There is a clinical saying: never persuade people who are blushing after drinking to drink, this is equivalent to murder! However, in life, some people think that people who drink alcohol on the face are precisely the manifestations of good metabolism of the body, and alcohol is quickly volatilized and metabolized, which causes blushing. The more blushing people are, the more they can actually drink.
So the question is, what is the problem of drinking and blushing, which statement is correct?
First of all, the wine we drink every day has two main components, namely moisture and alcohol, and the so-called alcohol is actually ethanol.
In the process of drinking, alcohol seems to enter the digestive tract, but in fact it is not metabolized in the digestive tract. Only less than 5% of alcohol is excreted with breathing, urination, etc., and the remaining 95% is metabolized in the liver;
Usually, alcohol is absorbed into the bloodstream by the gastric mucosa in the stomach, and the faster you drink alcohol on an empty stomach, the faster alcohol enters the bloodstream. The substance itself, alcohol, will cause certain stimulation to blood vessels, promote the expansion of blood vessels on the surface of the body, blood circulation speed is relatively accelerated, so in the early stage of drinking, there will be rapid heartbeat, rosy face and other manifestations.
However, this is not the real cause of blushing, after alcohol enters the liver, it mainly relies on the two enzymes secreted by the liver for decomposition, that is, ethanol and acetaldehyde dehydrogenase. Ethanol dehydrogenase metabolizes it into acetaldehyde, which in turn converts it into acetic acid, which eventually becomes carbon dioxide and water excreted from the body.
According to the current clinical data, there is almost no difference in the ability of ethanol metabolism Chinese, but the metabolic capacity of acetaldehyde is not the same.
Genes associated with ethanol and acetaldehyde dehydrogenase are ADH1B and ALDN2, respectively, and the enzyme activities expressed by different gene types are also different. In some of the genes Chinese, there is a lack of acetaldehyde dehydrogenase.
The lack of acetaldehyde dehydrogenase does not affect health, so in normal times, everyone looks like a normal person. However, it directly affects the metabolic process of alcohol.
That is to say, ethanol can be quickly metabolized into acetaldehyde, but due to the lack of acetaldehyde dehydrogenase, acetaldehyde can not be smoothly decomposed into acetic acid, and can only rely on other enzymes in the liver for chronic decomposition.
A large amount of acetaldehyde accumulates in the body, and symptoms similar to alcoholism can appear, such as patients will be flushed, palpitations, and blood pressure will drop. In extremely severe cases, there may even be difficulty breathing, cardiopulmonary failure, and death.
Therefore, blushing after drinking alcohol is not a sign of being able to drink, but a manifestation of your alcoholism!
In fact, in the clinical view, whether it is easy to blush after drinking, or people with better alcohol should quit drinking as soon as possible. Because the damage of alcohol to the human body has been confirmed, it is not only a class of carcinogens, but also causes damage to the digestive system and cardiovascular and cerebrovascular system of drinkers, which is an independent risk factor for inducing digestive tract diseases and cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases.
No matter how much you drink and how much you drink, as long as alcohol enters the human body, it will have an impact on health and lay hidden dangers for various chronic diseases.
There is no such thing as a safe dose of alcohol consumption, and the optimal amount of alcohol consumption is actually "0". Therefore, everyone should correctly understand the harm of alcohol, and quitting alcohol in time is a step closer to health.