During holidays, people tend to drink heartily, which can easily lead to excessive alcohol consumption. If you eat something before drinking, such as high-protein dishes or foods, or drink some soy milk, these foods can react with the alcohol in the stomach, reducing the absorption of alcohol. Additionally, eating some fruits can also be quite effective in preventing and treating drunkenness. Watermelon promotes urination, accelerating the excretion of alcohol.
Watermelon is sweet and cold in nature, with the effects of clearing heat and relieving summer heat, eliminating vexation and quenching thirst, promoting urination, and lowering blood pressure. A glass of watermelon juice after drinking is very beneficial for preventing drunkenness because, once in the body, it can competitively inhibit the absorption of alcohol, reducing the amount of alcohol that enters the bloodstream. On the other hand, watermelon juice has a significant diuretic effect, which can promote the faster excretion of alcohol from the body. Fresh grapes can treat post-drug nausea and vomiting.
Grapes are rich in tartaric acid, which can interact with the ethanol in alcohol to form esters, achieving the purpose of sobering up. If eaten before drinking, they can also effectively prevent drunkenness. Bananas can treat post-drug palpitations and chest tightness.
Eating some bananas after drinking can increase blood sugar concentration, reduce the proportion of alcohol in the blood, and thus achieve the purpose of sobering up. At the same time, it can also alleviate symptoms such as palpitations and chest tightness.
When a person's face flushes after drinking, it is due to the temporary dilation of subcutaneous blood vessels. This is because these people have highly efficient alcohol dehydrogenase in their bodies, which can quickly convert alcohol in the blood into acetaldehyde. Acetaldehyde has the function of dilating capillaries, which can cause symptoms such as a flushed face and even flushed skin on the body, a phenomenon we commonly call "turning red."
In addition to alcohol dehydrogenase, the human body also contains a substance called acetaldehyde dehydrogenase. People who flush when drinking only have the former enzyme but not the latter, leading to a rapid accumulation of acetaldehyde in the body that is metabolized slowly. Therefore, the redness lasts longer. Compared to people who "don't change color" after drinking, acetaldehyde stays longer in their bodies and has a greater toxic effect. However, generally speaking, after 1 to 2 hours, the redness will gradually fade. This is because the cytochrome P450 in the liver slowly converts acetaldehyde into acetic acid, which is then metabolized after entering the circulatory system.