilled liquors. The alcohol content of the finished liquor is generally higher than 50 degrees, usually 55-65 degrees. The low-alcohol liquor developed in recent years has an alcohol content of basically 40 degrees when it leaves the factory. The alcohol content of products in some regions is as low as 28 degrees or 18 degrees.

The appropriate alcohol content of low-alcohol liquor depends on the flavor components contained in each type of liquor. Generally speaking, light-fragrance liquor has a lower content of aromatic components, and the alcohol content should not be lowered too low. If it is reduced to 45 degrees, it will be difficult to maintain the original flavor of the liquor. Therefore, 50-55 degrees is more appropriate. For Luzhou-aroma and Xixiang-aroma liquors, the original liquors contain more aromatic substances and their content is high, so the original flavor can be basically maintained when the alcohol content drops to 38-40 degrees, but once it drops below 35 degrees, it loses the inherent characteristics of our traditional liquor. Regardless of price, nutrition, hygiene and other aspects, consumers would rather drink brewed wine with an alcohol content of less than 20 degrees than low-alcohol wine with an alcohol content of 28 degrees or 18 degrees.