Beer on Tet holiday do not forget the liver

The liver is the only organ to metabolize alcohol, so if you drink too much alcohol for a long time, your liver will have to work overloaded, leading to fat, hepatitis, cirrhosis and even cancer.

The Lunar New Year is coming, which means that you will drink a lot of alcohol, day in and day out, night after night. If one does not drink, it is considered impolite.

The eyebrows are more drinkable. Rarely do you see women who drink a lot. Because simple, drunk is not a beautiful image of a woman.

According to Xinhua, the amount of alcohol consumed in China over the course of a year could fill 5 lakes of the same size as West Lake in Hangzhou and Zhejiang.

However, doctors recommend drinking too much alcohol and beer for a long time that can affect the liver, heart, stomach, digestive system, mind and overall the body.

According to Dr. Zhou Ronggen, Dean of the Internal Medicine Department of Yueyang Hospital, Shanghai, China, people only worry about health when being poisoned but actually the state of intoxication is also a reaction showing mild toxicity.

"Although alcohol can help warm the body in the winter, its effects often go far beyond our imagination , " said Dr. Zhou.

The liver is the main organ for the conversion of alcohol, producing the enzyme alcohol oxidase, but when excess excess alcohol cannot be processed, it affects other parts, first of all liver.

Because the liver is the only organ that performs this metabolic function, drinking too much alcohol for a long time will cause the liver to work too much and reduce its function.

"If a person drinks about 50 grams of alcohol a day, it is very likely that physiological changes will occur in the liver within 10 years," Dr. Zhou said.

Excessive alcohol consumption weakens many important functions of the liver (including blood clotting) and leads to fatty liver, hepatitis and eventually cirrhosis. Cancer can develop.

Reducing alcohol will reduce liver damage. This will allow the liver time to recover. How much is safe to drink is completely dependent on the amount of enzyme alcohol oxidase that your liver can produce.

According to some experts, men should not drink more than 20g of alcohol a day while women are 10g. This 10g is equivalent to 284ml of beer, 118ml of wine, 78ml of yellow wine and 25ml of distilled alcohol.

Some people believe that drinking a little red wine every day brings many benefits. However, you should only drink less than 50 ml, Dr. Zhou said.

Flavonoids in grapes help reduce blood pressure and blood vessel problems. However it was alcohol, it had its reverse. It is better not to drink too much. Those with liver, heart, high blood pressure should avoid alcohol.

Eating before drinking can help protect the digestive system but this cannot reduce liver damage.