Proper drinking is good for us, but some people will blush when they drink. What's the reason for this?
What is the reason for drinking and blushing
1. Lack of alcohol dehydrogenase causes drinking blush
First of all, we should know that there are two kinds of enzymes in human body, one is called alcohol dehydrogenase, which can quickly convert ethanol to acetaldehyde. If there is a large amount of this enzyme in human body, it can often appear blushing symptoms in a short time after drinking. Another kind is called aldehyde dehydrogenase. People who drink red face only have the former enzyme but not the latter one, so they accumulate acetaldehyde quickly and cannot metabolize it later. Therefore, people who have red face for a long time can only expect the liver to metabolize the alcohol slowly.
2. Acetaldehyde dehydrogenase deficiency leads to drinking and blushing
There is also a lack of aldehyde dehydrogenase in the body of people who will blush when drinking alcohol, which will also lead to a large amount of acetaldehyde accumulation in the body, so that the liver slowly decomposes, which will increase the burden on the liver. But compared with people who don't blush when drinking alcohol, the advantage of blushing when drinking alcohol is easy is that as long as they are drunk red and say that they have reached the limit, ordinary people won't persuade them to drink again, and the alcohol they have already ingested can be broken down and cleaned up as long as they sleep for one night, which is not a big harm to human body. If you don't blush when drinking, but you lack two enzymes in your body, this kind of person is easy to drink more than you can bear, and the burden on your liver will be heavier than you think.
3. Allergic reaction leads to drinking and blushing
Some people think that drinking and blushing are caused by some allergic reactions on the face. A small number of patients with alcoholic blush will feel hot on the face within 5-10 minutes after the absorption of ethanol, and at the same time, the face or the whole body skin will appear flushing, throbbing headache, dyspnea, nausea, vomiting, sweating, thirst, chest pain, hypotension, syncope, blurred vision and mental disorder. At this time, people think it is drunk, which is called 'acetaldehyde syndrome' in medicine This is due to the significant increase of blood acetaldehyde level caused by oxidative metabolism of ethanol.
4. Rich capillaries lead to drinking and blushing
The facial capillaries are rich, and the facial skin is thin and transparent, so the effect of alcohol converting to acetaldehyde to dilate the blood vessels appears first on the face, and slightly lags behind on the body. In addition, some people's palms turn red at the same time as their faces. The reason is that the palms are transparent and rich in blood vessels.
How to drink and blush
Don't drink on an empty stomach
It's easy to blush when drinking on an empty stomach, especially for people who are prone to blush when drinking, because the absorption of alcohol is faster when drinking on an empty stomach, it's not easy to blush, but also easy to get drunk, and it's very harmful to the gastrointestinal tract, and it's easy to induce gastric bleeding, gastric ulcer and other conditions in serious cases. The best way to do this is to eat oily food before drinking, such as fat, hooves or milk, which helps protect the stomach.
No drinks
When drinking alcohol, don't mix coke, soda and other drinks in alcohol to reduce the alcohol concentration, which will reduce the harm to human body, but in fact, these drinks will promote the absorption of alcohol into the body, not only easy to get drunk, but also seriously affect the health of the body.
Soup before wine
Before drinking, you can drink some hot soup first, especially the fish soup stewed with ginger, which not only has a health care effect on the body, but also has a good effect on the wine after drinking
Green leafy vegetables
How to drink and blush? Green leafy vegetables are essential. Alcohol does great harm to human liver. Before drinking, try to eat more green leafy vegetables, which can protect the liver. At the same time, antioxidants and vitamins contained in these foods have good health care effect on the body.
Better slow than fast
When drinking alcohol, speed is the key. Alcohol can enter the blood in the first half of five minutes after drinking, and the concentration of alcohol in the blood can reach the peak in 30-120 minutes. That is to say, the faster the alcohol is drunk, the higher the concentration of alcohol will rise, and soon the state of being drunk will appear. However, if the slow drinking body has sufficient time to decompose the alcohol, so as to reduce the phenomenon of being drunk easily.
Dessert and fruit
Experienced drinkers know that eating more desserts and fruits when drinking can keep you from getting drunk, whether before or after drinking. As the saying goes, after drinking sweet persimmon wine taste will disappear. Most fruits are rich in fructose, which can help ethanol to oxidize, thus speeding up the catabolism. Many desserts have such effects.