Eat these foods before your dinner gathering.

Introduction: With the Spring Festival approaching, most gatherings involve some drinking to celebrate. Experts explain that moderate drinking can promote blood circulation, remove blood stasis, and warm the body to ward off cold. However, excessive drinking can have the opposite effect. The alcohol you drink is metabolized by the liver, which suffers the most damage from excessive alcohol consumption.

"Many people have a bad habit of drinking a round of drinks before the food is served when socializing. Drinking on an empty stomach is particularly harmful to the body. The absorption rate on an empty stomach is much higher than when the stomach is full. In an empty stomach, alcohol can appear in the bloodstream within 5 minutes, and blood alcohol concentration peaks within 30 to 60 minutes.

Orange Juice and Winter Melon

"Experts suggest that taking vitamin C, vitamin B, or eating a few oranges half an hour before drinking can prevent alcohol poisoning. Before drinking, it's advisable to drink some milk and eat some staple foods to form a protective film on the stomach wall, slowing down alcohol absorption. During the meal, drink plenty of water or soup to dilute the alcohol and help sober up. For those with stomach problems, taking stomach medicine before drinking can help minimize the damage to the gastric mucosa.

Orange Juice with Pulp

"Many people like to induce vomiting, drink strong tea, or vinegar after getting drunk. From a medical perspective, neither of these methods is scientific. Although vomiting can help sober up, people who are severely intoxicated are often disoriented and can easily inhale vomit, leading to suffocation. Strong tea and vinegar are both irritating to the gastric mucosa. Combined with the irritation from alcohol, they can stimulate gastric acid secretion.

Lemon and Honey Water

Therefore, drinking strong tea or vinegar 'fuels the fire' of alcohol-induced damage to the gastric mucosa," experts told reporters. After getting drunk, one can appropriately consume honey water, glucose water, or foods rich in vitamins like tomato juice, grape juice, watermelon juice, oranges, and tangerines to accelerate the oxidative metabolism of ethanol in the body.

Watermelon Juice