As the weather gets warmer, it's the perfect time for beer. Gather a few friends, order some appetizers, and have a refreshing beer to chat about everything. It's a rare pleasure. Experts point out that drinking beer has certain taboos, and improper consumption can harm your health.
Eating with smoked foods can easily cause cancer
Smoked foods should not be eaten with beer. Because the alcohol in beer can dissolve the carcinogens in smoked foods into the alcohol, thereby promoting the absorption of carcinogens.
Experts also specially remind everyone that all alcoholic beverages should not be eaten with smoked foods.
Drinking beer in moderation is safe
Beer is rich in B vitamins and minerals, which can stimulate appetite and has a certain effect of whetting the appetite. The alcohol component in beer also has a certain vasodilatory effect, so drinking a small amount of beer has a certain protective effect on the cardiovascular system. Studies have shown that the human body's daily intake of 12 to 36 grams of alcohol can reduce the incidence of some diseases.
But experts remind that if you drink too much beer, it will cause the body to ingest excessive alcohol, leading to excess energy in the body, which can lead to diseases such as alcoholic fatty liver, hypertension, and hyperlipidemia.
People who should be cautious when drinking beer
Experts say that patients with gout and liver disease are forbidden from drinking beer. Because beer itself contains purines, which can increase the concentration of uric acid in the blood of gout patients, thus triggering a gout attack. Drinking beer on an empty stomach is especially dangerous. For patients with liver disease, the liver's detoxification function is reduced, and it cannot convert acetaldehyde into acetic acid smoothly, leading to a large accumulation of acetaldehyde in the body, damaging liver cells and worsening the liver disease.
Patients with hypertension and hyperlipidemia can drink in small amounts. Excessive drinking of beer can lead to the occurrence of these diseases; in addition, a large amount of lactic acid accumulates in the blood after strenuous exercise. Beer is an acidic food. Drinking large amounts by people who have just exercised will increase the acidity of their blood, which is not conducive to recovery from fatigue.