Chinese have a habit, in the first month you invite me, I invite you, can't finish the meal, drink the wine bureau. It seems that february 2, however, the year is not over.
So, can diabetics drink alcohol?
In the past, there was a saying called "smoking cessation and alcohol restriction". This means that smoking is not good for the body at all and should be quit!
But a small amount of alcohol can "activate blood" and "reduce the risk of cardiovascular disease", as long as you do not drink more, do not get drunk, do not drink and drive, it is still good for the body. But is this statement really true?
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Recently, the World Heart Alliance (WHF) said that in the past few decades, the prevalence of cardiovascular disease has been rising, and alcohol consumption has played a "pusher" role in it.
Even small amounts of alcohol can increase the risk of cardiovascular disease, including coronary heart disease, stroke, heart failure, hypertension, cardiomyopathy, atrial fibrillation, and aneurysms.
Any alcohol consumption is not good for health. Therefore, now advocate zero tolerance for alcohol!
What are the dangers of alcohol?
#1 Effects of heavy drinking in short periods of time
> 1. Death
Alcohol inhibits the respiratory center of the brain, causing respiratory arrest, and a drop in blood sugar can be a fatal factor.
> 2. Hypoglycemia
Heavy alcohol consumption will cause the sugar content in the blood to decrease rapidly, and dizziness, weakness, dazedness, hunger and so on will occur.
#2 Effects of prolonged heavy drinking
> 1. Liver damage
Alcoholic liver disease. These include: alcoholic hepatitis, alcoholic fatty liver disease, alcoholic cirrhosis.
＞2. Stimulates the gastrointestinal tract
Alcohol can directly stimulate the gastrointestinal tract, resulting in gastrointestinal dysfunction, causing gastric bleeding and life-threatening.
It is more likely to make people prone to stomach diseases and stomach cancer; it will also affect the absorption of nutrients, causing various vitamin deficiencies, resulting in peripheral neuropathy; while accelerating the absorption of fat, increasing the triglyceride content in the serum, causing hyperlipidemia.
> 3. Aging before aging
Long-term drinking will make the human body dependent on alcohol and form an alcohol addiction. Chronic drunk people have atrophied cerebral cortex, memory, attention, judgment and other physical functions and emotional responses are seriously injured, and some patients will have intellectual decline, before aging.
> 4. Affect the balance
Drinking too much alcohol can cause slurred speech, blurred vision, loss of balance, and muscle weakness.
>5. Affect sperm quality
In men who drink too much alcohol for a long time, the number of sperm will gradually decrease, the ability to move is weakened, the quality of sperm will decrease, and it is easy to impotence.
>6. Affects heart function
Alcohol can also make the heart soft, contractile weakness, heart swelling, hardening of the blood vessels. This is completely different from the traditional concept.
In fact, the dangers of alcohol are everywhere. People who drink regularly can almost inevitably lead to problems at work, disputes with your family, legal trouble, and so on.
About half of all traffic accidents are caused by alcohol. If you drink and drive, you are harming others and yourself.
For diabetics, in addition to the above hazards, drinkers often reduce the intake of other foods, which can easily lead to malnutrition; alcohol makes blood sugar fluctuate sharply, often appearing low blood sugar first, and then hyperglycemia, making blood sugar difficult to control.
In addition, alcohol will also make the blood glucose value measured by the fingertips low, mistakenly thinking that blood sugar is well controlled, and misleading treatment.
Therefore, the idea that moderate alcohol consumption reduces the risk of cardiovascular disease is outdated! OUT!
Any alcohol consumption is not good for health. We want zero tolerance for alcohol!