Alcohol is Austria's number one people's drug. This is a fact that makes us rank on European level of beer consumption per capita in the Top 3. We are currently in second place behind the Czech Republic, followed closely by Germany. So there are actually European-wide statistics, where we can compete with other nations - interesting.
course, arise in a lively and long-term consumption Tradition of many rumors that are associated with the alcohol related. I have a few of them picked up and I'm this - partly on himself - got to the bottom:
women tolerate less alcohol than men
alcohol is degraded in the cells of the liver. Women have less ADH enzyme than men and therefore can degrade in the same time less alcohol.
also contains her body proportionately more fat and less water, and since alcohol is soluble in water, reaches the same amount of alcohol in women, a higher concentration in the blood than in men.
This does not mean, however, that men of a friend is not among the Table can be drunk. Maybe she had a fat-rich chips for lunch - which brings us to the next day saying: protects
greasy food before a drunken
By greasy food or oil enters alcohol is not as fast in the small intestine, where it is absorbed into the blood, but is already degraded in the stomach. This is in fact just the alkoholzersetzende enzyme ADH.
overestimate you, but because of French fries or bratwurst not, the noise can be only delayed.
from too much beer to get a beer belly
"Half a beer has the same nutritional value as two rolls," said a well-known Expression. The coveted beer is actually an extremely high content of 100 calories Five to seven beers contain exactly as much energy as a full meal.
alcohol kills brain cells from
alcohol is a neurotoxin and actually leads to the death of brain cells. Estimated to die per full noise from 30,000 brain cells. With a total number of 100 billion, can already cope with one or the other ladies Spitz. Regular consumption in excess quantities can be sustained, however, affect the function of individual nerve cells. In the short term, we certainly all with impaired function of individual functions (such as fine motor skills) to worry about.
A schnapps brandy aids digestion
After a hearty meal you drink like a vodka shot glasses, a so-called fat splitter. This is intended to stimulate the digestive tract and make us the feeling of fullness. But alcohol has
actually have an effect on gastric emptying and I am not necessarily in the opposite way?
tests have shown that accelerate or brandy or other alcoholic beverages to the digestive process. This myth is just another reason to indulge in alcohol, and probably an invention of the restaurant.
beer is healthy
This claim have we all heard it before. Interestingly, this is not entirely wrong, but is obviously in the eye of the beholder. My former chemistry professor, a very experienced and trained in this field gave us the following comments:
alcohol contains a harmful substance (unfortunately I can not remember the name anymore), which is degraded by oxygen. This material is the only one which affects harmful in half a beer on the human body. Many ingredients are actually healthy for us. Unfortunately, the required amount of oxygen are not taken by us and part of this pollutant remain in us. However, since our bodies are programmed is us harmless end things as quickly as possible get rid of it tries desperately to breathe in the required amount. There is too much oxygen is known to high and, of course, more alcohol - more needed oxygen, we have a new problem, the so-called "Luftwatschn" to fight. Furthermore, there are no known to me or created by me study.
So, we learned something.
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