Does the length of human life have a lot to do with drinking? Research tells you the answer

“Blending wine is too harmful!”

Mr. Liu is 45 years old this year and has been drinking wine for more than ten years. In his opinion, 50° The following wines are not called wine, and basically drink about half a catty of alcohol every day. Every time his family asked him to stop drinking, but he always refused to listen.

Last week, Mr. Liu was sent to the hospital by his family for examination because of sudden severe abdominal pain. The doctor found that a 5 cm tumor had grown in his liver and had metastasized. It is an advanced stage of liver cancer and can’t even do surgery.

Mr. Liu recalled that he had dizziness and headaches every time he finished drinking, and he felt that there was a problem with the alcohol, and it was the “blending wine” that caused him to get cancer. If If he drank pure grain wine at the beginning, he probably wouldn’t have reached this stage, and he was deeply regretful.

1. Drinking “grain wine” will not make you dizzy, but drinking blended wine will make you “head up”?

In fact, all liquor processes at present use this step of blending. my country’s national standard divides liquor into three types according to the production process, which are solid state. In the process of liquor production, blending/blending is an important technological process.

Blending is not the traditional perception of adding edible alcohol and essence for blending.It is about different batches/ages / The taste of liquor should be proportioned according to certain quality requirements, and the alcohol content should be reduced and seasoned to make the proportion of various trace components in the wine appropriate, so as to meet the different standards of different manufacturers. At the same time, it also needs to conform to the traditional style of the brand, so that the liquor can achieve the purpose of coordinating and balancing the color, flavor and flavor.

The main ingredient in wine is alcohol, which is metabolized into acetaldehyde by alcohol dehydrogenase after entering the body. Some people drink a lot or have metabolic disorders, which can cause Acetaldehyde builds up in the body in large quantities, resulting in the appearance of drunkenness. No matter what kind of wine you drink, as long as it contains alcohol, it will cause people to “go up”, which is the “pot” of alcohol rather than blending.

In life, we often see some people who need to drink liquor every day, and even some older people drink half a catty every year. Will these people’s lifespan be affected? Influence?

2. How long can I live if I drink half a catty of alcohol every day?

The LancetIn a study published by the University of Cambridge, UK, researchers analyzed 19 Data on nearly 600,000 drinkers without a history of cardiovascular disease in 10 countries and regions led to the following conclusions.

1. Alcohol intake of more than 100g per week: risk of all-cause mortality begins to increase

2. Alcohol intake of 200 to 350 grams per week: shortened life expectancy 1-2 years;

3. Consumption of more than 350 grams of alcohol a week: life expectancy may be shortened by 4-5 years.

In short, the risk of death among drinkers increases with alcohol consumption.

And the higher the alcohol content, the more people will ingest it More alcohol. Generally, alcohol above 51° is high alcohol, and alcohol intake (g)=drinking amount (ml) alcohol content (%) × 0.8 (alcohol density)< /strong>. Taking half a catty of 52° wine (250ml) as an example, the alcohol intake = 250*52%*0.8=104g, the amount of drinking in one day exceeds the safe dose for one week, and the intake in one week reaches 728g, which is seriously exceeding the standard.

Drinking also has a great impact on the life expectancy of Chinese residents.According to the data released by the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, drinking Reduce the life expectancy of Chinese residents by 0.43 years, and reduce the life expectancy of men by 0.77 years.

For the sake of your own health, you should quit drinking as soon as possible. Especially for middle-aged people, alcohol will bring a series of damage to the body, which I believe you will be hard to bear.

Three, when people are over middle age, they should stop drinking alcohol as much as possible

Chinese Journal of Epidemiology strong> has published a paper that investigates the drinking status of men aged 20-79 in my country. The results showed that the alcohol consumption of middle-aged men in my country was the highest compared with other age groups.The drinking rate of men aged 30-59 exceeded 60%, and the drinking rate of men aged 40-49 was the highest. .

What does drinking do to them?

1. Cancer

As early as 1988, alcohol Listed by the International Cancer Society as a category carcinogen, it will metabolize into acetaldehyde after entering the body, degrading the function of the organs and causing the risk of tumors. The most alcohol-related cancer was liver cancer, followed by esophageal cancer, gastric cancer, and colon cancerColon cancer, etc.

2. Infertility

Long-term drinking can easily induce male infertility. For couples, it is best to limit/avoid alcohol.

3. Cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases

Excessive drinking may cause < strong>Hypertension causes the body to suffer from chronic diseases and increases the risk of some cardiovascular and cerebrovascular accidents.

4. Liver damage

Alcohol needs to be metabolized by the liver after entering the body, which can easily lead to functional damage to the liver and induce alcoholic liver, alcoholic fatty liver

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Many people are very aware of the harm that alcohol will bring, but they cannot completely quit drinking due to some force majeure factors. For these people, it is recommended to do these three points well, which can reduce the damage to the body to a certain extent.

Fourth, if you can’t quit drinking, please remember these 3 points

1. Don’t drink alcohol on an empty stomach

Drinking on an empty stomach is not only It is easy to get drunk, and it will also bring greater stimulation to various organs in the body, which is easy to induce functional damage.

2. Do not drink mixed wine

It is not recommended to mix multiple wines together Drinking, mixed with alcohol is more harmful to the body. If liquor and beer are mixed together, the carbon dioxide and water in the beer will accelerate the body’s absorption of the high concentration of alcohol in the liquor, which will cause more harm to the body.

3. Don’t drink too much alcohol

Do not drink too much, otherwise it will cause the body to absorb alcohol too quickly, and the burden on various organs in the body will be greatly increased, which will not only lead to physical damage, but also prone to accidents. It is best to drink slowly when drinking, and it is best to go with some meals.

Xiao Ai hereby reminds everyone that recommending some ways to reduce harm is not to encourage everyone to drink, but to some people who have to drink. Most ordinary people don’t have so many “difficulties”, and they still want to stay away from alcohol as much as possible.

References:

[1]Angela M Wood et al. Risk thresholds for alcohol consumption: combined analysis of individual-participant data for 599912 current drinkers in 83 prospective studies. Lancet, 2018,391 (10129): 1513.

[2]Drinking reduces the life expectancy of Chinese residents by 0.43 years. Health Times. 2018.11.13

[3]The drinking rate exceeds 60%, why do middle-aged men like to drink? |Rational Numbers. The Beijing News. 2018.4.21

[4] Is it right to “blending” liquor? How much do you know? .National Party Media Information Public Platform.2021.4.7

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