Alcohol is firmly entrenched in people's lives, and it is impossible to imagine without it the celebrations and festivities. Every person should know how much you can drink, so as not to harm their health and do not suffer a hangover.
How to calculate your bespohmelnaya the rate of alcohol
Paying tribute to the tradition, people drink at the table and during the holidays a variety of alcoholic beverages. But everyone wants to avoid a hangover in the morning, to preserve health. With regular consumption of spirits increases the risk of alcohol dependence. Anyone can calculate a relatively safe rate of alcohol. There is a special formula that you can learn dose disposable drinking when guaranteed to be able to avoid the hangover: 1.5 ml of pure alcohol per 1 kg of body weight. Given the fact that vodka contains 40% alcohol, in terms of the kind of alcohol you can drink for times 3.75 ml on 1 kg of weight. If booze is extended in time by 4-5 hours, that dose of alcohol can be increased by 25%.
It is necessary to take into account the age and sex. The older a person is, the harder the body to cope with the consequences of alcohol exposure. The allowable rate for women is two times less than for men. The presence of various additives, dyes or fragrances also increases alcohol syndrome, so a side effect of such drinks will be stronger than pure vodka. There are other conditions under which a hangover cannot be avoided, even if enforced, the rule of booze:
- mixing different alcoholic beverages;
- reception cocktails of strong alcohol and carbonated drinks;
- binge after a night without sleep;
- Smoking during drinking of spirits;
- drinking alcohol on an empty stomach or with fatty foods;
- failure to comply with a break of 20-25 minutes between toasts.
The best way to avoid hangover is moderation in drink.
How much alcohol you can drink a day without harm to the body
When you use alcohol on the liver drops a large load due to the toxicity of ethanol. But the most sensitive to alcohol the human brain, which starts the irreversible destruction of cells with constant drinking of intoxicating. The neural network is not able to recover until the next drink. If you do not know how much you can drink vodka and at what time interval, you can cause irreparable damage to health.
Alcohol damages other organs of the human body, but they handle the load a little better than the brain, and are recovering faster if the norm is observed between drinking a sufficient period of time. Limit the ability of a healthy person for the processing of alcohol is 2.4 ml of pure alcohol per 1 kg of weight per day, and in terms of vodka – 6 ml. After consumption of such a rule should take an 8-day pause to allow your body to recover and return to normal.
How much alcohol you can drink without risk to sleep
The appearance of alcohol dependence is not always depends on the amount of alcohol consumed. To a greater extent are caused by genetic predisposition and psychological factors. Even people who drink a lot, when necessary, capable of a long time to do without booze. But regular intake of alcohol can cause addiction and provoke heavy dependence. Is the term “critical dose” is the maximum dose for humans, which he can enjoy without risking to fall to 2-3-th stage of alcoholism, when a person loses control over his consciousness and starts drinking with a severe hangover.
People who suspect that he has alcohol dependence, should know about at what stage it is in. This is important to prevent the disease from spreading and at least firmly on that level. So people need to remember how much you need to drink vodka to not fall even lower, and, showing the will power to stick with your rules while they are still able to control himself. The increase in volume of alcohol can lead to recklessness and heavy sing. People who consume moderately and balance on the 1-2 stage of alcoholism, I can drink 100-300 grams of vodka 1-4 times per month. It will cause quite a bit of damage to the body and will keep from further sliding into alcohol dependence, which can occur unbeknownst to the drinker.
Doses of different types of alcohol
Any amount of ethyl alcohol is dangerous for health. You need to exercise caution even if drug consumption made on the basis of alcohol, and abide by the rules of their admission. We should not ignore gender (men are more resistant to ethanol) and forget about health problems and related diseases. If you are not hypersensitive to certain types of alcohol, the first thing you should pay attention to the strength of the drink. With the same amount of booze with different content of ethyl varieties will vary to influence a person.
Drinks, which include colors, flavors and different kinds of flavors, a lot more harm than good cognac or natural wines. Taking into account the individual characteristics of the organism each person has their own rate of alcohol. No exact figures indicating how many you can drink alcohol every person, but a rough rule is the following: it is Impossible to prevent mixing different types of alcohol, in case of violation of these rules the harmful effects of alcohol increases. Women are advised to drink half the male dose. But the minimum daily allowance of spirits can lead to alcoholism if drinking occurs on a regular basis.
Who can't drink alcohol
There are categories of people who are contraindicated the use of any number of vodka a day:
- individuals with 2-3 stage of alcohol dependence;
- epileptics;
- those who have suffered a concussion or head injury;
- excitable, aggressive, conflict of personality, which will lose control after drinking.
People with various diseases is to abstain from alcohol, and in exceptional cases to drink only with the permission of the doctor.
Safe dose of alcohol: who and how much?
Can alcohol be beneficial?
Yes, if we are talking about a heart attack, liver or kidney colic. At a time when at hand there are no medicines, you can use cognac or vodka – 1 tablespoon of one of these drinks will relieve vasospasm and improve the patient's condition before arrival "fast". Help small doses of alcohol and people suffering from hypotension: 1-2 tablespoons of cognac can lead to feelings of a person with low blood pressure. No one will argue with the beneficial effects on the human body dry red wine. The fact that in the skin of red grapes and in grape seeds contains resveratrol – a natural compound that exerts a powerful antioxidant effect. Entering the human body with berries or prepared with wine, this substance prevents the development of cardiovascular and oncological diseases, delays age-related changes of the brain and musculoskeletal system. In addition, natural wines improve digestion and prevent the deposition of cholesterol on vascular walls. Although the world health organization prohibits doctors recommend to their patients as medicine, any alcoholic beverages. And all because useful alcohol can only be in small doses, in large quantities it is addictive and the development of alcoholism.
What dose of alcohol is considered safe?
On the recommendations of the same who men should consume no more than 40 g pure alcohol per day (about 2 bottles of beer, 100 ml of vodka or 3 glasses of dry wine). And women 30 grams of pure alcohol (1.5 bottles of beer or 80 grams of vodka, 2 glasses of dry wine). And this is assuming that 2 days in a week people will not accept a single drop of alcohol.
When does the addiction?
To admit alcohol dependence venture units. Most people consider themselves to be not a drinker, but one person can drink a bottle of beer a day, but daily, and another to drink rarely, but firmly. Which of them has problems with alcohol? World health organization knows the answer to this question. Who experts distinguish four forms of alcohol consumption.
Safe form. This is when a person drinks no more 210 ml (for men) or 135 ml (for women) of pure alcohol a week. During the day the amount of alcohol should not exceed safe dose: 40 ml (for men) and 30 ml of ethanol (for women).
Threat form. This is when a person exceeds the safe dose and does not comply with the regime of sobriety. Doctors warn that with such an attitude to alcohol man risks in the future to become addicted to alcohol and get as a "bonus" one of the diseases associated with excessive consumption of strong alcoholic beverages (liver cirrhosis, gastric ulcer, anemia, heart failure, etc.).
Consumption with harmful consequences. This is when a person drinks heavily (continuous consumption of alcohol over 2 days), feels an overwhelming desire to nip. But the most characteristic symptom of this form of loss of control over the number of drinks. That is, the person loses the sense of proportion, and therefore more and more often he gets drunk as a skunk. The third form of use of alcoholic beverages is not considered an addiction, but her brain and internal organs drinker considerably worn out.
Alcoholism. This form of alcohol is characterized by a persistent failure of a person to give up alcohol even in the name of failing health. At this stage changing form of intoxication, for example, before people got drunk, became cheerful and went to sleep, and now he had an aggressive form of behavior. The dose of alcohol consumed in one day, multiplies.
To drink moderately is how much?
— I don't mind if people 70-100 grams of vodka a day drinking. But we can not 70-100 grams. If we don't have to pour a liter of spirits at one time. And health it does not add. Therefore, it is necessary to get used to the European version of wine consumption. This is useful if one or two glasses a day of wine drinking, but it is quality, — said the head of state.
70 grams of vodka or a glass of wine a day is a lot or a little? Who believes that the consumption of more than 8 liters of pure alcohol a year, threatening not only his health but also leads to the degradation of society. 70 grams of vodka and 28 ml (22 g) of pure alcohol. If the year to drink in the "a day", it will be a little more than 5 liters of pure alcohol per year — that is below the "red line" by the who. C a glass of wine a day (125 ml of wine 15 ml (12 g) of pure alcohol) per year will be less than 3 liters of alcohol. But, as a rule, in different countries, consumption of alcohol no significant health risks are considered to be per week or per day — and can be very different.
Is it true that wine is safer than spirits?
A number of studies showing the relationship of moderate alcohol consumption with reduced risk of developing different diseases. For example, you can hear that moderate consumption of red wine reduces the risk of diseases of the cardiovascular system. But perhaps for the heart red wine is not better than beer, white wine or spirits, — noted in the clinic , one of the largest private medical research centers in the world. — There is still no clear evidence that red wine is good for other types of alcohol when it comes to the potential benefits for the heart. It is important to understand that studies comparing moderate drinkers with those who do not drink at all, can overestimate the benefits of alcohol. The fact that nondrinkers may already have health problems — which is why they stopped drinking. We need more research before we can say that red wine for the heart better than other types of alcohol. And if, for example, the thing contained in wine resveratrol, you can get it from grapes or grape juice, not drinking alcohol, although the question science, too, is insufficiently studied.
The specialists of the Centers for control and prevention of diseases clearly answer the question: "is it True that drinking wine or beer safer than spirits?". No. A bottle of beer in 0.33 l contains the same amount of alcohol as a glass of wine is 150 ml or 50 ml of vodka. The amount of consumed alcohol — that affects the health of more than type of alcohol. In General, the latest recommendations clearly say: no one should start drinking or drink often with the idea that it is good for health.
What do the experts say?
Benefit from the preference of wine, vodka is highly questionable, — said Konstantin Minkevich, psychiatrist-narcologist of the 1st qualification category, the Director and the doctor — whatever it was, the effect of any alcoholic drink due to the presence in its composition of ethyl alcohol, and it's all the same and in wine and in beer, and vodka. So what matters is not the drink, but the amount and frequency of use. Currently, the world health organization takes a rather radical views on alcohol consumption, as research data indicate that is completely safe doses of alcohol does not exist, not to mention some health benefits. Therefore, the assertion that "a glass or two of wine a day is beneficial" is simply not true. I would not want to fall into moralism and call for extreme measures, but it is important to understand that everyone, without exception, people who consume alcohol, are potentially at risk of alcohol dependence. And one of the risk factors for the development of the disease is the regular use of small doses of weaker alcoholic beverages, such as wine or beer. That safe dose of alcohol does not happen, said the chief psychiatrist of the Ministry of health Ivan Chorzow: "We are talking about minimally harmful doses, but it all depends on the individual characteristics of the organism."