To make the celebration a joy: how to drink alcohol properly during a New Year's feast

Much has been written about the dangers of alcohol consumption. However, if you still decide that the New Year's Eve will not be complete without this element, we advise you to read some tips on how to drink alcohol properly to minimize its harmful effects on the body, writes UNN.

Prepare to drink alcohol and drink water

Be sure to eat. Any food reduces the level of acetaldehyde in the stomach, a substance that contributes to alcohol-related illness. And fatty foods also have the ability to slow down the absorption of alcohol into the bloodstream. Therefore, you can often hear advice to eat a piece of bacon or butter and even drink a teaspoon of olive oil. If you are not a fan of fatty foods, then give preference to fish, such as trout or mackerel.

Choose your alcohol carefully. Different alcoholic beverages contain different amounts of ethanol as well as congeners. Congeners are toxic chemicals that include methanol, isopentane, and acetone. Alcohol with a high content of congeners provokes a hangover.

Beverages with a high content of congeners include:

• red wine;
• whiskey bourbon;
• cognac;
• tequila.

Alcohol with low levels of congeners includes:

• white wine;
• rum;
• vodka;
• Genie.

In addition, recent research shows that carbon dioxide, which forms bubbles in some types of alcohol, such as champagne, makes the digestive system absorb alcohol faster.

Drink one type of alcohol. Whatever alcohol you choose, try to drink only it during the evening, do not mix it.

Know the measure. Try not to cross the point of no return - because then you are guaranteed to feel bad in the morning, not to mention the harm to your health and the risk of creating problems for yourself and others with uncontrolled behavior. Don't forget that alcohol reduces control.

Drink water. Alternate drinking alcohol with still water. This will help to avoid dehydration and electrolyte imbalance in the body.

Many people also advise taking pharmacy sorbents before a feast, and along with advice to drink water, you can find advice to drink a glass of juice, such as pear or orange.

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If the morning is not good

If you still have a hangover in the morning, the pharmaceutical industry now offers various remedies to combat this ailment. Read the instructions carefully and consult your doctor before using these products, as like any medicine, they have contraindications.

But there is also folk advice on how to alleviate your condition.

Drink juices. It is believed that the condition can be relieved by drinking orange juice, preferably freshly squeezed. But it can irritate the stomach, so you should be careful with it.

Water with lemon. Add a little lemon juice or a few slices to plain or mineral water, but not carbonated. You can add a little honey. You can make yourself a non-alcoholic mojito: lemon or lime slices, some fresh mint, a pinch of sugar and still mineral water.

Tea. It should be with honey and lemon.

Beef broth. Low-fat but strong broth to help restore stomach function.

All of these remedies are not a cure, but only folk advice. Also, many people recommend brine or freshly squeezed celery and carrot juice with a little lemon juice as a hangover remedy. Peppermint tea can be used as a remedy for nausea.

It is also believed that a warm shower, walks in the fresh air, or sleep will help to cope with a hangover.

ATTENTION! This material is for informational purposes only. If you are concerned about health problems, consult your doctor.