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At present, many believe that alcoholic beverages may be useful for the organism.
Perhaps so, but only if moderate their consumption. Excessive consumption of alcohol and alcoholism are causes of many diseases and deaths.
Ethyl alcohol (ethanol) - the main ingredient of alcoholic beverages - is obtained by yeast fermentation of starch or sugar. Other substances produced in the process, gives the drink a specific taste and aroma. They cause many symptoms of a hangover.
For example, without alcohol, and contained in red wine polyphenols cause headache. Yet a major threat to the health of the consumption of alcoholic beverages is just alcohol.
The common belief that red wine reduces cholesterol, are not scientifically confirmed. But red wine increases the blood levels of antioxidants, which help prevent atherosclerosis and reduce blood clotting, ie prevents thrombosis.
Although alcohol is rich in calories, which are almost instantly absorbed, there is not the most important nutrients and vitamins.
Therefore, people who are used to drink a lot and a little there, the risk of suffering from a deficiency of nutrients such as thiamine, vitamin B, riboflavin, folate, niacin, calcium, magnesium, and zinc.
The habit of drinking a lot of harm to the liver, weakening its ability to break down protein and accumulate vitamins that help dissolve fat.
Consumption of all types of alcohol leads to obesity. But the most actively developing obesity beer and hard liquor: beer lovers have good reason appears characteristic abdomen and increases in heart size.
If you regularly drink slowly throughout the week, the load on the liver will be less than if you occasionally get drunk fast.
However, even people who drink regularly, but in moderation, can be advised to abstain from alcohol at least one or two days a week to these days the body could be cleansed.
Doctors have determined that most people tend to underestimate the extent of alcohol consumption by 50 percent.
To clarify, the doctors propose to determine how much alcohol you are able to drink for a week, without causing apparent damage to health.
One unit of alcohol is considered to be 10 ml (8 g) of the alcohol that is equal to a small glass (125 ml) of wine jar (about 300 ml) beer or a whiskey, gin (vodka).
Safe amount of weekly alcohol consumption
for men is 21 units, and for women (non-pregnant) 14 units.
We get for different types of drinks following amounts.
Spirits, standard bottle (750 ml).
Alcohol content - 40 percent, or 30 units. Maximum consumption per week: men - two-thirds of the bottle, women - half a bottle. Calories - 50 calories. One serving in the restaurant (125 ml) contains the same 40 percent alcohol, but longer corresponds to one unit. Men can afford to use the unit 21, and women - 14.
Sherry or port, a standard bottle (750 ml).
The alcohol in it - 20 percent (15 units). If you do not want to hurt yourself, men will have a week to confine 1, 5 bottles, and women - one. Calories - 75 kcal. One portion of the restaurant (50 mL) does not alter the alcohol content (20 percent or 1 unit). But increasing the maximum amount of: for men it - 21 units for women - 14 units.
Wine standard bottle (750 ml)
It contains 8-14 percent alcohol, which is 6-10, 5 units. Men are allowed doctors a week to drink 2-3, 5 bottles, and women - 1, 3-2, 3. Calories - 85 kcal, sweet white wine contains 100 calories. In a glass at restaurant (125 ml) are then again 8-14 percent alcohol (one unit). Men may be from 12 to 21 units for women - 8-14.
Beer or cider, a large jar (440 ml)
"Pull" on 3, 5 percent alcohol, or 1, 5 units. 14 cans per week - a harmless limit for men, 9 cans - for women. But remember, these drinks are high in calories (kcal 140).
Little Bank (275 mL) - is one unit of alcohol (3, 5 percent). But the number of units received increased in both men and women, respectively, 21 and 14 cans. But just below the calorie - 90 calories.
Strong beer, a large jar (440 ml), of course, contains more alcohol (7 percent, which is equal to three units). Therefore, the maximum safe amount of physicians reduced: for men - up to 7 cans of women - up to 4, 5 Calories - 280 kcal.
Little Bank (275 ml), 7 percent of beer corresponds to 2 units. Permissible amount: men - 10 cans of women - 7. Calorie drops to 170 calories.
Having defined the allowable amount of alcohol, weigh all the "pros" and "cons".
Useful properties of alcohol that his moderate consumption reduces the risk of coronary artery disease in the elderly, as well as uplifting.
Disadvantages of alcohol are:
It can cause aggressiveness; harmful during pregnancy; with a list of incompatible drugs; It can lead to alcohol dependence and hangover; excessive consumption increases the risk of some forms of cancer, can cause gout, pancreatitis and cardiovascular disease, destroys the liver.
As you can see, and the number of points, and the significance of the negative effects of alcohol more than the positive.
So is there any sense to pay for a huge amount of good mood disorders?
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