Wine plays a very important role in our daily lives. It is needed during weddings and funerals, and even more so when cooking. Some people drink when they are happy, some only drink when they are sad, some like to have a cold beer after work, and some are used to having a drink before going to bed.
Alcohol can bring you a sense of pleasure, but the calories it contains should not be underestimated! Because wine is a liquid carbohydrate, among which beer has the highest calories and carbohydrate content, and beer is easy to appetize and will make people drink bottle after bottle, especially when paired with fried chicken and other snacks. It is a perfect match, and you will eat a lot of calories unknowingly, so beer is the most likely to make people gain weight!
Red and white wine are relatively better, but its raw material is grapes and its calories are not low! As for spirits such as brandy and whiskey, they have a high alcohol percentage and are made by distillation. In addition, we usually put a lot of ice cubes on them and sip them, so the carbohydrate content is relatively low. Therefore, drinking alcohol will make you fat!
When drinking alcohol, alcohol will increase the formation of fat. On the other hand, alcohol will also stagnate the body's function and inhibit the function of metabolizing fat. In other words: if you don't drink, your body will function normally and maintain basic metabolism; if you drink, your body will not function and your metabolism will stop! Some people blush when drinking because their bodies lack the enzyme acetaldehyde dehydrogenase (ALDH2), which is unable to remove the toxic acetaldehyde after alcohol metabolism. They are more likely to suffer from esophageal cancer, oral cancer, heart disease and other diseases than ordinary drinkers. In comparison, Asians tend to have this phenomenon, which is also known as Asian red face syndrome. Therefore, blushing after drinking is not a protective color, but a "warning color", indicating a genetic defect of poor alcohol metabolism!
For the sake of health, we should drink less alcohol, but there will still be inevitable times in life, when we can take a sip of wine or a sip of water. Don't drink on an empty stomach. Alcohol has to hit the stomach wall before it is absorbed. It's best to eat fiber and protein foods to fill your stomach before drinking, so as not to be absorbed too quickly and make you drunk! Special reminder: If you have sleep apnea, do not fall asleep immediately after drinking. At this time, you should wear a sleep apnea to fall asleep, so that the relaxation of the throat muscles will not aggravate the symptoms of sleep apnea.
