The world health organization raised the "bar" safe dose drink alcohol. Now, according to the recently published who recommendations, a healthy man may, without prejudice to the health to drink up to 10 liters of pure alcohol per year. Women are allowed a third less. Such generosity is the who equivalent of about one bottle of vodka per week. But our drug experts are more conservative, they still adhere to the usual framework: a maximum of 8 litres of clean alcohol per year and 3-4 days of complete sobriety in a week. While more and more doctors insist on changing the traditional, existing since the Soviet era, the principles of helping people experiencing problems with alcohol.
"More than 8 liters of pure alcohol per person per year is the extinction of the nation, — said the head of the Department of psychotherapy of the National scientific center of narcology, Professor. — We have now consumed of 15.1 liters. We are in a negative top. Excessive use of alcohol does not occur in a vacuum — it attempts to relieve stress, to some extent, to escape from reality, to solve some psychological problems. Partly it works: after drinking, a vicious man becomes liberated, it improves mood, the problems recede into the background. Yet this is a psychological trap and the pseudosolution of the problem. The person paying for it is too high a price. Pay pathology of the liver, heart, brain. Moreover, when there are real symptoms that people have, as a rule, is in a deep dependence on alcohol."
Expert advice: how much can you drink with minimal risk to health?
It is believed that for men safe amount of alcohol is 14-28 doses per week, and for women 7-14 doses. While this rule is conditional: in some people, for example, in case of unfavorable heredity the risk of ill health is caused by drinking very small amounts of alcohol.
How to drink properly?
It is often said, abroad eating, drinking, and we drink and ate. The main principle should be — the smaller the better. And of course, drinks should be of high quality. Better to give preference to dry — not fortified and dessert — wines. Vodka, brandy, other spirits, getting into the stomach, can cause a state close to the burn of the mucosa, so vysokostatusnye better drink to dilute. If you dilute a drink (it can be wine) we stretch for the whole evening, the total dose of pure alcohol will be small and the harm to health will be minimized. As oxidation of alcohol in the body requires increased consumption of vitamins, it is advisable to take a multivitamin, and the table must include greens, fruits and vegetables.
How useful is a dry red wine?
Truly convincing evidence of the benefits of moderate consumption of alcohol, including dry wines, still not received. But many experts believe that the main value in the ability to relieve stress is dose of pure alcohol, not drink. Therefore it is better to drink less, but better.
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? 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.
How much alcohol you can drink for the day?
People react differently to alcohol. Someone can not live a day, not drinking it at least one shot of vodka. Some drink a few times a month and only on special occasions. There are those individuals who absolutely indifferent react to alcohol. Is there a safe dose of alcohol? Some doctors assure their patients that it is possible to use no more than one dose of alcohol during the week, others believe that the amount of alcohol in excess of a month to 60 ml of vodka and 150 ml of wine, is already evidence of drunkenness. Scientists to determine when it is safe for the human body doses of alcohol even brought a lot of different formulas. But the majority of doctors-experts agree that every person has their own purely personal norm of alcohol consumed, which depends on its individual characteristics. The latter assumption can be called the most plausible, because some people are able to omelet a glass of wine, and other “takes” and a bottle of vodka. The most dangerous to drink alcohol the weaker sex. The woman is very quickly drawn into drunkenness, and even small doses of alcohol make it addictive. Drinking regularly, the lady after 2 years the risk of becoming an alcoholic. Men are more resilient to alcohol and not drink too much so quickly – in 10 years .
Doctors conducted numerous studies in which they came to the conclusion that men of average build, in order not to become an alcoholic, you can drink up to 250 ml of wine 500 ml of beer and no more than 50 ml of vodka (or another drink with alcohol to 40 degrees) per day. In women, the permissible serving of alcohol per day less: wine – 150 ml, beer 330 ml vodka – 30 ml. It should be understood that it is only about any one of these alcoholic drinks, not just about all. Scientists believe that these portions are not able to have a negative impact on human health. If you are drinking alcohol above safe standards, then the strong drinks will gradually and steadily turn you into a real alcoholic. Not only gender is taken into account when calculating safe levels of alcohol. Climatic conditions also play an important role in the process of being drawn into alcoholism. It is noticed that in cold regions people drink too much much faster than in areas with a comfortable temperature. Another factor that must be taken into account in determining the allowable dose of alcohol, is the age of the drinker. The younger the organism, the faster he gets drunk, and therefore more sensitive to the adverse effects of ethanol. The young man, drunk low-alcohol beer, will sehmale faster middle-aged men who drank hard liquor.
It should be understood that alcohol even in small quantities is contraindicated in pregnant and lactating women, children, adolescents, drivers and people taking any medication. According to who, drinking for about 8 liters of alcoholic beverages, the person causing irreparable damage to their health. At the same time, domestic drug experts say that the average person can drink alcohol from 15 to 18 litres, and it is a menacing symptom of alcoholism. Why in some countries drink more acceptable norms? For most of our countrymen the concept of "drinking" and "holiday" are synonymous. No celebration passes without tables, to cave in from the weight of the bottles with vodka, brandy, wines. To invite in a guests house and not put in front of them a bottle of alcohol is considered a sign of impropriety. If in normal circumstances a person is able to control the amount of alcohol consumed, during the feast, he deliberately allows himself more to relax and have fun.
No wonder after the holidays people worsen all sorts of chronic ailments. In order to comply with the rules, a person must clearly define for yourself how much he can drink and not exceed my limit for the day. The only way to develop the culture of drinking. But not only do the holidays contribute to the development of alcoholism. Ill with a viral infection, some people prefer to be treated not drugs, but spirits. The alcohol helps to destroy pathogenic microbes, but together with them, he slowly and surely destroys the entire body. And those people who during treatment combine acceptance of drink with medications, have yourself a disservice: even the smallest portions of vodka, brandy or other beverages taken tablets or medicines, are a devastating blow to the liver, pancreas and cardiovascular system. In addition, an extra serving of alcohol is contributing to alcohol addicted. In the presence of serious diseases, alcohol poisoning occurs much faster. Of the dangerous condition indicates a very low body temperature (3-4 degrees below normal) and heavy breathing. Usually after 12-36 hours after ingestion of a huge amount of alcohol in a person's heart stops and death occurs.
And how much you can drink in other countries? Abroad a safe dose of alcohol for men is 30 ml of pure ethyl alcohol per day (this number contains approximately 300 ml of wine, 600 ml of beer or 40 ml of vodka). For zarubeznyh women admissible norm of alcohol is exactly 2 times smaller than for the stronger sex. Doctors believe that if you drink alcoholic beverages in the doses, then they will contribute to the prevention of cardiovascular diseases. In the misty albus permissible dose of alcohol is 32 ml of pure ethanol for men and 24 ml for women. In another state a grown man, not fear of harm to the health and sleep with a clear conscience can afford to drink alcoholic beverages containing not more than 20 ml of alcohol. For women this rate is reduced to 10 ml per day. In countries with blacks permissible dose of alcohol is considered to be 24 ml of pure ethanol per day for men.
There is a perception that doctors recommended dose of alcohol per day is not only safe, but also very useful, and moderately drinking people live longer than teetotalers. But proponents of the hypothesis have warned that benefit is able to only bring dry red wine, from spirits of any benefits the body will not. Allowing himself to drink, they always know what your limit is and know when to stop. These happy people are not afraid of alcoholism. But those who can not control myself, the only way to avoid dependence on alcoholic beverages – do not listen to stories about safe doses of alcohol and not drink at all.
Ministry of health warns: how much can you drink alcohol
Experts of the Ministry of health calculated the norm of alcohol consumption for men and women, which can be used in the marking of these products. State research center for preventive medicine, Ministry of health calculated safe consumption of alcohol, according to the newspaper article. The rules determine the number of drinks corresponding to low, medium, and high injury. According to the calculations of NYCPM if a man will drink 1,5 l of beer with 4.5 degrees three days in a week, the risk will be low. The same dosage for five days will increase the risk to the average daily consumption of such quantity of beer corresponds to high risk. A shot of vodka with a volume of 50 ml men you can drink with low risk to health twice a day, the woman subject to the level of safety it is better to do the same. If you exceed this norm, the risk goes to high. The woman on the recommendations of NYCPM to drink two glasses (each 100 ml) of dry wine alcohol level: 13 degrees. Or a glass of champagne with a volume of 150 ml. Such doses mean low risk, even if you drink throughout the week.
It is impossible to identify acceptable and unacceptable levels of alcohol consumption, the newspaper quoted Director of the Institute of narcological health of the nation. "Such a recommendation or the calculation of health risks can be made for each individual taking into account his body mass, condition systems of the body, the enzymatic apparatus that breaks down alcohol, these points are discussed in the who documents," — said the expert. The head of the center for national alcohol policy development said that people is difficult to control the consumption of alcohol in certain doses and at the right time to stop with recommendations. They do not stop the consequences. "If one is good, then suddenly it will stop, so you should say that to start to drink alcohol — it is a risk," — said the expert.