What happens if you drink too much liquor? Here's how to drink alcohol healthily

It can be said that alcohol and men have an inextricable bond, and that men should show their true colors at the wine table. This is a popular saying. Compared to beer, white wine tastes more mellow, and drinking white wine in moderation can still be good for health. However, if men drink too much white wine, it may bring great harm.

Dangers of drinking too much alcohol:

1. Ethanol directly inhibits the production of testosterone by the testicles, thereby reducing the level of male androgen (serum testosterone) and damaging the structure and function of the testicles.

Second, the ethanol in the blood increases the binding of protein to serum testosterone in the blood circulation, reducing the amount of biologically active serum free testosterone.

3. Under the stimulation of ethanol, the liver will accelerate the decomposition of serum testosterone, and long-term drinkers often have alcoholic cirrhosis of varying degrees, which reduces the ability to inactivate estrogen, resulting in a relative or absolute increase in the level of estrogen in the body, so that men will experience reduced beards, smaller testicles, decreased libido, and even ED. Of course, the decreased libido of long-term drinkers is also related to the adverse effects of ethanol on the smooth muscle of the corpus cavernosum of the penis, nitric oxide, and bile alkaloid acetyltransferase.

Teach you how to drink alcohol healthily:

1. Pay attention to liquor and beer

When drinking white wine, you should drink more boiled water to help the alcohol be excreted from the body as quickly as possible with urine; when drinking beer, you should go to the toilet frequently; when drinking spirits, it is best to add ice cubes.

2. Eat more green leafy vegetables and soy products when drinking

The antioxidants and vitamins in green leafy vegetables can protect the liver; the lecithin in soy products also has the effect of protecting the liver.

3. Don’t drink too much

Drink slowly, pause from time to time, and do not drink carbonated beverages such as cola and soda while drinking, so as not to speed up the body's absorption of alcohol.

4. Don’t drink alcohol on an empty stomach

Drinking and eating at the same time, because alcohol usually stays in the stomach for a longer time. If you eat at the same time, the stomach will secrete gastric acid, which will interfere with the absorption of alcohol. Alcohol is absorbed slowly, and it is naturally not easy to get drunk. Therefore, you must not be on an empty stomach when drinking.