Contents:
- Medical Video: Understanding Canada's Low-Risk Alcohol Drinking Guidelines
- Tips for safe consumption of alcoholic beverages
- 1. Drink just enough
- 2. Eat before drinking
- 3. Drink slowly
- 4. Do not drive or operate the machine after drinking
- 5. Avoid drinks offered by other people
Medical Video: Understanding Canada's Low-Risk Alcohol Drinking Guidelines
For adults who want to maintain a healthy lifestyle, consume alcoholic beverages such as beer, wine, whiskey and vodka are actually not prohibited. However, that does not mean you can then drink to your heart's content. You must master first how to consume alcoholic beverages safely and responsibly. Come on, see the explanation below.
Tips for safe consumption of alcoholic beverages
Keep in mind beforehand, pregnant women and couples who are trying a pregnancy are not advised to consume alcoholic beverages. People under the age of 21 years or who have special health conditions are also not recommended to drink alcohol.
However, for healthy adults who like to drink beer or the like, you can listen to five tips to safely consume the following alcoholic drinks.
1. Drink just enough
Everything that is excessive is certainly not good. According to a number of studies and health agencies around the world, it is better for adult men and women not to consume more than fourteen units of alcohol a week.
However, fourteen of these units may not be taken at once in one day. Give a break of two to three days where you don't consume alcohol at all.
One unit of alcohol itself is roughly equivalent to the following dose.
- 240 - 280 ml (one glass of star fruit or a large half glass) beer with an alcohol content of 3-4 percent.
- 50 ml wine or sake with alcohol content of 12-20 percent.
- 25 ml of liquor like whiskey, Scotch, gin, vodka, and tequila with 40 percent alcohol content.
Remember, each product contains different levels of alcohol. Always pay attention and calculate the alcohol level you will order. Because, two large glasses of beer alone is equivalent to drinking four units of alcohol a day. So, it's best not to order or drink more.
2. Eat before drinking
Drinking alcohol on an empty stomach will make you get drunk faster. In addition, your liver must also work much harder to process alcohol in your body. Therefore, you should eat before you drink any type of alcohol.
By eating before drinking, alcohol will not be absorbed too quickly into the blood, brain, and other organs such as the liver. This is because your food will slow down the process of absorption of alcohol in the body.
3. Drink slowly
To be safe when drinking alcohol, you should slow down. Drinking alcohol quickly or immediately downing it will make it difficult for the liver to clean alcohol from the body.
So, the alcohol content that stays in the body and gets into the bloodstream becomes more numerous. Even though you drink beer with the same dose as your friend who drinks it slowly.
4. Do not drive or operate the machine after drinking
Alcoholic beverages will slow down your reaction and reflexes. In addition, alcohol will also affect your coordination and concentration. Therefore, do not drive a car, motorcycle, or operate machinery and heavy equipment.
If you really plan for drinks, don't bring your own vehicle. It's better if you go home by public transportation. If you drink with friends, from the start point one person who is in charge of driving the vehicle when you go home later. Whoever is appointed is certainly not allowed to drink excessively, let alone get drunk.
5. Avoid drinks offered by other people
If you drink at a bar or in a public place, do not accept drinks offered by other people, especially those you do not know and drink for free. You don't know what the ingredients in the drink are. In addition, you also cannot measure how much alcohol is in it.
