You must eat an orange before a dinner party

The Spring Festival is approaching, and most gatherings will include a drink to celebrate. Experts say that drinking in moderation can help promote blood circulation, remove blood stasis, warm the body and keep out the cold, but drinking too much may have the opposite effect. The alcohol you drink is metabolized by the liver, and excessive drinking is the most harmful to the liver.

"Many people have a bad habit. They like to have a round of drinks before serving food during social gatherings. Drinking on an empty stomach is more harmful to the human body. The absorption rate of drinking on an empty stomach is much higher than that on a full stomach. When the stomach is empty, alcohol can appear in the blood within 5 minutes. Within 30 to 60 minutes, the alcohol concentration in the blood reaches its highest point." Experts suggest that taking vitamin C, vitamin B or eating a few oranges within half an hour before drinking can prevent alcohol poisoning; drink some milk and eat some staple food before drinking to form a protective film on the stomach wall and slow down the absorption of alcohol; during meals, drink more water or soup, which can not only dilute the alcohol but also have a certain effect in sobering up. If you suffer from stomach problems, use stomach medicine appropriately before drinking to minimize the damaging effects of alcohol on the gastric mucosa.

"Many citizens like to solve the problem of drunkenness by picking their throats, drinking strong tea or vinegar, etc. From a medical point of view, both methods are unscientific. Although vomiting can sober up, people who are seriously drunk are often unconscious and can easily inhale vomit and cause suffocation. Strong tea or vinegar are irritating to the gastric mucosa, and the stimulation of alcohol on the gastric mucosa can induce gastric acid secretion. Therefore, drinking strong tea and vinegar plays a role of 'adding fuel to the fire' for alcohol damage to the gastric mucosa." Experts told reporters that after being drunk, you can take honey water, glucose water, or tomato juice, grape juice, watermelon juice, oranges, tangerines and other vitamin-rich foods to accelerate the oxidative metabolism of ethanol in the body.