Eight tips for drinking without damaging your liver

When drinking with good friends, a thousand cups are not enough. When people are in a good mood, I believe everyone will drink to their heart's content in the bar. Drinking too much alcohol will not only affect the brain's reaction speed, but also damage the liver. Drinking is always unavoidable when on business trips or at parties, so how can you drink without damaging your liver? Here, the editor will teach you eight tips on how to drink without damaging your liver and protect your liver health.

1. Drink hot wine as much as possible

No matter what kind of wine you drink, the best way to drink it is to warm it. The heated wine is not only fragrant and delicious, but also can evaporate harmful aldehyde substances in the wine and reduce harmful substances. Drinking is unavoidable for most people, so we need to drink in moderation.

2. Don’t drink alcohol on an empty stomach

When you drink and eat at the same time, the alcohol stays in the stomach for a long time, and the alcohol is disturbed by stomach acid and absorbed slowly, making it less likely to get drunk. If you drink several glasses in a row or on an empty stomach, the alcohol concentration in your blood will rise to a very high level in an instant, putting you into a dangerous state of paralysis. Therefore, this way of drinking should be avoided as much as possible.

Before drinking, eat some starchy foods, or drink a cup of high-fiber oatmeal first. According to research, water-soluble starch is more effective than fat in reducing the absorption of alcohol. If you don’t have time to eat, you can drink a meal replacement first. The fiber in the meal replacement will make your stomach feel full immediately and reduce your alcohol intake.

3. Don’t drink too much

When drinking, it is important to savor the food slowly. You can eat while drinking, taking appropriate breaks. At the same time, the editor would like to remind everyone that when drinking, never drink carbonated beverages, as this will cause the body to absorb alcohol faster and increase the burden on the liver.

4. Eat more green leafy vegetables and soy products when drinking

The antioxidants and vitamins in green leafy vegetables can protect the liver; the lecithin in soy products also has a liver-protecting effect.

5. The best hangover sobering thing is not tea

It's not Sprite and Coke, but fruit juice, especially orange juice and apple juice that can be a good hangover reliever because they contain fructose, which can help burn alcohol better.

6. Don’t mix multiple drinks

Because the ingredients and content of various alcoholic beverages are different, when mixed together, they will change and make people feel uncomfortable after drinking, and even have headaches and get drunk easily.

7. Don’t use medicinal wine as banquet wine

In medicinal liquor, there may be certain drug ingredients that may conflict with food or cause chemical reactions. Drinking too much can cause discomfort such as nausea and vomiting.

8. Pay attention to liquor and beer

When drinking white wine, you should drink more boiled water to help the alcohol be excreted from the body with urine as soon as possible; when drinking beer, you should go to the toilet frequently; it is best to add ice cubes when drinking spirits.

Warm reminder: Many people like to drink to cheer themselves up, but alcohol not only damages the body, but drinking too much will also affect the nervous system and cause the brain to react slowly. Therefore, you should drink in moderation and find other ways to cheer yourself up. The friendship between friends cannot be measured by alcohol.