Many times in life, ignorance is a kind of happiness. Do you remember how wonderful your world is until you find (or are spoilt) that Santa Claus does not exist, and do you remember that wrestling is a powerful and exciting sport, until you find that it is just a choreographed performance. Remember how absolutely right your parents were, until you entered puberty.
But ignorance of alcohol will only bring unnecessary pain, terrible hangover and misleading others. There are many rumors in the world of wine. It is time to clarify these things so as not to lie on the floor of the bathroom again this Saturday.
It will be better after drinking strong liquor and using beer smoothly
It sounds logical: drink a few beers first, and then a few tequila, and the wine will be served immediately. Drinking shots first and then beer will help you smooth down, and neither taste nor alcohol will rush. In fact, it doesn't make sense at all. The order of drinking or whether to drink mixed alcohol has no effect on your body compared with the alcohol intake.
The order of drinking has no effect on the pain of your hangover the next morning. What makes you uncomfortable is the alcohol and alcohol you consume. These alcohols or lipids are by-products of wine production. Some of them are toxic. Generally speaking, the darker the wine is, the more such substances are.
Bathing, energy drinks and bloody Mary can cure hangovers
When you have a hangover, you are willing to try or believe in any way to alleviate the pain. There are too many rumours about the treatment of hangovers, from ancient folk remedies (cow's genitals, has anyone tried?) to generic drug mixtures.
Just like vitamin C can't cure your cold, your little methods can't cure your hangover. Modern medicine has revealed some practical treatment methods. Showers, energy drinks, pickled cucumber juice, and mimosa cocktails on Sunday morning are not included in these methods.
Alcohol kills brain cells
When you and your friends drink too much and go out of the bar to frighten strangers, this foolish behavior and the vague memory of the next day seem to make you feel that some brain cells are really missing, but the medical explanation for these conditions is that alcohol inhibits and destroys the dendrites of nerve endings, not brain cells. Research shows that even heavy drinking can't kill your brain cells, these stubborn little bastards.
Will your dendrites die? Not so serious. Dendrites transmit information between your brain and body. When you drink too much, the transmission of this information will slow down, which will spoil your exercise and learning ability. In a word, alcohol does not kill your cells, but attacks at most.
Drinking beer will lead to a beer belly
This is reasonable, but there is a premise, because you call him beer belly. If you eat a lot of other high-calorie foods and have a big stomach but never drink beer, can you blame beer? The reason for gaining weight is that you eat more than you consume. Don't think about it. It's that simple. Beer belly is notorious because beer itself is a high-calorie drink. But if you can keep the heat balance and consume the excess heat, then you can say goodbye to the beer belly.
As long as I go to the toilet for the first time, I will always want to go, so I hold it
It is true that drinking will make you urinate. Alcohol will inhibit a hormone called vasopressin, leading to fluid being directed to the bladder. Alcohol is also a diuretic, which absorbs water from your cells and forces them to go to the bladder. Because of the existence of these two mechanisms, once activated, it will be difficult to resist the urge to go to the toilet. And going to the bathroom for the first time after drinking is like killing the guards in hell. Once done, it will be more difficult to control.
When you feel out of control and want to go to the bathroom, hurry up. Holding it will not help. The reason why you want to go to the bathroom is that these two mechanisms are working all the time. No one can hold it all the time, and it is not good for your body. When you want to go to the toilet, hurry up. Don't embarrass yourself.
You think you can cheat the instrument for measuring alcohol
Impossible. Mint leaves, chewing gum, lemons, and all these things can not fool the instrument for measuring alcohol. If you really want to beat it, you should lie down and sleep instead of sitting in the driver's seat. Or you can find a substitute driver. Don't take chances. You can't expect the police uncle to find out.
Drinking different wine will make you behave differently
Don't give David tequila, he will challenge everyone in the room. Don't give Becky whisky, she will bite someone's ear. Many people claim that they can't touch some wine, or they will do something stupid.
Scientifically speaking, what makes you intoxicated is alcohol. Your behavior or attitude is essentially a placebo effect caused by your own expectations or experiences. If you have ever drunk whisky with your father on the golf course, you will probably have a good impression of whisky (unless your father is a jerk). If you drink tequila at a university party, your impression of tequila is probably that it is a catalyst. Expectation is a powerful force, so you can easily make yourself feel that a certain result is due to a certain drink. But it has nothing to do with the drink itself.
One drink an hour will keep you awake
If everyone has the same sex, height, weight and age, there may be a standard. But because these different body indicators and many other different factors determine our drinking capacity, this statement is nonsense.
Drinking helps sleep
Alcohol is not just a sedative. Modern science has revealed that alcohol also has a powerful stimulating effect. The fear is that this stimulation will affect your sleep.
Alcohol may help you fall asleep quickly, but it will also prevent you from entering into restorative sleep, which will make you feel that you need to sleep longer to have a good rest. So drinking too much alcohol before going to bed will make you sleep fast, but at the same time, lack of deep sleep will lead to decreased immunity, slowly killing you and turning you into an alcoholic.
The older the wine, the better
Unless you like the strong rotten aftertaste and vinegar taste, then throw away your bottle of $5 wine bar that started in 2003, even if it is a special day's wine. According to the statistics of the wine industry, 98% of wine is consumed shortly after production. Especially the wine below $30 must be drunk quickly. It will not only retain the best taste and taste, but also the antioxidant effect will not disappear. Besides, it's not a problem to drink a bottle of wine quickly, is it?
Drinking water after getting drunk can prevent a hangover
It is 3:00 in the morning, and you are a little drunk. If you want to change your body's water shortage by drinking water to relieve the morning hangover, you are about six hours late. Too much alcohol has occupied your body, so it is more effective to replenish water when drinking than to remedy later.