There are many myths about alcoholic drinks. Taking into account that how many people take regularly alcohol, it is simple to understand from where these myths and "proofs" undertake. There are 10 most widespread myths about alcohol.
Instruction
1. Light drinks (beer, wine) less harmful, than strong (vodka, cognac). All alcoholic beverages are called those because there is an ethyl alcohol. The dependence at the person arises from this substance, but not from drink of a concrete type. Wine and beer, vodka, cocktails are only wrappers in which there is the same substance. Such state of affairs doesn't say at all that lighter drinks less harmful, than strong, actually they are identical.
2. From alcohol don't get fat. 100 grams of vodka contain about 250 calories. Alcohol is acquired pretty fast, but here snack will be transformed to fat reserves.
3. Alcohol – the warming means. At first after acceptance of alcohol, vessels really extend, but this effect very quickly comes to naught. It very dangerously to those that the drunk person loses sensitivity by cold and it can lead to overcooling and a further disease.
4. Alcohol treats for flu. It isn't recorded yet any case when viruses of flu were destroyed by means of ethanol. Also alcohol significantly reduces immunity.
5. Children can give kefir from the earliest age. Kefir contains about 1% of ethyl alcohol. It would seem, it isn't enough, but actually it is poison which will be dangerous to the child. Even it can cause accustoming and the subsequent thirst for alcohol in the adult who regularly uses kefir.
6. Alcohol – excellent sleeping pill. The small dose of alcohol really causes effect of drowsiness. The person under the influence of alcohol can sleep only in a phase of a slow dream, however the organism has a rest only in a phase of a REM sleep which alcohol suppresses.
7. For arousing appetite the child can give low alcohol drinks. Actually, it is the direct road to gastritis as alcohol affects appetite by means of production of gastric juice.
8. Red wine is capable to clean vessels. According to many, red wine contains special polyphenols which help to clean vessels. Actually these substances are in fruit, tea and greens. Therefore to clean vessels, it is better to refuse wine and to drink good tea or to eat fruit.
9. Alcohol reduces pressure. Alcohol for a while expands vessels - it is the fact. In the same time there is strengthening of frequency of reduction of a cardiac muscle, the volume of the pumped-over blood increases. As a result pressure not only not to change, but also can increase still.
10. Vodka treats a stomach. Actually vodka doesn't treat a stomach, and only anesthetizes. Therefore if a disease not to treat, and all the time only to anesthetize, then, most likely, gastritis will develop and the heap of other diseases will increase.