Alcohol plays an important role in building relationship. For example, people from eastern countries such as China and Japan, like to do business at tables. Western people tend to give hosts wine as a present when they are invited to dinner. Doctors say that drinking too much is harmful to our health. Then how can we avoid being drunk? Here are some tips.
First of all, we must eat something before drinking. When the stomach is empty, the absorption of alcohol will speed up. In other words, it is much easier for us to be drunk when we drink with an empty stomach. Therefore, we have to eat some fatty food, such as fat meat, before drinking. Or we could drink some milk. In this way, the fat that is difficult to be digested could protect our stomach from being hurt. And we are not easy to be drunk. If we cannot find food to eat, we can choose to have some honey or drink some sweet water half an hour before we drink. Salty water is also helpful.
Most importantly, we should follow some principles during drinking. Firstly, do not drink cold water or lemonade at the same time. Carbonated drinks such as soda water and cola are not advised, too. Such drinks would promote the human body to absorb more alcohol. Secondly, we ought to drink slowly. In less than five minutes, ethanol would enter the blood. And in half an hour to two hours, the content of ethanol in blood will be the highest. The more quickly we drink, the sooner we are drunk. If we drink slowly, we have adequate time to decompose ethanol. Thirdly, we can drink some yoghurt to neutralize ethanol. Fourthly, we are suggested to eat green vegetables during drinking. Alcohol does great harms to our liver. The antioxidants and vitamins are able to protect our liver. Besides, bean products have similar functions. Fifthly, animal livers are the best food to avoid being drunk. As we know, animal livers are rather nutritious. They can provide much 'Vitamin B'
If we are drunk, there are some methods to make us feel better. For instance, we can eat some disserts or fruit. Disserts and fruit supply a large amount of fructose, which would oxidize ethanol. Hot soup, like fish soup, is also efficient. Vinegar and tea are suggested to people. Experts point out that tea polyphenol can protect our liver to some extent, but it would make blood vessels shrink and lead to high blood pressure as well. Sometimes, we are so drunk that we would vomit. Under such a circumstance, we can drink a bottle of water to comfort our stomach.