Drink alcohol or beer more toxic?

On average, in 100 ml of 40-degree alcohol contains 400 g of ethanol, 100 ml of wine has 12 g of ethanol, 100 ml of beer contains 5 g of ethanol.

Doctor Le Quang Hao, of the National Institute of Nutrition, said that, if you drink the same amount of beer or wine, the beer is lighter in alcohol. However, many people often drink too much beer at once. So the body also excreted many good micronutrients.

Therefore, "the harmful effects of alcohol do not depend on the type of drink but on the amount of alcohol consumed, the way it is consumed, the frequency of drinking," Dr. Hao stressed.

According to Mr. Nguyen Minh Tuan, Deputy Director of Central Mental Health, it is difficult to say how much alcohol is consumed . There is currently no scientific evidence that drinking moderate amounts is good for health. In fact, the risk and consequences of each person's alcohol use are different, depending on many factors such as age, gender, biological characteristics .

"No level of drinking alcohol is safe, it is difficult to identify alcohol or beer more toxic. The risk will increase in proportion to the amount of alcohol consumed and the location of each person," Mr. Tuan said.

Alcohol is the direct cause of more than 30 infectious diseases and 200 other diseases.(Photo: Financial express).

The daily dose of less harmful to the body is a can of beer of about 330 ml (5% alcohol) or 100 ml of wine (12% alcohol) or 40 ml of whiskey (40% alcohol), mixed with ice , according to Mr. Tuan. Pregnant women absolutely should not drink alcohol. Pregnant women still using alcohol should be less than 1-2 units a week and do not get drunk.

Normally, an alcohol content of 0.16 - 0.2 g in 100 ml of blood is enough to make a person drunk, and vision loss. From 0.21 to 0.3 g of alcohol in 100 ml of blood makes people drink poisoning, vomiting, unable to control themselves. An alcohol content of 0.5 g in 100 ml of blood can be life-threatening, especially when the soft tongue falls deeply into the airway causing respiratory failure and apnea, vascular collapse, hypotension, hypothermia.

In addition, the alcohol in alcohol causes acute or chronic intoxication, affects the structure and transmission of the central nervous system, reduces alertness, consciousness disorders, affects the behavior of the drinker. Alcohol and beer abusers are susceptible to memory loss, mental disorders, slow reflexes, hallucinations leading to domestic violence, traffic accidents .

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