Drinking alcohol during meals reduces digestion

For many people, a glass of wine will make them easier to eat. But according to a recent study, drinking alcohol with high-fat foods makes food stay longer in the stomach, and we will feel fuller longer.

If you are worried about your stomach, you should replace alcohol with other drinks like water or tea.

This study has given a new perspective on complex pathways that alcohol affects digestibility and appetite at each meal. Analyzing people who eat cheese fondue can also cause controversy among Europeans about the choice of drinks suitable for regular and holiday dishes.

Mark Fox - gastroenterologist at the Nottingham Center for Digestive Diseases in England says' in Sweden and elsewhere in Europe, there is a fierce debate about drinks when eating water sauce. Half said that it is recommended to drink white wine because white wine can melt cheese, while the other half thinks that drinking hot tea because alcohol can cause butter to melt. All are old housewives . ' People who like sauces also argue about the mood after a meal.

Previous studies have shown that drinking alcoholic beverages before meals increases appetite and makes more people eat more.

To find out how to drink alcohol while eating and after eating, maybe we have to have a story: Fox and his colleagues arranged a meal with Swiss cheesecake and cheese for 20 young people. Did not eat anything for 6 hours before. Half of them were asked to drink about 10 ounces of white wine (equivalent to 28.35 grams) during a certain period of time during the meal. The other half was asked to drink black tea with the same amount at the same time. Both groups eat the same amount of bread and sauce. The meal contains about 780 calories, 52 grams of protein, 150 milligrams of sodium and 64 grams of fat.

After an hour and a half, each group selected 5 random people to take a sip of cherry cherries. The rest drink a sip of water. During the meal, the scientists measured a heavy type of carbon in the participants' breaths to check how fast and slow their stomachs were contracting. Fox said one of the most notable findings was that the ability to digest the stomach's cheese meal was very slow, no matter what you drank. In addition, Fox said that it took six hours for the stomach to fully digest the tea and water group, and it took nine hours for the group to drink and draft. For those who drink alcohol, researchers have made a comment in BMJ magazine that digestibility has slowed down from the first sip.

After the first drink, digestibility is slower than the initial level. According to Fox, ' there's something that we call cheese baby syndrome, which means you feel like you're pregnant, like big pieces of butter in your stomach .' Drinking tea has the opposite effect: there is some evidence that tea accelerates digestion. However, the amount of tea used in this study is too small, so Fox thinks that drinking water will produce the same result.

Eat the same meal but people who drink alcohol do not seem to be interested in eating desserts more than those who drink tea, although there are no differences between groups in how uncomfortable they feel. Fox thinks healthy people can drink any drink they want and feel happy.

For those who are concerned about digestibility after a nutritious meal, on the other hand, drinking alcohol at the first meal will make the stomach more relaxed. As time goes by, they will feel more uncomfortable if choosing tea or water instead.

According to Thomas Abell , a gastroenterologist at the University of Mississippi Medical Center in Jackson, it cannot be said that drinking alcohol during meals can affect the amount of food you eat or your weight. Instead, recent findings bring us a new step closer to understanding the complex effects of behavior and human body.